I joined BITOG a few months ago as it's always amazed my how you can have 5 different oils with identical specifications on the label yet the contents of each could be widly different.
I seem to have started collecting cheap oils though! Is this normal BITOG member behaviour?
I was walking around ASDA (a UK Wallmart owned supermarket) a few weeks ago and they had their 5 litre (1.32 US Gallons) drums of oil on offer at £9 each.
Well I ended up buying 4 drums of VW 502/505 5w40 spec oil and 4 drums of VW 504/507 5w30 spec oils.
Why? Well both oils will go in my partners car, my Mothers and my Fathers Defender and the 504/507 would be quite happy in my Focus but did I really need to buy 40 litres of oil?
I also have 10 litres of Shell Helix Professional AG Dexos 2 oil. I had an email from Euro Car Parts with it on offer at £20 for 5 litres so I snapped 2 up. Again, quite happy to put it in my Focus... but did I need to buy it?
Is this a taste of what's to come? I'm worried if this carries I will eventually end up with furniture made out of oil cans.
I seem to have started collecting cheap oils though! Is this normal BITOG member behaviour?
I was walking around ASDA (a UK Wallmart owned supermarket) a few weeks ago and they had their 5 litre (1.32 US Gallons) drums of oil on offer at £9 each.
Well I ended up buying 4 drums of VW 502/505 5w40 spec oil and 4 drums of VW 504/507 5w30 spec oils.
Why? Well both oils will go in my partners car, my Mothers and my Fathers Defender and the 504/507 would be quite happy in my Focus but did I really need to buy 40 litres of oil?
I also have 10 litres of Shell Helix Professional AG Dexos 2 oil. I had an email from Euro Car Parts with it on offer at £20 for 5 litres so I snapped 2 up. Again, quite happy to put it in my Focus... but did I need to buy it?
Is this a taste of what's to come? I'm worried if this carries I will eventually end up with furniture made out of oil cans.