---- 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