Buying oil from Amazon

Crcr, the rebate covers ALL Mobil 1 and does not require you buying it at Walmart (although if you go to Walmart's site and do a search, they DO sell that grade). It's just not mentioned in the Tech Bargain's post. If you can find your grade elsewhere at a price that makes sense with the rebate, you are also good to go.

Trackrig wrote:

garyemunson wrote:
Go to techbargainsdotcom and search for 'mobil 1'. You will find a $12 rebate on Mobil 1. Walmart sells it for about $24 for a 5 qt jug. Good saving.

Gary,

I used Mobil 1 for a long time and have nothing at all against it. I switched to the T6 as it has the additive required by the wet clutch packs in my quads which Mobil 1 doesn't. In the quads the same oil supply feeds both the engine and transmission. This point would matter to very few people, but it allows me to only carry one type of oil with me so that nothing winds up with the wrong oil in it.

Bill

Great minds think alike..... I run T6 in everything than wants or needs syn oil including the bike and quad because of its wet clutch compatibility. $20-25 a gallon beats $10-15 a qt for Jaso MA oil at the bike shop.
I do run on sale Dino 15-40 or 5-40 in everything else though. Right now Valvoline blue is stocked In the shop since that was on sale last. Just went through about 5 gal this weekend anywhere from 8 oz to 8 qts per machine.....and I didn't change the oil in the truck!

Trackrig wrote:

garyemunson wrote:
Go to techbargainsdotcom and search for 'mobil 1'. You will find a $12 rebate on Mobil 1. Walmart sells it for about $24 for a 5 qt jug. Good saving.

Gary,

I used Mobil 1 for a long time and have nothing at all against it. I switched to the T6 as it has the additive required by the wet clutch packs in my quads which Mobil 1 doesn't. In the quads the same oil supply feeds both the engine and transmission. This point would matter to very few people, but it allows me to only carry one type of oil with me so that nothing winds up with the wrong oil in it.

Bill

Its not what Rotella has for additives, its what it does NOT have for "energy saving" additives that makes it ok to use in anything that has a wet clutch.

Amazon has been very good at matching 1 gallon and 5qt jugs of oil (all sorts of brands and weights) compared to Walmart for the last 2 years, at least. There have been times Amazon's prices exceeds Walmart, but its never for very long.

The only thing I'll say - watch who actually ships the product. I'm seeing more and more "oddly-named" sellers on Amazon - and they aren't always selling what they show?

Example: Twice now, I've ordered batteries thru Amazon, and received what appeared to be fresh Duracell batteries - only to have them leak within a month of purchase and destroy the item I put them in :-( By the time I went to complain about the batteries that killed my Garmin Vivofit - the company had vanished off Amazon's website. But I'll bet they resurface under another name, selling outdated batteries with new dates on the packaging?

So now I make a practice of checking the supplying company - is it a North American company? Especially for something like oil - if it's a "knockoff" - it could do a mind-boggling amount of damage. I'd go to WalMart, personally.

I don't know what the stores are in the area, but I prefer shopping local when I can, just personal preference. For example, I prefer to buy oil at a local car parts store. It may be slightly more expensive, but at least there is a far less chance at getting an off brand or counterfeit item.

If you use subscribe and save you can get it down to about $18 a gallon with free shipping.