Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Okay, but you have Walmart in Canada.
Why weren't they smart enough to offer the oil there?
We do, but they push, as ever, what sells. The selection on EP is limited (some places have none). The AFE they do sell was the 0w-20. Heck, Walmarts up here don't sell PU, and haven't for ages.
I suspect Imperial Oil wasn't pushing that aggressively; their distributors didn't even have it. On the other hand, Wakefield markets aggressively, and Walmarts in Canada carry almost every Castrol motor oil product that is conceivably available in this country.
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Anyway, being new, I don't think the 0W-30 is going on any major sale for a while.
It'll probably wait until when/if Walmart gets it with their semi-permanent M1 rollback and the Canadian Tire catalog people figure out there is more than 5w-20, 5w-30, and 10w-30 to advertise.
Now just watch, ladies and gentlemen, how backwards oil marketing is in Canada. Canadian Tire will price AFE as a premium product, contrary to Walmart Canada's practice with 0w-20 AFE, which they keep the same (after all, there is no regular M1 0w-30 or regular M1 0w-20 to compete with the AFE offerings). Instead of Canadian Tire trying to compete by lowering their price to the Walmart range, Walmart will think, "Hey, this is a good idea. AFE should be priced as a premium product." So, with more selection on our shelves and 0w-30 AFE now available, watch the price magically increase.