Patman
Staff member
I recently noticed that Canadian Tire was not replenishing their stock of ESP Formula Mobil 1, and now they are putting their remaining stock on clearance (still overpriced at almost $12 per liter though!) So it could just be because M1 has reformulated 5w30 ESP Formula (and it's now just called ESP) and eventually they will restock with that, or it could be that it's such a slow seller that they won't even bother stocking it at all. That doesn't bode well for the future possibility of them stocking the new 0w40 ESP Formula (which isn't exactly a high demand oil even in the US, even a lot of Corvette owners are shying away from it because of the higher price compared to regular M1 5w30 that they've all been using with good results for decades)
I just put in a fresh batch of ESP Formula 5w30 a few weeks ago and I have enough to do one more oil change and then that's it for this oil in the Corvette unfortunately (I love the specs on this oil with it's super low 0.6 SA and the low NOACK). I'm not 100% sure what I will use going forward but since I have over $50 in Canadian Tire money it makes sense that I'd like to keep my oil purchases through them in the future. Even before this all happened I had been considering switching over to Pennzoil Euro L 5w30, mainly because it's price is so much better, it's often on sale for $31.50 for the 5L jug, much better than $17.29 per liter for ESP Formula (and it never went on sale) I just have a fear that the Euro L isn't a big seller at Canadian Tire either and it could be next on the chopping block. I really like the idea of using a dexos2 5w30 in my Corvette, I think the low SAPs nature of these oils is better for the direct injection, plus the higher HTHS (3.5 or higher) is also a good thing to have. So hopefully in the future there will be more dexos2 5w30 options as well.
I just put in a fresh batch of ESP Formula 5w30 a few weeks ago and I have enough to do one more oil change and then that's it for this oil in the Corvette unfortunately (I love the specs on this oil with it's super low 0.6 SA and the low NOACK). I'm not 100% sure what I will use going forward but since I have over $50 in Canadian Tire money it makes sense that I'd like to keep my oil purchases through them in the future. Even before this all happened I had been considering switching over to Pennzoil Euro L 5w30, mainly because it's price is so much better, it's often on sale for $31.50 for the 5L jug, much better than $17.29 per liter for ESP Formula (and it never went on sale) I just have a fear that the Euro L isn't a big seller at Canadian Tire either and it could be next on the chopping block. I really like the idea of using a dexos2 5w30 in my Corvette, I think the low SAPs nature of these oils is better for the direct injection, plus the higher HTHS (3.5 or higher) is also a good thing to have. So hopefully in the future there will be more dexos2 5w30 options as well.