I do almost all the maintenance on my vehicles, ATV's, boat, mowers, etc.

 

Been tracking prices of motor oil at Wal-Mart. 

 

Checked today...and difference from April 2021 until today...is...

 

Wait for it...

 

28% increase!

About par for the course with everything else that has gone up in price.

Things are going to get better soon. Maybe?

Inflation is biting everyone's wallet on almost everything, quality of life for everyone in my community is slowly but steadily going down.

Buy a brand new vehicle and get free oil changes.......wait ! vehicle prices are up as well. 

 

Seriously though, buy oil and filters in bulk, saves a bunch.

Somebody has to pay for all the political elections ads everywhere.

Just bought $54 in oil for my F150. It takes 8.8 quarts but it’s cheaper to buy 2 5 qt jugs. Add a filter and it costs me $60 to change my own oil.

 

on the plus side every 9th oil change is free with the leftovers from the previous 8.

1 minute ago, Crappiebasser said:

Just bought $54 in oil for my F150. It takes 8.8 quarts but it’s cheaper to buy 2 5 qt jugs. Add a filter and it costs me $60 to change my own oil.

 

on the plus side every 9th oil change is free with the leftovers from the previous 8.

My work F150 only takes 6 quarts, I can usually do it for a little over $20 

A while ago I started a thread on the price of beef.  It morphed into a political argument.  So I'm staying out of this one.

 

IMO, there may be more to the story than just "politics."  Supply and demand are out of whack on a lot of items and there is a severe shortage of workers in almost every field.

 

I bring my F-150 in for "the works" about every 8,000 miles which includes an oil change/filter.  It costs me 45 bucks but I get a discount because I take it to the service location at the dealership I bought it from.

My old SUV needs oil every other week. There’s a local chain of convenience stores that sells oil for 4.99 qt . Contrast that with shell stations which sell pennzoil for twice that. 

My truck, 2003 Duramax takes 10 qts. of oil, cost's me well over $ 100.00 every 3k miles. ☹️

2 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

My truck, 2003 Duramax takes 10 qts. of oil, cost's me well over $ 100.00 every 3k miles. ☹️

Holy moly! 

Don't worry, it's only transitory.?

My 2 cycle oil for my boat went up $6.00 a gallon. Was $30, now $36.

30 minutes ago, tander said:

My 2 cycle oil for my boat went up $6.00 a gallon. Was $30, now $36.

I love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning 

Ran to the grocery store in town to pick up a few things yesterday. They had cauliflower at $7.29 a head. No thanks.