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The Mobile Oil Change Podcast

What happened in the oil change world today - and what it means for your van.

Tyreese breaks down base-oil markets, quick-lube consolidation, technician labor trends, and fleet tech - the operator playbook from 13 years running MOMS Mobile Oil Change in Philadelphia.

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The No-Name Oil That Beat Pennzoil and Mobil cover art
November 6, 20262:59

The No-Name Oil That Beat Pennzoil and Mobil

DuraMAX just passed Pennzoil and Mobil as the number two oil in American service bays — Tyreese on why the shop, not the shelf, decides what goes in the car, and the two questions to ask your supplier today.

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Veterans Day Oil Change: Steal the Chains' Play cover art3:07
November 5, 2026

Veterans Day Oil Change: Steal the Chains' Play

Jiffy Lube is giving veterans 50% off on Veterans Day — Tyreese breaks down why the chains run that play and how one mobile operator steals it with a single free slot.

Diversify or Die: The Oil Change Playbook That Pays cover art10:05
November 4, 2026

Diversify or Die: The Oil Change Playbook That Pays

The quick lube industry is moving past oil-only while oil costs squeeze margins — Tyreese lays out the mobile diversification playbook: add one service, price the margin, and keep the customer.

Add One Service: The Diversification Play That Pays cover art3:07
November 4, 2026

Add One Service: The Diversification Play That Pays

Quick lube operators are diversifying fast — Tyreese lays out the mobile play: add one service customers already ask for, price it right, and put it on the booking form today.

EVs Still Need Fluids — Stop Turning Them Away cover art2:50
November 3, 2026

EVs Still Need Fluids — Stop Turning Them Away

ZF's new Tesla oil change kit proves electric vehicles still need fluid service. Tyreese lays out the play: learn one spec, stop saying no, and add one question to your booking form today.

Fleet Accounts Are Booming: Win the Pro Work cover art9:56
November 2, 2026

Fleet Accounts Are Booming: Win the Pro Work

O'Reilly's third quarter proves the pro customer is spending — Tyreese lays out the fleet playbook: one commercial price, one standing route day, one monthly invoice.

Pro Demand Is Booming — Are You Priced for It? cover art2:25
November 2, 2026

Pro Demand Is Booming — Are You Priced for It?

O'Reilly's third quarter shows pro demand up double digits while oil costs keep climbing. Tyreese lays out the price-like-a-pro play and the one price to fix before job one today.

Quick Lube Just Outgrew the Oil Change cover art2:29
November 1, 2026

Quick Lube Just Outgrew the Oil Change

iFLEX debuts at AAPEX this Tuesday, and the message is clear: quick lube is now preventive maintenance. Tyreese lays out the one-check-a-job play to own the visit, not just the oil change.

Your Oil Supplier Should Grow Your Business cover art2:33
October 31, 2026

Your Oil Supplier Should Grow Your Business

LIQUI MOLY just built a growth program for quick lubes. Tyreese explains why your oil supplier should be a partner, not a price sheet — and the one question to ask your rep before job one today.

Monro Lost Money While Maintenance Grew cover art10:02
October 30, 2026

Monro Lost Money While Maintenance Grew

Monro just lost money while its maintenance sales grew. Tyreese takes the quarter apart and lays out the six-step playbook for independents.

Loyalty Beats Discounts: 200,000 Drivers Prove It cover art3:08
October 30, 2026

Loyalty Beats Discounts: 200,000 Drivers Prove It

CarParts.com signed over 200,000 loyalty members in weeks. Tyreese explains why a booked next date beats a coupon — and the five messages to send before your first job today.

Dealers Are Selling $17.76 Oil Changes cover art3:06
October 29, 2026

Dealers Are Selling $17.76 Oil Changes

Group 1 Automotive just showed its hand: a dirt-cheap oil change bought 36,000 customers. Tyreese lays out why independents should not race dealers to the bottom — and the retention play that beats the coupon.

ScreenMyCalls: I Built the Receptionist I Needed cover art7:19
October 28, 2026

ScreenMyCalls: I Built the Receptionist I Needed

Tyreese got tired of losing jobs to missed calls and robocalls, so he built ScreenMyCalls — an AI receptionist that answers every call, blocks spam free, and bridges real customers straight to his phone.

50 Valvoline Stores: What Independents Do Next cover art7:44
October 28, 2026

50 Valvoline Stores: What Independents Do Next

Velocity Auto Care just hit 50 Valvoline centers in Texas — Tyreese lays out the five-move playbook for independents facing a franchise cluster.

Missed Calls Are Costing Oil Change Shops cover art2:55
October 28, 2026

Missed Calls Are Costing Oil Change Shops

Dealers just bought software to chase missed appointments — Tyreese shows how one morning callback beats it, free.

Welcome In: Your 6 A.M. Briefing Starts Tomorrow cover art3:21
October 27, 2026

Welcome In: Your 6 A.M. Briefing Starts Tomorrow

Tyreese launches the group's new rhythm: a short briefing every morning at six (one signal, one tactic, one action) and the full show three days a week. Includes a live taste of the first briefing — the chains are marching, and the one move they cannot copy.

