Like many of you on here, I normally buy my motor oil in 5 quart jugs. However, with the recent sale of my Hyundai Santa Fe, now all 4 of the cars I maintain (see below) have sumps larger than the 5 quarts you get in a jug. My cars take 5.7, 6.0, 6.4 and 7 quarts respectively. I think that's great, honestly. It should help the oil last longer. However, it is also a bit irritating that a single 5 quart jug won't do an oil change on any of my vehicles, which sometimes means mixing in a little different oil to bring it up to the right level (or buying a single quart of the same oil at an inflated price).
I guess my questions for this group are:
1) Are bigger sumps a trend? Or is this just me? I only have a sample size of 4.
2) Do you think it might be time for manufacturers to go to a 6 quart jug? Or would that be too heavy/unwieldy?
I'd be happy buying in quarts again if the price was the same, but I don't see that happening very often.
I guess my questions for this group are:
1) Are bigger sumps a trend? Or is this just me? I only have a sample size of 4.
2) Do you think it might be time for manufacturers to go to a 6 quart jug? Or would that be too heavy/unwieldy?
I'd be happy buying in quarts again if the price was the same, but I don't see that happening very often.