Walmart Super Tech - has it been discontinued?

[cptbarkey]

solid question

Marketing, the same reason why people buy name brand Tylenol or Marlboro. Frankly the entire concept is there to separate you from your money.

 

[dadto2]

We all have repeatedly seen why being in the world market is a bad thing. Go back 50 or 60 years to when everything we consumed was produced in this country. We didn't have these problems then...

Remember the OPEC oil embargo 50+ years ago? I'm sure you do.

 

[doverlabs]

Remember the OPEC oil embargo 50+ years ago? I'm sure you do.

I wasn’t even alive when this happened yet I was surprised no one else mentioned it.

 

[Astro14]

It's just another excuse to gouge consumers...

I see… market shortages and global supply disruption shouldn’t affect prices?

Perhaps we can just hope for a recession, you know, to help consumers.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

Remember the OPEC oil embargo 50+ years ago? I'm sure you do.

I don't recall the '73-'74 one but the '79 issues I do. You could only by gas on odd/even days based on license plate #. My parents had one odd and one even My job daily was to swap plates as needed so dad go and keep them full so he could go to work. Most places had limits on gallons.

We did a trip towing trailer with a '75 Ford LTD. We had 4-5 Five gallon gas cans inside the trailer in case we needed them. Probably not the safest thing. At the highway fuel stops he would get what he could then pulled around to the opposite side and did it again. We brought the other license plates in case we needed them. Memories!

 

[grampi]

Remember the OPEC oil embargo 50+ years ago? I'm sure you do.

And that was a product we had to rely on another country for...even then we were getting screwed by the world economy...

 

[Legs4Arms]

Wouldn't make that blanket statement at all. It entirely depends on the individual vehicle and usage case.

Many turbo GDI fuel dilluters shouldn't be going the recommended OCI with their recommended weight oils, much less pushing that out a couple thousand miles. Ironically, newer vehicles might be returning to the 3000 mile oil change.

It's totally pathetic and you're absolutely right.

 

[grampi]

I see… market shortages and global supply disruption shouldn’t affect prices?

Perhaps we can just hope for a recession, you know, to help consumers.

Again, if we produced what need in this country, we wouldn't be having this problem...

 

[grampi]

Marketing, the same reason why people buy name brand Tylenol or Marlboro. Frankly the entire concept is there to separate you from your money.

Some just gotta spend the extra $$$ to get their warm fuzzies...

 

[thunderfog]

Again, if we produced what need in this country, we wouldn't be having this problem...

I kinda feel like you don't understand how all this works...or has worked for generations...

 

[DCDG]

If you need a filter go score a special from one of the local auto part stores az has stp oil with 10k filter promo for under $30 at least for my vehicle

 

[Legs4Arms]

I said it once and I'll say it again, all the non-BITOG-type people in my life thought I was crazy buying oil as often as I did.

Now I'm set for years with top flight oil I bought for about 1/3 of what it's currently priced at in Canada. Who's the crazy one NOW ?
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[OM617YOTA]

I said it once and I'll say it again, all the non-BITOG-type people in my life thought I was crazy buying oil as often as I did.

Now I'm set for years with top flight oil I bought for about 1/3 of what it's currently priced at in Canada. Who's the crazy one NOW ?
🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢

Oh no, we're still crazy. By sheer accident it just happens to be useful at the moment.

 

[Urshurak776]

Oh no, we're still crazy. By sheer accident it just happens to be useful at the moment.

Yup, this. We're definitely still crazy, just not as crazy in the present.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Grabbed some Castrol on "rollback" for less than what supertech was going for