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Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:04 pm
by RobMoore
My local Wilkinsons had some in stock on Saturday.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:26 pm
by simmitc
You need Roys of Wroxham, a great independent supermarket. They're practically every shop in Wroxham (Norfolk) and have a few other stores as well. http://www.roys.co.uk Plenty of their own brand 20/50 in Sudbury last Saturday.

When the really cheap stuff has dried up, then I can recommend Morris Lubricants. With a name like that, it's a match made in heaven, and their Classic oils are good.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:54 pm
by MarkyB
Is their oil cheap then?

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:34 pm
by simmitc
It was £8.99 for 5 litres, and it was available!

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:08 pm
by faversham999
ADSA still have it £1.65

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:36 pm
by minor65
Local B&Q is currently selling 20w50 for £10.99 for 5 litres

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:06 pm
by MarkyB
From an earlier post;
"Boyes something like 4.99 for 5 litres."

That's cheap, £11 isn't.

It seems the era of "Cheap 20/50 Oil" may be over, if you see some for less than £10 I'd snap it up.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:22 pm
by les
4 pages on cheap oil, why the obsession, just buy some decent stuff and move on! :D

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:21 am
by MColes
Finally found some locally the other day :D. Comma 20/50, £11.98 for 5 litres.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:33 am
by silloyd
Matt, Wilkinsons Cardiff (Colchester Avenue) still stock their own brand for about £7 / 5 litres, if you want to stock up.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:48 am
by MColes
I'm never over that side of the city... I must make the effort one day! :lol:

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:51 am
by silloyd
Come over to the 'Dark Side' Matt!! :evil:

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:45 pm
by MarkyB
For that price I'd make the effort.
I asked around several places locally and about £12 seems to be the going rate now.
Even this may look cheap in the future.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 11:54 am
by roblockett
Just to let all know Silkolene are doing a 20/50 classic that's sutible for bike's and car's. Just recently got it in at the motorcycle shop that i work at and the classic bikers are using it. we're retailing it for about £10 for 4 ltrs. I've used Silkolene in Motorcycles all my working career and never had any issues with it so i'll be using it in the moggi.[frame]Image[/frame]

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:59 pm
by Budgie
Bought two 4.44ltres 20/50 today from local wilkinsons £7.45 each last ones on the shelf :D

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:06 pm
by MarkyB
Result!
I'd suggest that less than £10 for a gallon or 4.5 litres, counts as cheap, any more than that isn't cheap.

In a few years less than £20 will be cheap, and we will be trying to work out how to make our engines oil tight with thinner oil.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:01 am
by faversham999
ASDA still sell it ,Tesco seemed to have stoped selling it

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:22 pm
by Longdog
Millers 20/50 semi £35 for five litres.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 3:00 pm
by chrisd87
ASDA in Cambridge have 1l bottles of their 20w/50 for £2, but didn't have any of the larger bottles they used to do. £2/l is about £9/gal, so cheapish but not amazing. Sadly I think cheap engine oil (as in £5ish/gal) is now a thing of the past. That'd be cheaper than petrol these days :o.

Re: Cheap 20/50 Oil - where's it gone?

Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 7:36 pm
by bootlid
I bought a gallon of castrol 20/50 recently from a supply in aberfoyle,it cost me £20 ,i put it in my series mm,must try and get more,it was recently discovered old stock.