Strickland Brothers' 290-Store Oil Change March cover art7:09
October 27, 2026

Strickland Brothers' 290-Store Oil Change March

Strickland Brothers just opened its 26th Texas shop while car wash money moves into oil changes — Tyreese breaks down what the chains' march means for independents and the one thing they can't copy.

The 37,000-Tech Shortage Hitting Oil Change Shops cover art6:53
October 26, 2026

The 37,000-Tech Shortage Hitting Oil Change Shops

Independent shops want Congress to fund technician apprenticeships — Tyreese breaks down the 37,000-tech shortfall and what a small operator can do about hiring this week.

Colorado Is Double-Charging Oil Packaging cover art9:11
October 25, 2026

Colorado Is Double-Charging Oil Packaging

Colorado's packaging law is charging lubricant makers twice for the same product — Tyreese breaks down why that cost lands on every operator's price sheet.

Your Used Oil Just Became Big Business cover art5:11
October 24, 2026

Your Used Oil Just Became Big Business

Valvoline just partnered with Crystal Clean on used oil collection — Tyreese breaks down why the dirty end of the job is now a selling point, and the one line to add to your fleet quotes this week.

Base Oil Costs Ease: What Operators Should Do cover art7:12
October 23, 2026

Base Oil Costs Ease: What Operators Should Do

Yesterday's base-oil market review says supply is loosening — Tyreese breaks down what that means for your pricing, your inventory, and your 2027 plan.

SEMA 2026: The Truck Market's Big Bet cover art7:34
October 22, 2026

SEMA 2026: The Truck Market's Big Bet

SEMA opens November third in Vegas with pickup trucks commanding thirty percent of specialty-equipment spending — Tyreese breaks down what the show floor's billion-dollar bets mean for mobile operators running real routes.

Toyota Recalls 105,794 Land Cruiser Hybrids cover art5:55
October 21, 2026

Toyota Recalls 105,794 Land Cruiser Hybrids

Toyota told NHTSA this morning it's recalling about 105,794 Land Cruiser Hybrids over a fuel-tube leak that can catch fire — Tyreese says the real story is the 30-second VIN check every mobile operator should run at every stop, and why a dealer backlog is your best marketing.

Flood Cars: 48,000 Damaged Vehicles, One Checklist cover art6:08
October 20, 2026

Flood Cars: 48,000 Damaged Vehicles, One Checklist

CARFAX warned this week that up to 48,000 vehicles took flood damage from mid-year storms — Tyreese says a drowned car leaves tells you can spot from the driveway, and why that warning is a mobile operator's best lead of the month.

AAPEX 2026 Bets Big on Batteries cover art6:24
October 19, 2026

AAPEX 2026 Bets Big on Batteries

Tyreese reads the AAPEX exhibitor announcements like a futures market — and says the aftermarket's big bet is batteries, which means a free 90-second test should be on every stop through November.

Valvoline's Buying Spree Hits Philly cover art7:47
October 18, 2026

Valvoline's Buying Spree Hits Philly

Marcus, Zoe, and David on Valvoline's four-shop acquisition morning, the private-equity roll-up math behind it, and how independents stay unbuyable.

Refiners Win Big, Operators Get Squeezed cover art5:39
October 17, 2026

Refiners Win Big, Operators Get Squeezed

Tyreese on Exxon's four and a half billion dollar refining earnings signal, crude back over one hundred ten dollars a barrel, emergency diesel stock releases, and the playbook for mobile operators when costs climb.

Oil Costs Keep Climbing cover art7:28
October 16, 2026

Oil Costs Keep Climbing

Marcus, Zoe, and David on Motiva's third base-oil price increase of 2026, Valvoline's margin squeeze, CarParts.com's new loyalty program, and the playbook for passing costs through without losing customers.

Oil Change Under Threat: The Car Wash App cover art10:49
October 15, 2026

Oil Change Under Threat: The Car Wash App

Marcus, Zoe, and David on Korean car-care app Sejinsa's move from on-site washing into engine oil and tires with AI photo inspections, plus AI fleet dispatch and the booking platforms coming for the driveway.

Ram V8 Sales Surge as EV Sales Rebound cover art7:24
October 14, 2026

Ram V8 Sales Surge as EV Sales Rebound

Marcus, Zoe, and David on Stellantis Q3 shipments, the Ram Hemi V8 comeback, the Q3 EV rebound, and what a mixed-powertrain fleet means for operators.

The Quick-Lube Operator Who Bought the Oil Brand cover art8:37
October 13, 2026

The Quick-Lube Operator Who Bought the Oil Brand

Marcus, Zoe, and David on quick-lube operator Costa Kapothanasis buying 77-year-old lubricant maker Lubri-Loy — vertical integration, heritage as content, and training as retention.

AI Comes to the Back Office - October 12, 2026 cover art9:16
October 12, 2026

AI Comes to the Back Office - October 12, 2026

Marcus, Zoe, and David on Klipboard's AI-native Autowork shop platform launch, the fifth GM Silverado and Sierra airbag recall, and why recall lookups make killer content.

