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Date:         Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:13:49 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mobil One - high cost
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <4C27C188.5090409@charter.net>
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---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > Mobil One's 15W50 is what I have been using for a long time. But > yesterday I went to my local FLAPS (Advance Auto) for a couple of quarts > and the price has gone through the roof for this area - like $7.95/quart > - with taxes well over $16 for the two quarts. Anyone else experiencing > this kind of oil shiv through the wallet with Mobil One?

$7.99 per quart here at all FLAPS. I don't use it, I now use Pennzoil 20W-50 (did use Castrol 20W-50, about which we won't talk). I change the oil every 3K miles, so don't worry too much about what oil I use, so long as it is within the weight grade recommended by VW and meets current engineering criteria. BTW, I don't buy oil from FLAPS, either, though I do notice their prices. I buy it from a local wholesaler, which doesn't care whether I am buying fifty cases or one, and accepts my credit card. $26.33 for a case of 12 Pennzoil 20W50 last time I bought. It was $3.49 per quart at local FLAPS. I was quoted $58.68 for a case of 12 Mobil 1 (15W50) at the wholesaler.

David McNeely


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