Mobil 1 rollback
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From: Lake Mary Florida
I'm not an avid Walmart person, but I think rollback is a temporary sale price. For how long I don't know.
I should have picked up two of those 5 qt jugs last night, have to get another one today. Hard to beat those prices in the 21st century.
I should have picked up two of those 5 qt jugs last night, have to get another one today. Hard to beat those prices in the 21st century.
Burning Brakes
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From: Amherstburg Ontario
What do you think of castrol GTX and GTX high mileage oil? Its for sale at autozone for 5+qt.jug $16.99 and $19.99.
Melting Slicks
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From: Horseshoe Bend ID
The June 2009 GM4718M standard lists Mobil1 0W-30, so I thought I would give it a try. BLUF = the average on my daily drive went from 22.4 mpg to 24.8 (an increase of 10%). My daily drive is 56 miles. I start at 2,600’ elevation, drive up the hill to 4,200’ elevation and then back to 2,600’. This first part is 63 mph (cruise on) for 20 miles the next part of the drive is 8 miles of city driving, then reverse to go home. I have been doing this drive for a year and switched to 0W-30 1,000 miles ago. I “do the math” at every fill-up and these numbers are verified. I don’t have any financial or other interest in Mobil1…your mileage may vary. My ride is a stock 03 convertible with an A4, K&N filter and Hypertech tune.
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From: Lake Mary Florida
My preference is for Mobil 1. Actually, Advanced Auto Parts has that same sale going on too, they are just around the corner from my house, but their Castrol was 26.99 for a the 5 qts of synthetic and a filter. I think there were several options on filters too. That is the sale they will run from time to time but use Mobil 1 and a Mobil 1 filter instead. Just not this time. It must be some kind of national sale by one manufacturer vs another because seems like every parts store right now has the same sale on Castrol with filter same pricing.
My boy was born with Mobil 1 and so he shall continue to receive Mobil 1, as long as I'm the master.
My experience with Mobil 1 was examining the teardown of my brother's Ford Turbo Coupe engine after 140K and it was like new inside. He exclusively used Mobil 1 in it. He had a valve go bad or something like that as for the reason for the engine work. That was quite a few years ago (early 90's).
My boy was born with Mobil 1 and so he shall continue to receive Mobil 1, as long as I'm the master.
My experience with Mobil 1 was examining the teardown of my brother's Ford Turbo Coupe engine after 140K and it was like new inside. He exclusively used Mobil 1 in it. He had a valve go bad or something like that as for the reason for the engine work. That was quite a few years ago (early 90's).
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From: MA
I use the 0W30, no problem at all and I DD all year round up here in MA.
0W30 up here is as common as 5W or even 10W.
$21 beats $23 or even the $26 it was up to back in 08' when gas was almost $4 if not over $4 a gallon.
0W30 up here is as common as 5W or even 10W.
$21 beats $23 or even the $26 it was up to back in 08' when gas was almost $4 if not over $4 a gallon.
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I work for Frito Lay, and it's not only the company that's getting richer, it's me too! Keep buying those chips guys, you all helped pay for my Z06 and I just ordered new wheels and tires that I have to pay for, so buy up cuz Labor day is almost here and it's one of the biggest chip weekends we have!
good chips, but I like BetterMade better...pun intended...not as greasy
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From: Wimauma FL
The June 2009 GM4718M standard lists Mobil1 0W-30, so I thought I would give it a try. BLUF = the average on my daily drive went from 22.4 mpg to 24.8 (an increase of 10%). My daily drive is 56 miles. I start at 2,600’ elevation, drive up the hill to 4,200’ elevation and then back to 2,600’. This first part is 63 mph (cruise on) for 20 miles the next part of the drive is 8 miles of city driving, then reverse to go home. I have been doing this drive for a year and switched to 0W-30 1,000 miles ago. I “do the math” at every fill-up and these numbers are verified. I don’t have any financial or other interest in Mobil1…your mileage may vary. My ride is a stock 03 convertible with an A4, K&N filter and Hypertech tune.
I have been getting them on sale from COSTCO as well, but 21 dollars is awesome.
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...what would you want 0w30 for
I do not understand why some owners take it upon themselves to decide their own grade of oil to use. The GM manual only recommends 5w-30 or 10W30 viscosity for stock LSx engines. 
