Oil Change

[Jim82]

Last year I managed to get genuine GM oil from Autodoc for about £20. Its £32 today, but they often have promotions where the price drops by up to 40%:

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/opel-gm/14429902

[Doctor Gollum]

Are you on medication?

This example is relatively expensive at just over £6...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125276543362

Autodoc could run an 75% off sale and still make money on those 

[STEMO]

Hmmmm.....one link for oil, another for oil filters.

[Doctor Gollum]

Hmmmm.....one link for oil, another for oil filters.

Oh yeah. Oops

[Doctor Gollum]

https://www.longlife100.de/nl/p/motorolie-originele-gm-10w-40-5-liter-van-opel?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAjfyqBhAsEiwA-UdzJAsDoA4WkfWVEmlB5KrPTik4HNodCzTgtsB2XM_uGJ5JEc_eDl0QixoC8eEQAvD_BwE
Not unreasonable... at €18. And before anyone says what about shipping, it's €10 for up to 25 litres. So if you buy 5 bottles that's €2 per bottle, which is negligible.

Being able to click on adverts and apps has made people lazy. Both of those items took a whole 30 seconds to research. Whilst having lunch.

[TheBoy]

https://www.longlife100.de/nl/p/motorolie-originele-gm-10w-40-5-liter-van-opel?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAjfyqBhAsEiwA-UdzJAsDoA4WkfWVEmlB5KrPTik4HNodCzTgtsB2XM_uGJ5JEc_eDl0QixoC8eEQAvD_BwE
Not unreasonable... at €18. And before anyone says what about shipping, it's €10 for up to 25 litres. So if you buy 5 bottles that's €2 per bottle, which is negligible.

Being able to click on adverts and apps has made people lazy. Both of those items took a whole 30 seconds to research. Whilst having lunch.

Do that company handle the VAT for you, else you'll have to pay that when you import it, which your courier will happily do for an inflated fee.

Remember, not being able to import freely from Europe is what we wanted

[Doctor Gollum]

Even then it's still cheaper than Autodoc. And whether you get stuck with the VAT or not is chance anyway. But for the sake of argument, buy five bottles and it's €24 per bottle delivered. And five bottles will do 4 V6 services. Add in the filters at £5 each and you can still do an oil change for less than Autodoc will sell you not enough oil for...

Not that £32 is particularly expensive to begin with

What's the cash over the counter best price from a Vauxhall dealer?

[VXL V6]

Not checked in on this thread recently but after four pages (which I haven't read) has the OP done / got someone to do and Oil and Filter change yet? 

[dave the builder]

Not checked in on this thread recently but after four pages (which I haven't read) has the OP done / got someone to do and Oil and Filter change yet? 

This is why Vauxhall Opel made the service interval 10,000 miles or one year 
so the Owner can debate the choices of oil, suppliers etc 

[Jim82]

Even then it's still cheaper than Autodoc. And whether you get stuck with the VAT or not is chance anyway. But for the sake of argument, buy five bottles and it's €24 per bottle delivered. And five bottles will do 4 V6 services. Add in the filters at £5 each and you can still do an oil change for less than Autodoc will sell you not enough oil for...

Not that £32 is particularly expensive to begin with

What's the cash over the counter best price from a Vauxhall dealer?

The point I was trying to make was that at the time I needed to buy oil Autodoc had it for £21 for 5l, which was cheaper than I could find it anywhere else.  I was buying some other parts from them at the same time so didn't have to worry about the postage.  I agree at £32 this week it's probably not competitive, but just wanted to mention it as it's genuine GM oil which in another post on here I was advised was the best for our beloved motors..

[Doctor Gollum]

It is if only to help minimise the build up in the breathers.