Quaker State 300,000 Mile Cash Back Program

[Pretty Lies]

Curious if anyone here is making a run at the Quaker State Cash Back Program (i.e., the one where they pay you the trade-in price of your vehicle up to $3,000 - you keep your car - if it hits 300,000 miles within 20 years using Quaker State synthetic oil).

You’d have to drive on average at least 15,000 miles per year, diligently change your oil on time, do the factory recommend maintenance on time and maintain and report all your records. But, it seems interesting, in that it could potentially reduce your oil cost to $0 (e.g., 60 oil changes x $21 (for 5 quarts) = $1,260 < up to $3,000 cash back).

 

[Boomer]

At 8000 miles per year on my All Track, I would have to drive the car for 37.5 years to hit 300,000 miles. I am 78 with just over 68,000 miles on the car now. So in 29 years I would hit that 300,000 mile mark at 107 years old!

Man, I would take that cash and show some 105 year old chick a real night on the town!!

 

[97prizm]

I'd love to get 300k miles out of vehicle. The closest I came was 246k on my 97 geo until the harmonic balancer sheared off. I'm going to be lucky if my cavalier makes it to 200k, and my neon transmission died at 153k.

 

[Bailey28]

How is Quaker State going to prove your vehicle is not on it's second or third engine? Or using a scan tool to 'roll' your odometer forward?

 

[Snagglefoot]

I’m currently at 285,000 miles and 18 years , mostly on Pennzoil products. Darn!

 

[ATex7239]

Seems like a good deal if one was so inclined and able to make it work. Maybe a high mileage driver would be better suited for this program.

We trade ours in well before 300K and our high mileage cars are beaters for the kids and aren’t driven as much. So not really for us.

 

[Arc]

I’m currently at 285,000 miles and 18 years , mostly on Pennzoil products. ****!

That's where I'm at on my 08 Grand Cherokee. Transmission failed last year but so far the engine is fine.

 

[Urshurak776]

I doubt anyone really does this. Just marketing hooooey. Doesn't Pennzoil have something similar?

 

[Urshurak776]

At 8000 miles per year on my All Track, I would have to drive the car for 37.5 years to hit 300,000 miles. I am 78 with just over 68,000 miles on the car now. So in 29 years I would hit that 300,000 mile mark at 107 years old!

Man, I would take that cash and show some 105 year old chick a real night on the town!!

Who are you kidding? You would both be asleep before dark!

 

[Patman]

I doubt anyone really does this. Just marketing hooooey. Doesn't Pennzoil have something similar?

I seem to recall Pennzoil giving out a 250k warranty if you had an engine failure but nothing like this cash back setup. This is a first. I think very few people will end up getting it in the long run.

 

[k1xv]

Has anybody ever collected under any of these schemes?

When I was in fifth grade, I had a cruel teacher. He told the class of 30 students, that if everybody got 100% on the weekly spelling tests, he would take us all for a day at the local amusement park. Of course, this was impossible, as in the class we had one girl who was dyslexic, and two Puerto Rican boys who could barely speak English.

While spelling scores did improve overall, the girl rarely got more than 5 or 6 right out of 20 words, and the Puerto Rican kids didn't do that much better. But what it did was make these poor kids the object of anger and ridicule from those who got 100% on the spelling test.

The teacher knew that the likelihood of 30 kids getting 100%, even if none were dyslexic or non English speakers, was zero.

 

[Plumb Bob]

Why not simply formulate something like Valvoline Restore and Protect, rather than making users choreograph a 300,000-mile plan?

 

[Burt]

If you are a commercial driver like Uber it might be worth it. I don’t see that they’re excluded. Note that in addition you’re required to document that you faithfully followed all required maintenance, not just oil changes.

Otherwise too many ways to fail. Car accidents or they might simply exercise their right to terminate the program.

 

[Carlostrece]

At 8000 miles per year on my All Track, I would have to drive the car for 37.5 years to hit 300,000 miles. I am 78 with just over 68,000 miles on the car now. So in 29 years I would hit that 300,000 mile mark at 107 years old!

