Oil Availability Rant...., Urgh Options

['73-914kid]

Today I planned on doing the first oil change in my car after doing the 6. The front cooler was always leaking, so I had kept adding enough oil that kept it relatively clean... the leak was fixed, and I had driven it for another 1,000 or so miles, no big deal, oil is dirty, time to change it.

Get a Mahle Filter yesterday, figure I'll go and get a case of Brad Penn like I always do from VW Paradise here in San Marcos. Apperantly, they aren't selling it anymore because they have to buy it in 80 case lots from Brad Penn. Fair enough, that's not very economical for a small shop.

So I've been driving around all damn morning to 4 or 5 different auto parts stores to try and find enough Valvoline VR1 to fill up this engine... Not happening. I've ended up with 8 quarts of the stuff. Need 6 more. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

So here I stand, 6 quarts of oil short, trying to do an oil change because with the local Brad Penn source nonexistant, I'm assuming everyone else who ran BP is buying up all the VR1 now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

Anyways, rant over... and for those of you local to me, be warned, VW Paradise no longer sells the good stuff, so don't drive all the way here only to find out they don't have any.

[r_towle]

Rotella triple protection.

Used in both my 911 and all my type 4 motors, plenty of zinc.
Cj4 is the thing to look for on the oil.

I believe brad penn, BP, she'll, vR1, and amsoil all have oil that does the job.

again, I happen to like oil that I can actually find when I need it, and it don't have to order it.
I do buy a case, or a few of the one gallon containers, just cause I am lazy....
My issue is I never have oil ready when I really need it...so I shopped around for an oil I could use, buy, and find...