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Its turned in to fill up the windshield washer fluid and check the gas level please season here in the great white north. As a result I was in my local Canadian Tire scoring a couple of containers of washer fluid. While there, I always check the motor oil aisle because they regularly put Mobil 1 on sale, the 4.7l + 1l combo typically going on sale for around $35 Cdn. I buy because its not like your not going to use it and why pay regular price. I scour the aisle and find one rather dusty 4.4l jug of 10W-30 and no 1l containers anywhere to make up the requirement for the NSX. I look around some more and I don't see any 10W-30 synthetic in any other brands. There was a single row of Castrol and one other brand conventional 10W-30 and judging by the number of jugs in the rack it looks like they were not being replenished.I asked the counter clerk what was going on and he said that the Mobil 1 10W-30 is being discontinued. He wasn't sure whether this meant that Canadian Tire was discontinuing it or Mobil was discontinuing production. He also said that they don't move much 10W-30 so perhaps its just that the chain decided to drop it. He said that they were recommending Mobil 1 5W-30 for people looking for 10w-30.So, is 10W-30 going the way of the Doe doe? Conventional 10W-30 seems to be available for now; but, I like the idea of synthetic. However, I am not keen about the idea of having to order it on line. If Canadian Tire is not selling 10W-30 synthetic in any brand it is unlikely that 10w-30 synthetic is available locally for me. Any thoughts on substituting 5W-30 for the 10W-30?
Its turned in to fill up the windshield washer fluid and check the gas level please season here in the great white north. As a result I was in my local Canadian Tire scoring a couple of containers of washer fluid. While there, I always check the motor oil aisle because they regularly put Mobil 1 on sale, the 4.7l + 1l combo typically going on sale for around $35 Cdn. I buy because its not like your not going to use it and why pay regular price. I scour the aisle and find one rather dusty 4.4l jug of 10W-30 and no 1l containers anywhere to make up the requirement for the NSX. I look around some more and I don't see any 10W-30 synthetic in any other brands. There was a single row of Castrol and one other brand conventional 10W-30 and judging by the number of jugs in the rack it looks like they were not being replenished.
I asked the counter clerk what was going on and he said that the Mobil 1 10W-30 is being discontinued. He wasn't sure whether this meant that Canadian Tire was discontinuing it or Mobil was discontinuing production. He also said that they don't move much 10W-30 so perhaps its just that the chain decided to drop it. He said that they were recommending Mobil 1 5W-30 for people looking for 10w-30.
So, is 10W-30 going the way of the Doe doe? Conventional 10W-30 seems to be available for now; but, I like the idea of synthetic. However, I am not keen about the idea of having to order it on line. If Canadian Tire is not selling 10W-30 synthetic in any brand it is unlikely that 10w-30 synthetic is available locally for me. Any thoughts on substituting 5W-30 for the 10W-30?
