gvcap10

Not sure if it's a regional deal or not, but I just picked up 3 cases of Mobil 1 0W40 at O'Reilly's Auto Parts for $5.99 a quart!!!

Just though I'd pass that along.........

Mumbles

Its like $ 12 per quart with us ! does the oil have some sort of shelf life ?

gvcap10

$12!!!! Damn! As for shelf life see link...

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...ollection.aspx

cvtbenhogan

Got a great deal at pep boys a month back. $5 a quart with online coupons.

But alas the reason I post. Yesterday received $100 traffic fine from the rosemont traffic camera on the night I got the oil. Left turn thru a red light. So my oil change was really $155. :+(

rotesAuto

oh again?

drummin4fun

That sucks CV!

Years ago I got a camera ticket for a rolling stop right turn at a red light. I didn't know it even happened until I got the ticket, and a link that took me to a site where I got to watch myself slow nearly to a stop, look both directions, verify it was safe, and continue on with my turn. Red light cameras are a joke.

Sorry OP... went off on a rant. Thanks for the heads up about the deal on Mobil 1!

USMC_DS1

+1... great price on the MB-1 and thanks for sharing.

Sorry to hear about your tickets my brothers... those cameras suck. My entry fee onto that list of "red light turning band of brothers" was $500... and it was a right turn. Sadly it was in a Hertz rental and not the 911 during one of my business trips up to NorCal(Burlingame). I recall a time and place a long, long time ago where this type of highway robbery would at minimum get us a patrol car, lights flashing, sirens, a written ticket with my signature of acknowledgement, maybe even an opportunity to get a warning, etc... the works! There's no honor/humanity these days in the highwaymen being a flash from an unseen CCD then a computer generated email... it takes all the fun out of "the game" and feels like another case in a very long series of "taxation w/o representation".

cvtbenhogan

Oh I meant right turn thru red. I'd deserve a ticket for a left turn.

The coupon was 5 qrts for $30.

mattyf

Not that this helps you but apparently in Los Angeles you don't have to pay:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul...meras-20110727

I also have a friend who always drives newish cars. He never puts plates on them for this very reason. He just keeps them in the trunk. I think it's asking for trouble, but he's been doing it for the last 10 years with no problem.

drummin4fun

Interesting article Matty... I have wondered ever since my ticket, just how they could enforce an infraction that was observed, and reported third hand by a non-law enforcing agency. The camera that caught my "infraction" was installed and monitored by a private company in Arizona... a state that has probably the highest number of speed cameras in the nation. At the time, I contacted a lawyer who specializes in defense of camera tickets. He said that he could in fact get me out of the ticket, but unless I drove for a living, and had other points on my record, it would not pay to spend the nearly $2,500 dollars on a defense, and that I was better off just paying the fine.

There has been BIG controversy over this issue in LA for a long time. The research I have read states that not only do the cameras cost more to the cities to maintain than they bring back in fines, but they were actually causing more accidents, as some people would slam on their brakes when they were close to the intersection and got a yellow light, worried that they would get "caught on tape" if they tried to safely continue across.

And, again, apologies to the OP for the hijack. It looks like we need a thread devoted just to camera tickets!!

tgavem

I wonder if these Quarts have the foil/aluminum seal!!!

Minok

Then again, you did actually do it (not disputing that, right? No full stop as the rules require)...
Cameras are always the bane of those that break the rules :-)
They call it a "California Stop" across the country for a reason

cvtbenhogan

It was a Hollywood stop. I'm a law breaker.

Maverick1

Crude oil has been in the ground for millions of years, do you actually think it has a shelf life???
I don't think oil goes bad, but gasoline definitely does.

gvcap10

Hijack all you want. I just wanted to let everyone know about the sale. No worries.