I got the 4 quart D1 jug from a Flying J truckstop in Ohio ($30), the M1 5W-40 quart from a Walmart in central NJ ($4.77), and the 4 litre D1 jug from the Walmart in Patman's home town of Mississauga, Ontario (~CAN$35=USD$25)
Which bottle looks best? Delvac 1 (US), M1 5W-40, Delvac 1 (Canada)
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The Canadian one, of course..
I'm hoping we see the SUV bottle here soon...
I'm hoping we see the SUV bottle here soon...
as long as it's not one of those '4.4' litre mobil 1 bottles I saw at a Canadian Wal-mart when I was up there last. What's the 4.4 litre deal???? all the other jugs I saw there were either 4 or 5 litre but 4.4??????
Any would look good to me if I could get them in "backwoods" South Carolina!!
As for the M1-D1 here at my local Wally-world..
Get if you still can.... The slot for the for the D1 is filled with something else and the price sticker is also gone.
So I asked sales staff on 2 seperate occasions.. and its gone...
"company wide" I was told.
Jean
So I asked sales staff on 2 seperate occasions.. and its gone...
Jean
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I like that nifty bottle of Delvac from the Ohio truck stop! That looks cool!
BTW, do you remember which Walmart in Mississauga you went to? Was it the Meadowvale one? (that's my local one that I've bought most of my GC from) Or was it the Walmart at Square One?
BTW, do you remember which Walmart in Mississauga you went to? Was it the Meadowvale one? (that's my local one that I've bought most of my GC from) Or was it the Walmart at Square One?
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4.4 is definitely strange, that is how the Walmart synthetic is packaged up here. I think they do it so that they can say it's got 10% more oil than the others. They often do that with GTX too up here, and slap the 10% bonus sticker on it.
the 4.4 container I saw there was the old design 5qt. container used here(south of the border) when it was Mobil1 Tri-synthetic.
Ah! Another Mississaugan! (is that the correct term for someone from Mississauga?)quote:
Originally posted by Quick_lude:
The Canadian one, of course..
I'm hoping we see the SUV bottle here soon...
Are M1 0W-20 and 0W-40 widely available there yet?
Interestingly, Delvac 1 seemed to be easier to find in Canada than down here. But Jean says that may no longer be the case?!
It was the Walmart at Square One. I didn't see any GC at Square One though.quote:
Originally posted by Patman:
I like that nifty bottle of Delvac from the Ohio truck stop! That looks cool!
BTW, do you remember which Walmart in Mississauga you went to? Was it the Meadowvale one? (that's my local one that I've bought most of my GC from) Or was it the Walmart at Square One?
Thanks for the tip, next time I'm up there, I'll probably buy a Canadian 1 litre bottle of GC from Meadowvale as a souvenir!
Yeah, I've seen those...
Oddly however, 4.4 liters is not 5 quarts--if my calculations are correct, 4.4L=4.64 quarts!
IMO, the 1 quart 5W-40 bottle is the ugliest in the whole Mobil line. Why did they give their best oil their ugliest bottle??? I really prefer the look of the 0W-40 bottles, they look sharp! If only the 5W-40 bottles looked that good...oh well, it's what's inside that counts!
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M1 0w20 is now at Canadian Tire, but 0w40 is still hard to find, only one place that I know of sells it in the Toronto area.
And yes, I do believe we can be called Mississaugan (or Mississaugian?) although I prefer the term "supreme being"
This is getting a little- well, come on, a beauty contest for oil bottles?
I can hear it now:"Wow, lookit *them* jugs, will ya?"
Hard to beat those BobZoil bottles; basic black, goes with everything, with that nice yellow label accent!
I can hear it now:"Wow, lookit *them* jugs, will ya?"
Hard to beat those BobZoil bottles; basic black, goes with everything, with that nice yellow label accent!
My family thinks I'm strange enough as it is. If I said anything even close to this concept they'd wrap me up & ship me off.
MolaKule
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And where do think I have been communicating from all these years?
Regarding the continers. EM has a graphic's design group that works with the plastic packaging firms. And where do you think the plastic packaging firms get their raw materials??? Anyone, anyone?
Seriously, I prefer the Schaeffer's packaging concept myself: Simple, to the point, and at least cost to the customer.
Just remember, this kind of packaging costs about 20% of the total cost of the product.
[ May 07, 2004, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: MolaKule ]
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