Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: stephen9666
Originally Posted By: SLCraig
No need to horde like crazy. Oil sales are perpetual.
I have 5 jugs in my "inventory" and even that will last me quite some time. I didn't even bite on one of the recent sales that was a good price, because I have enough oil for a year as it is.
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I wonder how long it will take Tallpaul to use all his oil? Perhaps he goes through it quickly, but even with three vehicles I could never use half that oil in a reasonable amount of time.
I have a small cache. Whenever there's a really good sale I buy one oil change worth. I probably currently have enough oil and filters for a total of 4 or 5 oil changes.
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Yes I'd advise trying to avoid hoarding oil, especially mediocre mineral oil (no offence). As mentioned it's alway going on sale unless you find some seriously dirt cheap oil which does happen on occasion, and one has to know the difference between a steal vs a regular sale price.
Even with a premium synthetic like the once highly touted green GC 0W-30. As good as it seemed at the time, technology doesn't stand still, and eventually it became surpassed but not before I had a accumulated a ton of it that I so longer wanted. (Managed to unload it all and actually make a profit).
So I wouldn't stock anymore oil than you expect to use in a year, you'll still run across deals that you "can't pass up" but years later wish you had.
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you will have oil favorites. Once you have those favorites, you may have a hard time unloading your less than favorite oil. better to keep a low stash just knowing yourself well enough that you will want something shinier when it gets released in the future.
