That used to be my go-to, prices online have jumped to $30 for the LifeLong, same as the Pro-RS. Luckily I have a few boxes left before I need to decide what the next buy is.
think i am done with oil from walmart
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Good ol Vanilla Mobil 1 5w30 stays stacked at my Walmart's in my areas. 5qts for 24$. I dont see auto parts stores coming remotely close to that. But make no mistake. I am no fan of Walmart, however a spade is a spade.
If it was every on sale with a rebate I'd try it. But I don't ever remember seeing that happen. But I did use Amsoil in the manual transmission of the Ole Corolla. Seemed to work pretty well changed it about every 30,000 miles give or take.You sound like a potential home delivery Amsoil customer Johnny,,,
I'm not done with oils from Walmart* however, I am done with SuperTech Synthetic for now. This could be temporary, IDK!
I've seen Pennzoil Full Synthetic(Pennz's least expensive synthetic) for $3 le$$ for a 5qt jug. The ST 20K mile may be a better synthetic oil than this particular Pennz, IDK!
And I've seen on the shelves, a certain Mobil 1 for the same price(within pennies) as the SuperTech 20K full synthetic. Plus a host of other large brand name full synthetics that make a compelling cost argument of their own, not to buy the ST.
I've seen Pennzoil Full Synthetic(Pennz's least expensive synthetic) for $3 le$$ for a 5qt jug. The ST 20K mile may be a better synthetic oil than this particular Pennz, IDK!
And I've seen on the shelves, a certain Mobil 1 for the same price(within pennies) as the SuperTech 20K full synthetic. Plus a host of other large brand name full synthetics that make a compelling cost argument of their own, not to buy the ST.
Cause some of us want it right away and I like check my stuff before I buy . I don’t want buy a oil without the sealed ….beside I like going to Walmart getting the filter and oil at same time
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My Walmart oil of choice for last 15 years was also Quaker state high miles and halvoline high miles . Then halvoline came out 6qt box and it was my oil of choice . Until I move to Texas and it no longer available at my local Walmart , then I switch back to Quaker state high miles for $15 for 5qt . Now it’s like $18-$19 for 5qt
NOW my oil of choice is valvoline max life in 12qt box for $42.
NOW my oil of choice is valvoline max life in 12qt box for $42.
I miss the $15 oil and oil filter deal at Oreilly
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Its definitely regional. My local walmarts have been out of most stuff forever. I stopped at a store in Atlanta on one of my trips and it was completely full. I just order online.
Who stocks the oil. Is it the vendor or walmart themselves?
Yeah, I like getting out of the house(retired). I don't mind shopping be it for groceries, personal products, furniture/appliances or car parts.
At our age, we make a day or an afternoon of it. We'll go out shopping, meet with friends for lunch/coffee, hang out and pick & choose the exact product you're spending your hard earned money on, especially on groceries.
Sure, we buy more online than ever before and we like this very much as well. But you still don't know the condition of the product till it gets to your house and we find that we return more often than not in our experience.
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During the dark time a lot of name brands of things were out of stock so we tried walmarts great value brand, and it turns out a few things were pretty good. Like potato chips for 98 cents instead of 3 bucks. However now that they have a following there 2 bucks, so were back to the brand name stuff.
I think there trying to manage there brand just like everyone else - get people liking it and think they will continue. If so there missing the boat because the only ones that switched the first time were us cheap skates so we all switch back.
It makes you feel better about your own life when you see everyone shuffling around in dirty pajama pants and slippers at 3:00PM at Wal-Mart!
All jokes aside our local Wal-Mart (which is also our only grocery store in town) is usually pretty well stocked. If they don't have something it is usually available in a few days. I have been ordering Motorcraft FL500A filters online from Amazon because they are never in stock and O'Reilly's want about double the price at $12-13.
Where hasn't brand name stuff went up that much or more than store brands?
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Walmart price increases don't exist in a vacuum. Industry-wide prices are up and Walmart still has the best walk-in-store everyday prices.
A Walmart closed???
Wow, only 14 miles? My closest one is over 20 miles. This means if I buy from the store just for oil, I have to effectively tack on ~$7 for gas. That makes online ordering a significant savings over driving to the store.
And considering that any oil (that's not Euro only, of course) on WM's shelves meet the exact same spec (API SP now) there's no reason to complain about pricing. Walk in, find the cheapest price, check out.
Conversation at my local Walmart....
Wife: Where did you go?
Me: Checking out the oil.
Wife: Thought so. You do that every time. Would be nice if you stayed with me.
Me: Will do next time. But need to check price and filter options too. Both change every time we visit.
Wife: OK. Next time?
Me: Promise. Perhaps while you are waiting half-an-hour at the check-out I will try again? Certain I'll be back in time to unload/load the cart.
Wife: Where did you go?
Me: Checking out the oil.
Wife: Thought so. You do that every time. Would be nice if you stayed with me.
Me: Will do next time. But need to check price and filter options too. Both change every time we visit.
Wife: OK. Next time?
Me: Promise. Perhaps while you are waiting half-an-hour at the check-out I will try again? Certain I'll be back in time to unload/load the cart.
click-click-click and it's at my doorstep in 2 days. Once the plastic jug was damaged; they sent me another.
My local oreilly used to price match walmart for oil. Those were good times