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Mar 17, 2007 19:34:42 GMT
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This may have been mentioned before, however.... Has anyone else noticed that oil prices have gone through the roof? I usually treat the 2cv to a change with Castrol GTX 15w40, the last 5 litre bottle of which I purchased from Motorworld in Stafford cost me 13.00. However, on a return visit today I found that the same bottle of oil would now set me back a whopping 24.99!!! Even Tesco own brand was expensive at 18.99! the budget oil was cheap but theres no way I'm putting anything with a Tesco Value label thats cheaper than bottled water into my car. Anyway, I did a tour of Motor Factors, Garages, Service Stations, Supermarkets, same story! any descent looking oil was close to or over the 20 quid mark!! In the end on my way home I popped into my local Total garage of all places. Sure enough, a 5 litre bottle of "Total Premium Quartz 5000 15w40" was 18 quid, cheapest quality oil I found all day. I think its the first time the local Total garage has been cheapest for anything! So what the bloody hell is going on with oil prices then as my regular oil has gone up over a tenner??!!  |
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Mar 17, 2007 19:44:14 GMT
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Oil went up by 30-40% last year (same time as petrol hit £1 a litre)and although crude oil has come down in price it takes a long time for blended oils to come down in price.
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slater
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Mar 17, 2007 20:11:54 GMT
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Humm, i use morris 20/50 alot and its only £8.50 a gallon! better go stock up!!
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Mar 17, 2007 20:59:21 GMT
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Oil is cheap in Carrefour shops in France! 5l of GTX2 for a tenner! I'm gonna stock up!
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Mar 17, 2007 22:59:08 GMT
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This week Gtx Mineral Has Downsized to the same 4 litre size can as their Edge oil, But kept to the same price of the obsolete 5 litre  |
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Hitting switches,bitches and ditches!
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Mar 17, 2007 23:07:20 GMT
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Castrol has been steadily getting hugely expensive.
Luckily all my old engines like the £3.99/gallon 20W50 bargain chipfat from the motorfactors.
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Hmm I'm now wondering if I could run the car with acctual chip fat in it?  ...with all the batter and stuff filtered out of course  |
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v8ade
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Mar 18, 2007 10:36:55 GMT
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Even Tesco own brand was expensive at 18.99! the budget oil was cheap but theres no way I'm putting anything with a Tesco Value label thats cheaper than bottled water into my car.
[/quote]i must say I have used asda and tesco own brands for years never had any probs even the firenza run on it at santa pod my big black rover did over 150,00 taxi work on it so I cant knock it realy
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Last Edit: Mar 18, 2007 10:37:53 GMT by v8ade
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Mar 18, 2007 11:27:01 GMT
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Did you try Auto Aids in stafford on the wolverhampton road?
Paul
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loon
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Mar 18, 2007 16:40:23 GMT
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Oil is cheap in Carrefour shops in France! 5l of GTX2 for a tenner! I'm gonna stock up! lets not panic buy as this may put the price up even more ;D |
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what the fcuk have you done lately
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evilged
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Mar 18, 2007 16:51:19 GMT
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why not just borrow it from work.
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Mar 18, 2007 19:42:30 GMT
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Try Scats, they sell Fuch's oils which is top stuff, semi 10-30 is £12.99 & fully sinth 5-30 is £14.99 I run my Toyota 1JZ & old 1G on it. Opie oils man sells it too excellent stuff by all accounts.
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Mr S
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Mar 19, 2007 13:00:04 GMT
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I buy mine in 20l containers from my local Costco, Chevron 15/40 for £21 at the minute..... Was £18 last year!
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Mar 19, 2007 13:21:58 GMT
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whats going on with oil prices...? In a word  I-R-A-Q. you can't have a 'conflict' costing 1 billion USD a month ( or was it a week) without some one paying for it. I run my merc 6.3 on the cheapest 20/50 I can find and change it often. I can buy it in the supermarket for a lot less than you lot are paying. I have found that even the crappiest generic brands are just as good as the most expensive stuff. |
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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Mar 19, 2007 13:26:08 GMT
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We recently bought 5 litre of 20/50 from our village garage for less than a tenner!
Personally, I have no problem with chucking cheap oil into my 2CV. With oil changes every 3000 miles (as well as a little topping up in between) there isn't any point buying expensive stuff! 147,000 miles now and still running sweet.
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Mar 19, 2007 16:50:32 GMT
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I used to drive for a haulage firm that had a diesel card that could be used at shell to buy oil. Oil just came up on the reciept as "oil" so I often bought te most expensive oil I could find for my mk4 escort. Place I work at now doesnt use fuel cards though  |
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