Cheapest VW Quantum Silver 10W/40 price?

[blue95 0]

Can't get through to the dealers!!! :(

 

So have a quick Q....... I need to do an oil change and I have been offered Castrol GTX high mileage engine oil (15w/40) 5 litres for £11.73 is this a good price?

 

Just wanted to know how much the VW stuff was?

 

Cheers

[Jim Bowen 1]

its £23 for a gallon i think

[blue95 0]

its £23 for a gallon i think

 

Thanks

 

Just been reading reviews for Castrol, think I'll stick with OEM LOL

[Critical_Mass 10]

heh i can get synta silver for £16 inc vat from my cheery local VW specialist :D

 

That Castrol does seem cheap though.

[chubbybrown 0]

Because my local dealers are arseholes and dont give discount,

I pay £21.86 for 5 litres and a 'free' oem oil filter.

[Jim Bowen 1]

i'm going to send a bomb to my local VW

[ProdigalSon 1]

After my local VW dealer messed up ordering a replacement caliper last year, he gave me 5L of Synta Silver for £8! :shock: Reckon that must be cost price :wink:

 

More recently they've been charging around £18 with my discount... Need to work that 'guilt trip' angle again! :lol:

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Just been reading reviews for Castrol, think I'll stick with OEM LOL

 

Castrol is a very good brand. GTX is a bit old school for old school engines.

 

Apart from Magnatec (why would you want oil clinging to con rods?! :lol: ), they don't have any bad products.

 

Their Edge 10W/60 is incredible stuff for VR6s.

[Critical_Mass 10]

i'm going to send a bomb to my local VW

 

Id be careful saying that on a puplic forum :lol:

 

Is it the Synta gold that is the fully synthetic?

[Guest]

I used to be able to get synta silver for £6.88 5 litres :shock: its gone up a bit now to £9 :lol: + vat of course :D if you go to a VW TPS they will sell you 25l drums or even a 250 litre drum :D it works out far cheaper if you have somewhere to store it and you service cars on the side :)

[chubbybrown 0]

whats a vw tps?

 

trade parts summit?

[blue95 0]

Just been reading reviews for Castrol, think I'll stick with OEM LOL

 

Castrol is a very good brand. GTX is a bit old school for old school engines.

 

Apart from Magnatec (why would you want oil clinging to con rods?! :lol: ), they don't have any bad products.

 

Their Edge 10W/60 is incredible stuff for VR6s.

 

 

Agree it is a good brand, however Castrol seems to have earned there products a poor rep, by claiming products are synthetic when they are not:

 

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/pdfs/Beware-o ... elling.doc

http://autoviews.blogspot.com/2007/11/t ... -oils.html

 

I know this may not be true for all Castrol products etc, makes you wonder why they would want to tarnish there rep?

[diggerbucket 0]

Don't forget if it's a VR6 you need more than 5 litres!

[dinkus 10]

whats a vw tps?

 

trade parts summit?

 

Trade Parts Specialist :)

[Supercharged 2]

Prices change daily but currently it's £18.60 + Vat retail and you usually get a free filter etc if you ask, Trade is £9.12 + VAT

 

Gone are the days of paying a quid a ltr at GTi Inters!

[dinkus 10]

Duly noted for my next oil change. Do you need anything special to buy stuff from them, or can you just walk in off the street?

[blue95 0]

Picked up some oil from VW today, think its unfair to call them stealers they only charged me £11.74 all in for 5 litres of Sytna Silver 10w/40.

[chubbybrown 0]

Might be good if posted who the dealers were,name and shame

or least credit the good ones

[blue95 0]

Wayside VW - Parts counter - Tavistock Street, Bletchley

01908 625000

[Martyn_McG 0]

my dealer charged me £18.60 for 5L, i feel violated!!! :oops:

[Critical_Mass 10]

£11.74 :shock: including or excluding vat???? Cheap either way :lol:

[blue95 0]

LOL - that was all in :)

[Critical_Mass 10]

BARGAIN! :D

[Rado16v 0]

thought i'd resurrect this thread as there's quite a saving to be made here, here’s a website for the guys in Bletchley blue95 ( :salute: ) used:

 

http://www.thetradepartsspecialists.co.uk/

 

And the best bit, they have stores all over the country. Called 2 places, one near where I work and one near where I live. Both quoted £18.62+vat. Just tell them that you normally pick it up for trade price £9.99+vat at the xxx branch and they will match it.

 

Retail price is shocking!

[was8v 0]

thought i'd resurrect this thread as there's quite a saving to be made here, here’s a website for the guys in Bletchley blue95 ( :salute: ) used:

 

http://www.thetradepartsspecialists.co.uk/

 

And the best bit, they have stores all over the country. Called 2 places, one near where I work and one near where I live. Both quoted £18.62+vat. Just tell them that you normally pick it up for trade price £9.99+vat at the xxx branch and they will match it.

 

Retail price is shocking!

 

 

Can we get other stuff from these? May be cheaper than using the stealer for VAG original parts!