Are car care accessories, oil, coolant, etc. gonna be more expensive at a regular store or auto parts store?

By a regular store, I could mean a grocery store that also has a Pharmacy and office supplies, car stuff, magazines, etc., or a gas station, or whatever. By an auto parts store, I don't mean one that sells just auto parts. The ones I've been to sell everything car-related. What I'm getting at here is, is a place that sells all car stuff gonna charge you more cuz that's where you'd go to get everything you need for your car or would a regular store charge you more cuz that's not their most popular items?Are car care accessories, oil, coolant, etc. gonna be more expensive at a regular store or auto parts store?
I know for a fact that a quart of oil is cheaper at an auto parts store; Auto Zone, Pep Boys than at a gas station and probably the other places you mentioned as well. Plus you have more options for all those products at the auto parts store.

So, to narrow it down, a regular store can and will charge more because if you're buying it there, it is most likely something you need right then and you pretty much have to get it. You know, the core pricniple of economics; supply and demand.
"a regular store charge you more cuz that's not their most popular items?"



There's your answer right there! Grocery stores usually charge more and have a limited selection. The exception is some place like Wal-Mart, there oil is cheap although the price has gone up recently. So I'd say your best bet is with auto parts stores.Are car care accessories, oil, coolant, etc. gonna be more expensive at a regular store or auto parts store?
i would recommend going to a car store. their products should be more higher quality and the people working in the store would know more about what you want to buy. even if they are more expensive, i think it would be worth going to the car store.
CHain stores seem to have lower prices than like a single auto parts store. best prices will be at target, kmart or walmart, they can buy that same oil or antifreeze in such huge quantities, they can sell it for less.Are car care accessories, oil, coolant, etc. gonna be more expensive at a regular store or auto parts store?
Higher price doesn't always mean better quality... Take wal mart for example... same big jug of mobil one at advance for 25 bucks.... and at wally world its 20.... and not always the autoparts stores know they're stuff.... napa would be a exception.... they usually know they're stuff...