Originally Posted By: Fasttimez
I run Royal Purple HPS 5W-30. I'm not really seeing what everyone is talking about when it comes to price. I order it from Summit or Jegs, cost $8.30 per quart for top of the line HPS Synthetic. By comparison, WalMart has Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5W-30 for $7.98 per quart, Mobil 1 5W-30 for $7.03 per quart, Castrol Edge 5W-30 for $7.97 per quart, QSUD 5W-30 for $7.33 per quart.....so where is the HUGE price difference between Royal Purple's top notch HPS line, & the other off the shelf "synthetics" ? I'm pretty sure Royal Purple HPS is more "synthetic" than all those other off the shelf 5W-30's also with a better add pack to boot. Also, when you compare RP HPS to the price of AmsOil, Redline, Motul or any of the other boutique oils, they are nearly DOUBLE the price per quart of RP HPS. I'll continue to run the RP HPS & RP filter in my truck. These prices I quoted are directly off the shelf at my local WalMart.....
Well, the obvious difference is that we can by M1, PUP, QSUD, etc. in 5 quart jugs whereas I only see the HPS in single quarts or boxes of 6 individual quart bottles. I think M1 5W30 is about $22/5 quarts without rebates at WM, so we're talking $4.40 a quart. Doesn't make sense to buy single quarts at WM for a change, I can only see them making sense for topoff.
For some strange reason, Jegs wants 2 cents more for a box of 6 HPS quarts than for 6 separate quart bottles...??? Cost of the box?