XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   mike wrote:   
   > Kids are on spring break so I changed their oil & filters.   
   >   
   > Bought Costco oil but to my surprise they no longer sell dino juice.   
   > Bought Mobil 1 oil filters at Walmart but they also had no dino juice.   
   > Went to O'Reillys but their conventional was more expensive than synthetic.   
   >   
   > I had Costco look up who had conventional oil and it turns out they   
   > discounted their last cases of Chevron 10W30 SN & 10W40 SN conventional   
   > oils   
   > to $9.97/10 quarts more than a year ago and haven't sold any conventional   
   > motor oils since then at any Costco in my area.   
   >   
   > Huh?   
   > Since when is conventional oil hard to find in bulk?   
   > Is this a new thing?   
   >   
   > I'm not complaining or even asking whether the $25/10 quarts Kirkland fully   
   > synthetic 5W30 SP oil is good or not as I know all about synthetic oil   
   > advantages & disadvantages over conventional gasoline engine motor oils.   
   >   
   > I'm just asking if you've also found it hard to find conventional oil by   
   > the   
   > case at good prices (which means at your local Costco or department store)?   
      
   Stores here have lots of dino oil.   
   However, with full syn at $3 per qt and dino at $2.50 per qt I always   
   get full syn.   
      
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