German Castrol- Here to Stay?
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Still can't find it in our area.
Still can not find it in my area either!
I wish there were more distributors than just AutoZone in the US, but I've laid in a pretty good supply.
In the SLC area I've seen it appear at random AZ stores and then disappear. One store however always seemed to have 6qts.(mixed in with the old crap) and I bought the GC when I was there.
On my last visit I saw all the old crap 0w-30 was gone and there was nothing but GC 0w-30.
My conclusion, if you buy it AND the store has a smart manager it will be available. (Unless Castrol is dumber than we think) If your AZ doesn't have a smart manager tell him/her you want to buy German Castrol.
In the SLC area I've seen it appear at random AZ stores and then disappear. One store however always seemed to have 6qts.(mixed in with the old crap) and I bought the GC when I was there.
On my last visit I saw all the old crap 0w-30 was gone and there was nothing but GC 0w-30.
My conclusion, if you buy it AND the store has a smart manager it will be available. (Unless Castrol is dumber than we think) If your AZ doesn't have a smart manager tell him/her you want to buy German Castrol.
I still cannot figure out Castrol's marketing. The German Castrol might be becoming more readily available but it is still hard to find. I just can't see myself driving to every AutoZone trying to locate a few quarts of the stuff.
If the stuff is so good (and it sure looks good based on UOAs) why don't they replace the Syntec they sell in this country with it?
If the stuff is so good (and it sure looks good based on UOAs) why don't they replace the Syntec they sell in this country with it?
I have searched every A-zone around for months and never seen any.
My local autozones always seem to have about 8-12 quarts every two weeks at the least. They have orders come in about once or twice a week, so I think I have a good supply handy. If they are out, usually you can ask the stock manager if he can put in an order for more of it.
Also, autozone seems to run promotions on castrol alot (at least the ones here on the west coast), and that's when they have a lot of castrol GC on hand, like 24 qts at a time, in boxes and not loose bottles. I have about 7.5 qts of GC on hand, plus some chevron and mobil; maybe I'll go and buy more soon to stock up.
Also, autozone seems to run promotions on castrol alot (at least the ones here on the west coast), and that's when they have a lot of castrol GC on hand, like 24 qts at a time, in boxes and not loose bottles. I have about 7.5 qts of GC on hand, plus some chevron and mobil; maybe I'll go and buy more soon to stock up.
I just recently noticed GC in my local Autozone. I glanced over at the oil rack and the red label caught my eye and upon further inspection it was the made in Germany 0W-30 GC.
ive seen GC at autozone in el paso, tx of all places.
I've yet to see any in the Seattle area, but then M1 0w30 & M1 0w40 is hard to come by here, too. I'm running M1 0w30 at the moment in my allroad 2.7t.
I've been looking for a long time and the only AutoZone near me (100 miles away) has both yellow and red labeled CS 0W30 but none of the GC 0W30.
Frustrated.
DEWFPO
Frustrated.
DEWFPO
Patman
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That's cuz our old friend Pscholte has bought all the GC in the state of Colorado!
Patman
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I was getting worried when my local Walmart had not stocked up on GC in a few weeks, and only had the old stuff leftover, especially since someone in my car club claimed to know someone at Walmart's head office who said they would not be buying more GC 0w30 when the current supply was all sold.
But this morning when I went to my local Walmart, I found 12 more L of GC (and believe it or not someone bought up the old stuff, even though some of it was the very old style bottle from 5 years ago!!), and it's from a very new batch number not seen yet:
M033246B2510513 TIME STAMP 03:40
So, this gives new hope that this oil will indeed be sticking around after all.
Has anyone in the US bought any recently which has a batch number like this? (or similar to this) Until this morning, my entire supply was all from batch number M030426B T/W1240607
I wonder if this new batch number will finally be free of any iron in it?
I kind of regret buying so much, as I'd rather start using the latest batch from now on, but I also worried that they would stop selling this oil too, which is why I bought so much. I suppose I could use up my 46L supply of the old batch in my dad's car and my wife's car though, and just run the new stuff in my own.
[ January 24, 2004, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: Patman ]
But this morning when I went to my local Walmart, I found 12 more L of GC (and believe it or not someone bought up the old stuff, even though some of it was the very old style bottle from 5 years ago!!), and it's from a very new batch number not seen yet:
M033246B2510513 TIME STAMP 03:40
So, this gives new hope that this oil will indeed be sticking around after all.
Has anyone in the US bought any recently which has a batch number like this? (or similar to this) Until this morning, my entire supply was all from batch number M030426B T/W1240607
I wonder if this new batch number will finally be free of any iron in it?
I kind of regret buying so much, as I'd rather start using the latest batch from now on, but I also worried that they would stop selling this oil too, which is why I bought so much. I suppose I could use up my 46L supply of the old batch in my dad's car and my wife's car though, and just run the new stuff in my own.
[ January 24, 2004, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: Patman ]
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