Man, I would take that cash and show some 105 year old chick a real night on the town!!

You'd better get busy!

What's a hard partying night on the town for a 105 yr old woman? An extra serving of Jello with celebratory whipcream?

 

[Snagglefoot]

With current norms its acceptable to date a woman half your age plus 7. She can be a young as 108/2 +7 which equals 61. (I rounded up from 107 to 108 for the math).

My uncle is 102. He could probably unplug his catheter and take her out for drinks.

 

[CR94]

They're assuming the trade-in value of a >20-year-old vehicle won't be much. Or they'll forget about the program after 18 years.
If they'd announced that deal a few decades earlier, I might've tried for it, considering I put double the required mileage on my Mazda.

 

[Snagglefoot]

In spite of a person’s best intentions, getting a vehicle to 300,000 miles by a single owner is exceedingly rare. The VP who approved the ad was probably LHAO. He’d be retired and spending his bonuses by then.

 

[Carlostrece]

This whole topic reminds me of the Pepsi Challenge. Google it.

I watched a documentary on it. I don't remember the rules of that challenge, but the prize description stated that Pepsi would give a specific model of fighter jet to whoever was the first person to win the challenge.

A kid won the challenge.

Pepsi refused to give him a fighter jet. Pepsi's executives and lawyers said they couldn't legally give a kid a fighter jet. So the kid said give me the cash value of the fighter jet, which was $30,000,000 at the time. Pepsi refused to give the kid any money, but did send him a free case of Pepsi.

The kid got a lawyer on contingency and sued Pepsi. I don't recall the exact outcome, but I think the kid got millions.

Point being... Companies can promise anything, especially when they think they'll never have to pay out. It doesn't mean they'll honor their promise.

Pepsi also has another contest for cash prizes in the Philipines for a cash prize. Then Pepsi refused to pay the winners their cash prizes. Philipinos rioted and vandalized Pepsi trucks and burned a Pepsi owned building in the Philipines.

I'm not saying Quaker State is scummy like Pepsi is, but I also am skeptical of the Quaker State Challenge. Is it rigged so no one can win? If someone does win, would Quaker State pay up? I'm skeptical of promises, especially promises from corporations.

 

[Jay73]

I seem to recall Pennzoil giving out a 250k warranty if you had an engine failure but nothing like this cash back setup. This is a first. I think very few people will end up getting it in the long run.

10 years/300k
15 years/500k
Lifetime

Depending on which oil ya use...

https://www.pennzoil.com/en_us/warranty.html

 

[ATex7239]

This whole topic reminds me of the Pepsi Challenge. Google it.

I watched a documentary on it. I don't remember the rules of that challenge, but the prize description stated that Pepsi would give a specific model of fighter jet to whoever was the first person to win the challenge.

A kid won the challenge.

Pepsi refused to give him a fighter jet. Pepsi's executives and lawyers said they couldn't legally give a kid a fighter jet. So the kid said give me the cash value of the fighter jet, which was $30,000,000 at the time. Pepsi refused to give the kid any money, but did send him a free case of Pepsi.

The kid got a lawyer on contingency and sued Pepsi. I don't recall the exact outcome, but I think the kid got millions.

Point being... Companies can promise anything, especially when they think they'll never have to pay out. It doesn't mean they'll honor their promise.

Pepsi also has another contest for cash prizes in the Philipines for a cash prize. Then Pepsi refused to pay the winners their cash prizes. Philipinos rioted and vandalized Pepsi trucks and burned a Pepsi owned building in the Philipines.

I'm not saying Quaker State is scummy like Pepsi is, but I also am skeptical of the Quaker State Challenge. Is it rigged so no one can win? If someone does win, would Quaker State pay up? I'm skeptical of promises, especially promises from corporations.

I can understand why a company wouldn’t want to pay $30 million but then again don’t put out the challenge if you are not willing to back it up. $3000 is not a lot of money though. I don’t see a reason why they shouldn’t pay out. It would be good advertisement for them if anything. All that said as many stated people don’t drive their vehicles that long generally and most people will probably forget shortly after signing up. Which is probably what the company is expecting in the long run.