Sweets

If gas prices are going up, why arent oil prices going up? I thought gasoline was made rom oil?

NismoPick

It is going up... just not at the same rate as gas. Motor oil lasts longer, and is recyclable... hence the slower price hike.

I remember when AutoZone / Napa sold 10W-30 oil for $.89/quart a couple years ago. $1.79 is the cheapest I can find now.

tonsoffun300zx

i use royal purple 7.75 a quart sucks

z-hag

just be glad you arent having to support a family on yuour small income-----not only will your oil and gas go up----check out the price of nylon, rayon, dacron, and polyesther----the fabrics your clothing are made of..ALSO come from oil.....and everyone else has to pay the price----so get with it....and wait until the food prices grow larger ......and food gets scarcer......thje world as you know it is changing, tof----everything is going to cost an arm and leg-----this has only just begun.........

SportBikeMike

By the looks of alot of people in this town, maybe its a good thing food is getting scarcer...

z-hag

yeah---more should take example from my formerly fat ****.......60 pounds in 3-4 months........wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo....... just change lifestyle!!!!!

snwbrderphat540

i use synthetics. also you need to create gas, its refinery process is much more difficult compare to just motor oil

sailorjason

3 words: Special Interest Groups.

SportBikeMike

Way to go Z-Hag!

z-hag

amen jason----sailor jason----navy????

thankyou sportbike mike...(bows each of 4 directions to get all views)


the refining process for motor oils is nearly as complex as for gas an ddiesel and kerosene----motor oil only comes closer to the bottom of the catalytic cracker ---tower in which these fuels are refined.more viscous and heavir=er fluids are bottom---motor oil and then diesel and kerosene then grades of gasoline.............my dad was a petroleum products specialist for dupnt for many years......too bad i could not get a discount!!!!! in the 50's and 60's dad was listening to the oil companies gripe about how their profits wuill drop to near zero if alternative fuels were allowed to be introduced----well----what's stopping us????????get to work, boys......you are young and strong and smatrtsss asses......concentrate that smarts into gas alternatives that work!!!!!........

z-hag

i do noT 10-30--i use 20-50 for my older cars----but it is sooooo spensive at auto zone, too.........wow your prices are gooood....!!!!even 30 wt (****) OIL WAS 4$ QT!!!!!---I CAN NPO LONGER AFFORD MY BEATER!!!!!! AAAARRGGGHHH

NismoPick

Yeah... unfortunately my Geo is the only mobile that takes regular 10W-30.... I put in the cheapest oil possible.

z-hag

sorry about the threadjak, but this blue thingie is my beater----1984 omnirizon......iz a gas......white thing next to it is my campvantruk......thingie under that is the boat i am buying......in the sunset....oh---wasnt reallyu a threadjak----the thing on th ebottom holdss 80 gallons of diesel. at 8dolla per gallon ----fueldock prices----that would be a fairly damn high paychek for the gas companies./......and my tankage is small, comparatively......and 14 qts oil......wooooooooooohooooooooooooo...40 wt......plain.....4$qt......whew.

snwbrderphat540

but they are considered the wastes actually to creating gasoline since its more readily used. so it should be cheaper, but if you think about it, 1qrt is 4 bucks.

SpeciallySpiked

The porsche takes 10qts + of 20W50


Siiigh... oil cooled cars

tonsoffun300zx

just to let you know im just about supporting a family of 4. i buy their food, clothes, gas, and make sure they have a place to live. i make sure all of them get to work and school on time i might add. and that all of there needs are met right now im trying to get them a place to live but it's hard with my income but i found a small 2 br condo for 950 monthly. and am shooting for that. but other than that i have pretty much no responsibility or expenses. just you let you know z-hag.

SpeciallySpiked

Are you serious? I guess if that's true then you earn some points

phantom280zx

crap i'm already missing a hand i dont wanna lose the whole arm.

tonsoffun300zx

as a heart attack but it's very exhausting and takes up most of my time and funds. but i have to grow up sometime

z-hag

tof---i guess youi gotta get points for supporting a family and alla that---but get ready for bigger bad times coming, is all i am saying----frivolities like cars and toys are going to be verrrry expensive and moreso.......goood luck with your projects--------budget verrry closely and hold on to waht you got.....

tonsoffun300zx

i know i have a very strict budget(thats why im trying to do all labor on my 240z no expensive parts at all only what i need. cause there are others that need it more than i do

snwbrderphat540

and who are these so called people you have to support?

tonsoffun300zx

my girlfriend and her two sisters and her mom who has been out of work for almost a year.

snwbrderphat540

tell her to GET A JOB HOE!!!! is she like broken or something? dude, your girlfriend which you claimed as your ex and her family ISNT your problem, she has a mom, and she is also old enough to work. your not related and they are just bringing you down eventually you will be the one living on the streets. theres things called TEMP agencies and etc that will FIND YOU A JOB in a matter of days.

tonsoffun300zx

she's tried and im not asking you to understand because you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. plus i feel like by helping her that it's like helping my mom who struggled to make me and my brother happy. she is gone and will never come back but i know i can change this families future by helping them out the way nobody ever helped my mom, so take it as you want but i feel strongly on this subject so if you have anything negative to say please keep it to yourself, that goes for all of you out there.