... in Norristown, PA. So I went and stocked up a bunch. There's still some left, though.

The Internets have been going back and forth about whether this stuff has actually been discontinued, but it's clearly very rare nowadays. All the Autozones in my area were out of it for at least a couple of months, but then it magically reappeared recently. Not sure what the deal is.

Anyway, FWIW...


UPDATE: As of yesterday, the Auto Zone on City Ave is stocked all the way to the back of the rack. Looks like this stuff is alive and kicking.

 

Green or gold?

 

I'm pretty sure it's all gold.

 

Gold = M06 then? What does the serial at bottom say?

 

Haven't checked. I will when I get home.

The bottles I've used have been gold, and they all seemed to have recent labels. I will check when I get home.

 

The gold is a new formula the Real GC is green. The jury is still out weaterh the gold is just as good as the green. There's a big write up on it at Bob is the oil guy.

 

Sorry for the delay. It looks like it's all M07.

 

No, the original GC is green. The gold stuff is still GC (i.e. relabeled Castrol SLX).

And at this point, even if you could find any green GC, it'd be so old that it wouldn't be worth buying.

 

What's with their EDGE line of oil?

 

It's a new line they brought in that is replacing all of their high-end lines (e.g. SLX and RS).

 

What's the word on it? Better than the old? Worse?

 

Same or better.

Some Edge oils are basically the old SLX and RS oils, just with a new name and some revisions. The others are new.

 

Found some more at another area store. OP updated...

 

Yeah, I bought the last bottles here in Raleigh during the summer (2007) when BITOG was advertising the removal from Autozone. I was out at Autozone the other day and the shelves are fully stocked again with GC. Go figure?

 

I checked a few days ago and it's still all US stuff.

 

Yup, surprised me too (had to check the back of the bottle to be sure). Made in Germany. I already bought about 30+ quarts.

 

Sorry guys, but i need a step back real quick. I use Castrol gtx, how can you tell the good stuff from the new stuff? My bottle tops are green. thanks for any help.

 

Went by the Autozone closest to me and they do not have GC. Apparently, some AZ's are carrying it and some aren't.

You can tell if it is GC by the back of the bottle, which will read "Made in Germany" only on Castrol 0W-30.

 

And it's Syntec, not GTX.

And the new stuff is good stuff.

 

What is so great about this oil? I have seen people posting about GC before...

 

It's a jack of all trades and a master of several.

It's also pretty much the most ungodly shear stable oil available.

 

uhhh...oook.

 

Did you want more detail?

 

Go here: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/ register and dig around. It's been discussed at length and is very, very informative. You will get your answer in minutes vs waiting for days from someone else here . Hell don't even register, it has it's own section
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums...oard=48&page=1

 

I just picked up some today, Autozone has a deal right now, for 25 dollars you get 5qt of Castrol and a fram toughguard oil filter. I dunno what to do with the filter tho

http://www.autozone.com/images/in_ou...g4_0306_08.pdf

 

Did you get the 5 qt container? That would be nice. I wonder if they would allows to exchange filters. But IMHO the toughgard isn't that bad. It's the base cheapo Fram that sucks the most.

 

They didnt have it so I bought 5 individual quarts.