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arjie 3 hours ago

Huh, neat. There was this Twitter chap who said this was going to happen a few months ago. It was a fun interaction[0]:

> > > Just got word Mobil and Shell have informed Costco and Walmart they have no packaged product to send them and to expect bare shelves in the motor oil section in a few weeks

> > Lol as if youd be the first person anyone tells.

> I am Chevrons largest passenger vehicle lubricant purchaser lol

0: https://x.com/CostaKapo/status/2053948679485009990?s=20

sippingabonedry 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Suddenly I don't feel so stupid anymore for having a supply of motor oil on my garage shelf that rivals Elaine hoarding contraceptive sponges in Seinfeld.

latortuga an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Now when your friends call you have to decide if they're oil-worthy

CursedSilicon an hour ago | parent [-]

I think they made a movie about that

razster 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Time to grow some gills and dive for sunken oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. . .

davmar 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Everybody loves the sponge

bethekind 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you follow motor oil geek on YouTube, they've started changing the formulations of the premium oils months ago and that's not going to change until 2028 when more American supply comes online

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omgwtfbyobbq 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

IIRC there were also posts about this in the shortages subreddit around the same time.

s1artibartfast 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I saw this tweet[1] the day after.

I go every week and saw shelves were full, but bought a years supply for our cars just in case...

https://x.com/GeorgeRoush/status/2054364409812918502

doubled112 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I remember some panic and thinking I’ll just hope for the best.

With modern synthetics and my driving patterns, that is 1 jug for one of my cars, and 2 jugs for the other.

Maybe now wouldn’t be the worst time. It isn’t a lot of space wasted if I didn’t need it.