On 1/6/2016 2:30 PM, Charles Bishop wrote:
In article ,
sms wrote:

A quart of name brand 5W30 is still about $2.25, and has not come down
as crude prices have fallen. I realize that crude is just a small part
of the cost of producing motor oil, but apparently it does not respond
to decreases in crude prices at all.

Soon I will have to do some 0W-20 oil changes and that costs about $6
per quart.

Your gasoline prices may have come down, but here in CA, USA, prices are
up about 30 cents on a gallon, to $3+/ gallon.

I am in California. Gasoline from the northern California Shell
refinery, sold by Costco, Arco, and Shell (and probably others) is as
low as $2.43 at Costco (depending on the Costco).
http://www.gasbuddy.com/Station/3366. In Sacramento, it's $2.29
http://www.gasbuddy.com/Station/958.

For some reason, southern California prices are much higher. $2.79 in
San Diego http://www.gasbuddy.com/Station/28462 and $2.69 in the L.A.
area http://www.gasbuddy.com/Station/121975.

Where are you that it is $3+?