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Sorry, gang, I got a little greedy and made a second 44-mile round trip this morning to buy 2 more jugs of Ultra at the Ferguson Walmart. So now only 1 jug remains at that Walmart if you want it.
I'm kind of concerned about storing the oil for 4 years but they say oil's shelf-life is 5 years, so I guess it'll be okay. My current fill has been in the car 11 months, so the 4 jugs should last me close to 4 years.
GMBoy, I bought just 2 Ultra jugs yesterday, thinking that I would try Mobil 1 EP in 2 years, but then I saw the following page which convinced me to stick with Ultra rather than try M1 EP.
Wow, on the following page, it says Pennzoil Ultra keeps pistons up to 25 percent cleaner than Mobil 1, according to independent standardized tests:
[a href="http://www.pennzoil.com/motor-oil/pennzoil-ultra-synthetic-oil/"]http://www.pennzoil.com/motor-oil/pennzoil-ultra-synthetic-oil/[/a].
It seems Ultra is much better than Mobil 1 Extended Performance, and they're both priced the same to the penny. I just hope there will be no problems storing my Ultra jugs for up to 4 years? Is there anything to keep in mind with long-term storage of oil?
I'll definitely get a Blackstone analysis of my current fill of Ultra since I'm now committed to using Ultra for the next 4 years (5 years total, counting the current fill).
On my way back from the Ferguson Walmart, I stopped in at the Ferguson O'Reilly's, AutoZone, and Advance Auto (all 3 stores are on the same block about a mile south of that Walmart). Oh my gosh, Ferguson is Ultra nirvanna. Their AutoZone had 15 one-quart bottles of Ultra 5w-30 and another 15 bottles of the 10w-30. Price wasn't nirvanna: 9.59 per quart.
Did a little more research and found out right now you can still get an Ultra oil change performed at the Chesterfield Walmart but they won't sell you the individual Ultra bottles or jugs. I don't live in Chesterfield but somebody said to check for Ultra at the Walmarts in the affluent parts of town. The Chesterfield Walmart will just sell you an Ultra oil change, not the bottles themselves. So I don't know if they have the Ultra in bulk or in individual bottles, but I guess it doesn't matter if they will only give you the Ultra with an oil change performed by their technicians.
I'm really sorry to see Ultra go if indeed it's going.
Dparm, you mentioned that "Red Line is a jump in a different direction from Ultra."
Can I ask in what direction Red Line is jumping differently than Ultra? I know Red Line is mostly a Group V esther, and Ultra is strong in Group IV PAO and Group III. Do you think Red Line can't hold up for a full year and 8,000 miles?
TommyGunn, there are no Pep Boys in St. Louis that I'm aware of.
Zako2, great point about how easy it is to confuse which product is better: Ultra or Platinum. It sounds like Pennzoil should have named "Ultra" something like "Platinum Plus" or "Platinum Extra" for the extra PAO in it--or even named it "Platinum Pizzaz"--anything but Ultra. My vote is for Platinum Plus. Maybe that's what they'll call Ultra's replacement, but like DgsBikes, I doubt it will be as good as Ultra, just like people say the second SSO was not really quite as good as the original SSO.
I'm kind of concerned about storing the oil for 4 years but they say oil's shelf-life is 5 years, so I guess it'll be okay. My current fill has been in the car 11 months, so the 4 jugs should last me close to 4 years.
GMBoy, I bought just 2 Ultra jugs yesterday, thinking that I would try Mobil 1 EP in 2 years, but then I saw the following page which convinced me to stick with Ultra rather than try M1 EP.
Wow, on the following page, it says Pennzoil Ultra keeps pistons up to 25 percent cleaner than Mobil 1, according to independent standardized tests:
[a href="http://www.pennzoil.com/motor-oil/pennzoil-ultra-synthetic-oil/"]http://www.pennzoil.com/motor-oil/pennzoil-ultra-synthetic-oil/[/a].
It seems Ultra is much better than Mobil 1 Extended Performance, and they're both priced the same to the penny. I just hope there will be no problems storing my Ultra jugs for up to 4 years? Is there anything to keep in mind with long-term storage of oil?
I'll definitely get a Blackstone analysis of my current fill of Ultra since I'm now committed to using Ultra for the next 4 years (5 years total, counting the current fill).
On my way back from the Ferguson Walmart, I stopped in at the Ferguson O'Reilly's, AutoZone, and Advance Auto (all 3 stores are on the same block about a mile south of that Walmart). Oh my gosh, Ferguson is Ultra nirvanna. Their AutoZone had 15 one-quart bottles of Ultra 5w-30 and another 15 bottles of the 10w-30. Price wasn't nirvanna: 9.59 per quart.
Did a little more research and found out right now you can still get an Ultra oil change performed at the Chesterfield Walmart but they won't sell you the individual Ultra bottles or jugs. I don't live in Chesterfield but somebody said to check for Ultra at the Walmarts in the affluent parts of town. The Chesterfield Walmart will just sell you an Ultra oil change, not the bottles themselves. So I don't know if they have the Ultra in bulk or in individual bottles, but I guess it doesn't matter if they will only give you the Ultra with an oil change performed by their technicians.
I'm really sorry to see Ultra go if indeed it's going.
Dparm, you mentioned that "Red Line is a jump in a different direction from Ultra."
Can I ask in what direction Red Line is jumping differently than Ultra? I know Red Line is mostly a Group V esther, and Ultra is strong in Group IV PAO and Group III. Do you think Red Line can't hold up for a full year and 8,000 miles?
TommyGunn, there are no Pep Boys in St. Louis that I'm aware of.
Zako2, great point about how easy it is to confuse which product is better: Ultra or Platinum. It sounds like Pennzoil should have named "Ultra" something like "Platinum Plus" or "Platinum Extra" for the extra PAO in it--or even named it "Platinum Pizzaz"--anything but Ultra. My vote is for Platinum Plus. Maybe that's what they'll call Ultra's replacement, but like DgsBikes, I doubt it will be as good as Ultra, just like people say the second SSO was not really quite as good as the original SSO.
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