My local WMs are no longer carrying Maxlife ATF

[pbm]

In a matter of 2 weeks all the WMs near me have replaced Maxlife ATF with Castrol Import and High Mileage.
The price went up from $3.67 for Maxlife (a great deal) to $4.82 (I think)for the Castrol Import and $5 for the HM.
I snagged a couple of qts. of Maxlife and a couple of qts. of Pennzoil Multi-Vehicle for $2.50 a qt. on closeout. They seem to be discontinuing the Pennzoil ATFs too.
It's a shame...Maxlife at $3.67 was a great seller...the shelf was often empty.

 

[justinf89]

I know the walmarts near me had maxlife in the quarts only, which did disappoint me a little bit. Usually that tells me that they are not a big seller but it was a pretty good price for qts. Hopefully I can get some on clearance if they are getting rid of them.

 

[pbm]

I get my drinking water at WM so I'm there usually twice a week. I keep an eye on the oil shelf and I see 10 or 12 qts. of ML on Monday and they're gone on Thursday. This has been the case since they started carrying it. I assumed it was a very good seller. At $3.67 it wasn't much more than conventional WM ST (which is $2.67)

 

[K20FA5]

Man, that sucks! They still have it around here in quarts and gallons. I would use the Castrol Import stuff though too. My wife's Honda seems to like it better than the Maxlife.

 

[qdeezie]

I haven't seen MaxLife ATF anywhere in NC at Wal-Mart. I only see it at auto parts stores.

 

[gungoat]

I was at my local WM today and they only had supertech ATF,nothing else! ??? [east tenn.}

 

[unDummy]

Maxlife was blown out for $2.50/qt recently around here. And, the range of Castrol ATFs took the shelf space.

 

[crazyoildude]

i was in that store tonight and the oil prices are way up and of course when the price goes up the sales hit the skids..
the dust is piling up!

 

[ltslimjim]

Yes, I only see Castrol or SuperTech ATF etc, at local WM.

 

[HTSS_TR]

My local WM's have mostly SuperTech ATF and few quarts Castrol for more than a year now. The last time I saw any other brand ATF was in 2009.

 

[Gonz]

One of the local WMs near me used to carry Castrol and SuperTech ATF. The Castrol was put on clearance a couple months ago. Today i noticed a shelf full of max life ATF at 3.67 per quart. So, at least one store switched from Castrol to Max Life.

 

[RnR]

Originally Posted By: Gonz
Today i noticed a shelf full of max life ATF at 3.67 per quart. So, at least one store switched from Castrol to Max Life.
That's a counter-trend arrangement so it might be wise to rake advantage if you use it.

Not all is lost however...

In this region, Meijer sells quarts For $3.69 and you can even get the equivalent price down in the $3.30 neighborhood if you buy gallons at AAP with a 40% off code.

 

[caravanmike]

my wm never carried maxlife atf

 

[stubbakatt]

All the maxlife atf is gone here, too. Replaced with Castrol.

 

[sciphi]

We used to have it but not anymore. Thankfully the Advance around the corner had it on the shelf.

 

[pbm]

When I visited Texas in December I noticed that Castrol ATF was the major player at WM.
I thought it was a regional thing and I was happy to have access to cheap Maxlife which is full synthetic and a screaming deal at $3.67. Oh well....

I was more comfortable using Maxlife in a hi-mileage vehicle before they thinned it down to meet the Dexron VI spec.

 

[cos]

For those of you whose WalMarts no longer carry Valvoline MaxLife ATF - don't you have "High Milage" SuperTech ATF in the red bottle? Mine does and I use that when I can't find Maxlife on sale.

 

[AzFireGuy79]

Plenty of Maxlife atf here in arizona! Quarts and gallons. I sure hope they don't replace it will castrol atf. The only time they don't have it is when its sold out. Its easily their most popular atf.

 

[mechanicx]

My local Walmart doesn't carry Valvoline ATF anymore either. All there is now is Supertech.