I've started and I'm having the darndest time stopping. A year ago I didn't have a drop of oil to my name. Shortly after finding BITOG and deciding to do my own oil changes I purchased two 5 qt jugs of Valvoline MaxLife NextGen, which were discounted and almost free after the MIR. I later stumbled on some discounted PP, some more MaxLife NextGen, and then some PU. I recently purchased 45 quarts of G-Oil that was on clearance at Walmart, bringing my baby stash to about 57 quarts (I had used up most of the PP and PU by then). I was about 15 minutes early for an appointment this afternoon and decided to duck into the AZ across the street with no real expectation of buying anything and was pleasantly surprised to find two 5.1 qt jugs on clearance for $2 each! Now my stash is 10.2 quarts larger and my wallet only $4.32 lighter! I stopped at another AZ on the way home and their only clearance oils were some Castrol conventional and M1 5W-40, neither of which I was interested in/had use for. After getting home I started checking online at two AZs that can be on my way into the office tomorrow if I so please and have leads now for $4/qt PU and $4/5 qt Kendall, which I may grab tomorrow.
I figure I already have at least four years' worth of oil (GP at 5 qt per 9,000 miles/9 months using the ML NG and Burb at 6 qt per 5,000 miles/6 months using the G-Oil) but can't help but continue searching for deals and steals. It's verging on a compulsion. I feel called by each auto parts store I pass, luring me in like Ulysses and the sirens. I have offered oil to my friends to thin out my stash, thereby rationalizing future purchases. I don't feel bad about the money aspect of the purchases as I make plenty to justify these expenditures as a hobby, but it still feels kinda wrong...like I need to hide it from my wife. But I don't hide it and she thinks I'm crazy. Actually, she feeds the obsession! I called and asked about the G-Oil purchase, thinking cooler heads would prevail and she would tell me to limit my purchase to only one or two jugs, but she green lighted purchasing 10 (which I would have done, but they "only" had seven jugs and 10 individual quarts)!
The point of all of this rambling is to ask, does it ever stop?
I figure I already have at least four years' worth of oil (GP at 5 qt per 9,000 miles/9 months using the ML NG and Burb at 6 qt per 5,000 miles/6 months using the G-Oil) but can't help but continue searching for deals and steals. It's verging on a compulsion. I feel called by each auto parts store I pass, luring me in like Ulysses and the sirens. I have offered oil to my friends to thin out my stash, thereby rationalizing future purchases. I don't feel bad about the money aspect of the purchases as I make plenty to justify these expenditures as a hobby, but it still feels kinda wrong...like I need to hide it from my wife. But I don't hide it and she thinks I'm crazy. Actually, she feeds the obsession! I called and asked about the G-Oil purchase, thinking cooler heads would prevail and she would tell me to limit my purchase to only one or two jugs, but she green lighted purchasing 10 (which I would have done, but they "only" had seven jugs and 10 individual quarts)!
The point of all of this rambling is to ask, does it ever stop?
