I miss the old days and they weren't that long ago. 5 or 6 years ago I could go to my dollar store and get a case of Exxon Superflow 5-30 for 12 bucks and then catch a sale and get a Penske oil filter at Kmart for a dollar or a Havoline filter at Freds for .79 cents. The box of oil always at a $3.00 mail in rebate so for about $3.50 I could do a oil change. Now oil is $4.00 and up a qt a filter will cost $4.00 dollars and up. The same oil change 6 years later is $20.00- $25.00 bucks. The oil companies are making a killing.
The old days
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I remember synth blends being $1-$2 a quart,a stuff like M1 being in the $3 range.
Don't worry their insatiable greed IS killing the goose that lays the Golden Egg.
When Walmart stopped selling Phillips 66 Trop Artic I got it for .93 cents a qt. I think I bought up about 8 cases in all. Hit every store in this area. I don't think I will every see a deal like that again.
I'm still using oil bought on sale for $1-$1.50/qt several years ago before $4 gas.
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Well fellas,
Advance Auto Parts (AAP) has a great deal on Valvoline Nextgen right now. 20.99 for 5 quarts and a purolator filter and you get a 20 buck debit card back on rebate. That makes the oil and filter cost about 25 cents each after you pay tax and get the rebate. Happy days are here again!
Advance Auto Parts (AAP) has a great deal on Valvoline Nextgen right now. 20.99 for 5 quarts and a purolator filter and you get a 20 buck debit card back on rebate. That makes the oil and filter cost about 25 cents each after you pay tax and get the rebate. Happy days are here again!
I'm with Tig. I remember when the regular per quart price of dino was 50 cents and you could regularly get it on sale for 35-40 cents. I started using M1 in 1977; by then it had "come down" to $3.99 per quart at some retailers. Oil filters were just over a buck each.
Unfortunately, BITOG is feeding the problem of rising prices. Oil companies can see that a bunch of people are fanatics for oil that costs $7+/quart, even though the cheaper stuff works equally well and nobody has ever measured a real, quantifiable benefit to the expensive stuff. And they see what kinds of words you want to hear to convince you to buy the expensive stuff, and the marketing machine gets stronger. So they will continue to jack up the prices until the market won't sustain it any more. Keep buying the expensive stuff and giving them free word of mouth advertising about it with no rational technical basis or practical benefits, and they will continue to jack up the rates. BITOG serves this purpose quite well.
I remember when Motorcraft S/B 5w20 was $11.50 for 5qts, now its about $15.50ish
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I remember when Motorcraft S/B 5w20 was $11.50 for 5qts, now its about $15.50ish
I remember that too and now its almost 18 dollars here! ONe of the dumbest things I ever did in my life was when I sold a old S10. My Dad had stocked up on uniflow that he bought at Big Lots for 60 cents per quart. He bought enough to wear out a toyota truck he had. He sold the truck at 150K far from wore out and gave me his stash. I had tons of this stuff and used it for years.
I sold that truck and gave the new owner my stash because I was so stupid I didnt ever think I would use it. I was a fool. NOw, I keep ever drop of oil I have no matter if I think I may never need it or use it.
I remember when Motorcraft S/B 5w20 was $11.50 for 5qts, now its about $15.50ish
I remember that too and now its almost 18 dollars here! ONe of the dumbest things I ever did in my life was when I sold a old S10. My Dad had stocked up on uniflow that he bought at Big Lots for 60 cents per quart. He bought enough to wear out a toyota truck he had. He sold the truck at 150K far from wore out and gave me his stash. I had tons of this stuff and used it for years.
I sold that truck and gave the new owner my stash because I was so stupid I didnt ever think I would use it. I was a fool. NOw, I keep ever drop of oil I have no matter if I think I may never need it or use it.
I remember when geopolitical tension had no affect on motor oil prices; just gasoline.
Oil should be going back down soon. I saw GTX at Wally go from $18 a jug to $15. New players like Peak are getting a nice share of the low cost oils because that is a name brand we have trusted for decades. I see the major companies pushing their corporate named oils to compete on the bottom side in order to keep their heavily promoted oils in a higher price range. We should see more Trop Artic, Formula Shell, Exxon Superflow and Chevron on more store shelves.
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I used to get a 5qt of PP for $15 at wal-mart 2 years ago when I first got my license and grand am...
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We should see more Trop Artic, Formula Shell, Exxon Superflow and Chevron on more store shelves.
Didn't they quit making Exxon Superflo? I thought it was replaced by Mobil Super 5000 or something like that.
We should see more Trop Artic, Formula Shell, Exxon Superflow and Chevron on more store shelves.
Didn't they quit making Exxon Superflo? I thought it was replaced by Mobil Super 5000 or something like that.
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I think when the re branded a little bit, superflo became mobil "special."
Originally Posted By: Subarutech
I remember when Motorcraft S/B 5w20 was $11.50 for 5qts, now its about $15.50ish
Ya better check again. Yesterday, a jug of MC syn blend at WM was priced at $18.XX, an increase from $17.47 in my area.
I remember when Motorcraft S/B 5w20 was $11.50 for 5qts, now its about $15.50ish
Ya better check again. Yesterday, a jug of MC syn blend at WM was priced at $18.XX, an increase from $17.47 in my area.
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