BUY 1 GET 1 FREE Purolator PureOne Oil Filter at PEP BOYS IN STORE ONLY

Quote from DJDon : $6.49, might vary state to state or store to store though. You It check the prices online at the link provided by OP.

It depends on the vehicle, the most common filters are $6.49 but they go up from that point. Some are $8-12, go to their site and choose your vehicle to get the price.

i could not locate the coupon code. should i order at regular price & at pickup show the coupon?

Quote from Glee217 : This should be good since the cheaper one is called purolator classic. Good find.

The "cheaper one" is totally fine. It won't harm your engine one bit.

whats with the 100 skus online, each for a specific car?

good need 4

Quote from LDP : i could not locate the coupon code. should i order at regular price & at pickup show the coupon?

SAVE20 coupon code cannot be combined with other discount offer and it only applies to "full-priced" item.

Just call your local Pep Boys to see if they have two exact oil filter and give them the "buy 1 get 1 free 1 coupon" when you check out.

Quote from LDP : i could not locate the coupon code. should i order at regular price & at pickup show the coupon?

May only be used for in store purchases.

Quote from embedit : May only be used for in store purchases.

thanks

Quote from zhopa : No... can't be! Do you mean to tell me that following guidelines set by actual engineers who design cars is better than by some shade-tree wannabes with little education or knowledge on the matter? Wow!

If you're going to go to the recommended Oil Change Interval, any oil that meets the factory spec should do fine.

If you want to extend the OCI you'll need to get a couple of UOAs done to see exactly what is happening with the oil and how much life it has left.

If an oil change costs ~$30 ever 5k miles and an analysis is $20, if you could potentially extend that OCI safety to just 7500, after two changes at the extended interval you have safely started saving yourself money.

Quote from poormanq45 : If you're going to go to the recommended Oil Change Interval, any oil that meets the factory spec should do fine. If you want to extend the OCI you'll need to get a couple of UOAs done to see exactly what is happening with the oil and how much life it has left. If an oil change costs ~$30 ever 5k miles and an analysis is $20, if you could potentially extend that OCI safety to just 7500, after two changes at the extended interval you have safely started saving yourself money.

All of the cars that I've owned for the last 20+ years recommended 6 months/ 7500 miles for the type of use my cars see.

Once you open up this optimization using UOA, you better know exactly what you're doing. Because if you don't, you'll waste money by, either, doing UOA which doesn't tell you what you need or you can't interpret correctly, or by shelling out for a new car sooner than you would otherwise.

The main issue with UOA is that you don't know what the tolerances for a particular engine are.
Let's say that you get a reading of a particular contaminant - X (for example). How do you know if you're within acceptable range for factory spec, or not?

Quote from zhopa : All of the cars that I've owned for the last 20+ years recommended 6 months/ 7500 miles for the type of use my cars see. Once you open up this optimization using UOA, you better know exactly what you're doing. Because if you don't, you'll waste money by, either, doing UOA which doesn't tell you what you need or you can't interpret correctly, or by shelling out for a new car sooner than you would otherwise. The main issue with UOA is that you don't know what the tolerances for a particular engine are. Let's say that you get a reading of a particular contaminant - X (for example). How do you know if you're within acceptable range for factory spec, or not?

unless you're dealing with an exotic, there aren't really too many variations to engines.

Car manufacturers put the same engine in many different models and even share engines between each other. Unless you have a brand new engine, quite a few other people have submitted UOAs to Blackstone to establish a baseline of acceptability.

Our VW Jetta TDI recommends a 10k mile change interval of a 5w-30 that meets VW spec. Well, it's known that if you use that weight oil, regardless of specifications, that the camshaft lobes will wear out prematurely. So, in their infinite wisdom, the almighty Germans got the specs horribly wrong. Only after the community established a baseline through UOAs has it been determines that VW is completely wrong.

The chemists at the lab are some smart cookies. They'll explain everything to you and, based on TBN, give you an approximation of how long the oil has left before it becomes unusable.

Honestly though, most people will be fine just following the manufacturer's recommendations. Unfortunately, as with the Jetta TDI, some people are looking at a possible engine replacement before 100k miles if they listen to the manufacturer.

Quote from poormanq45 : Car manufacturers put the same engine in many different models and even share engines between each other. Unless you have a brand new engine, quite a few other people have submitted UOAs to Blackstone to establish a baseline of acceptability.

Can you show me a single case for which a proper statistical analysis of a single component concentration that UOA produces is tabulated vs that engine's MTBF (or any other quantifying variable affecting engine's specs)?

Quote : Change interval of a 5w-30 that meets VW spec. Well, it's known that if you use that weight oil, regardless of specifications, that the camshaft lobes will wear out prematurely. So, in their infinite wisdom, the almighty Germans got the specs horribly wrong. Only after the community established a baseline through UOAs has it been determines that VW is completely wrong.

Not surprised. I wouldn't touch a VW with a 10 foot poll.
If you have real data like that. Why not look for a class action lawyer?

Quote : Honestly though, most people will be fine just following the manufacturer's recommendations. Unfortunately, as with the Jetta TDI, some people are looking at a possible engine replacement before 100k miles if they listen to the manufacturer.

SOME people... POSSIBLE engine replacement... that sounds vague enough to be bogus.
If you have real statistical data, you should be able to tell when and where and how likely.

I'm not finding the coupon on the Pepboy's website. Would the screen capture OP posted work just fine?

Quote from mfabzak : I'm not finding the coupon on the Pepboy's website. Would the screen capture OP posted work just fine?

I didn't save a copy as PDF file. Just save the coupon picture file and try it out. Make sure you print in "fine quality" not draft to save ink.

If they refused, threaten them to shop at Autozone or O'Reilly or something. The coupon is still valid until 3/31/2013.