October Is the Trust Month - October 11, 2026 cover art10:54
October 11, 2026

October Is the Trust Month - October 11, 2026

Marcus, Zoe, and David on ASE's pre-winter checklist, the Brakes for Breasts cause-marketing campaign running all October, and the Calgary glass shop making ADAS camera calibration standard — why October is the independent shop's trust-building month.

Gas Price Records and 13-Year-Old Cars - October 10, 2026 cover art6:54
October 10, 2026

Gas Price Records and 13-Year-Old Cars - October 10, 2026

AAA reports record-high October gas prices as the AAPEX media guide pegs the average American car at nearly 13 years old. Marcus, Zoe, and David on what record fuel prices mean for maintenance demand, fleet math, and the independents who already do 72% of the repair work.

The Matchbox Play - October 9, 2026 cover art8:31
October 9, 2026

The Matchbox Play - October 9, 2026

Jiffy Lube is giving away free Matchbox cars for the movie's premiere today, and a car wash company just jumped into express oil change. Marcus, Zoe, and David break down borrowing cultural moments and watching the bundlers.

The Tech Gap - October 8, 2026 cover art6:38
October 8, 2026

The Tech Gap - October 8, 2026

Tyreese digs into the AAPEX student engine-teardown competition and the one-point-two-million-tech shortage - why the labor gap is a mobile oil change operator's recruiting edge, and how to build your own pipeline instead of fighting Ford over the same techs.

The Fleet Bundle - October 7, 2026 cover art5:32
October 7, 2026

The Fleet Bundle - October 7, 2026

Tyreese breaks down the Kooner Fleet Management + Global Partners fuel-and-maintenance partnership (Oct 6) and FuelFox's move into consumer mobile fueling — why the fleet yard is the new service bay, and why operators should partner, not become the fueler.

The Wrench Went to the Pros - October 6, 2026 cover art5:55
October 6, 2026

The Wrench Went to the Pros - October 6, 2026

Tyreese breaks down Advance Auto Parts' numbers: DIY sales down double digits while the pro channel grows — why the home-garage oil changer is disappearing, why that's demand moving to mobile operators, and the October Fall Car Care Month playbook to capture it.

Car Wash Money Is Coming for Oil Changes - October 5, 2026 cover art6:03
October 5, 2026

Car Wash Money Is Coming for Oil Changes - October 5, 2026

Tyreese breaks down private-equity car wash firm QC Capital launching the Cruz Express Oil brand, CNBC's report on shops charging software fees just to reset oil lights, and AAA's twelve-thousand-eight-hundred-dollar-a-year ownership number — and why the driveway is the moat money can't buy.

The New Dipstick: EV Battery Health Checks - October 4, 2026 cover art7:09
October 4, 2026

The New Dipstick: EV Battery Health Checks - October 4, 2026

Tyreese breaks down Autocom's EV battery health testing rollout — why the state-of-health report is the electric car's answer to the dipstick, and how mobile operators can turn October battery season into revenue.

The Toy Car Gambit: Jiffy Lube's Hollywood Play - October 3, 2026 cover art6:08
October 3, 2026

The Toy Car Gambit: Jiffy Lube's Hollywood Play - October 3, 2026

Tyreese breaks down Jiffy Lube's Matchbox movie tie-in - a free toy car with every full-synthetic oil change - and why the mobile operator's driveway beats Hollywood money.

The Twelve-Thousand-Dollar Car: Why AAA's Ownership Shock Is Good for Oil Changes - October 2, 2026 cover art6:07
October 2, 2026

The Twelve-Thousand-Dollar Car: Why AAA's Ownership Shock Is Good for Oil Changes - October 2, 2026

Tyreese breaks down AAA's 2,863-a-year car ownership bombshell, the hybrid surge eating GM's lunch, and why expensive cars are the best news mobile oil changers have had in years.

Valvoline's Half-Billion Bet and Diesel's Record Week - October 1, 2026 cover art6:24
October 1, 2026

Valvoline's Half-Billion Bet and Diesel's Record Week - October 1, 2026

Tyreese breaks down Valvoline's half-billion-dollar buyback and the record diesel week that brought state emergency declarations — two opposite headlines, one lesson for mobile operators.

Car Wash Money Moves Into Oil Changes - September 30, 2026 cover art6:32
September 30, 2026

Car Wash Money Moves Into Oil Changes - September 30, 2026

Tyreese breaks down QC Capital's Cruz Express Oil launch - a car-wash private equity firm stepping into express oil change in Atlanta - and why capital keeps converging on the oil change bay while mobile operators hold the driveway.

The Hundred-and-Seven-Dollar Barrel: Oil Prices Spike Again - September 29, 2026 cover art6:08
September 29, 2026

The Hundred-and-Seven-Dollar Barrel: Oil Prices Spike Again - September 29, 2026

Brent crude jumped back over a hundred dollars a barrel after the weekend's failed Hormuz deal — Tyreese breaks down what it means for van fuel costs, input pricing, and how mobile operators should price through the chaos.

The Mobile Oil Change Podcast Is Back cover art0:48
September 28, 2026

The Mobile Oil Change Podcast Is Back

Tyreese announces the return of the original show — the daily industry briefing now lives here.

The Fifty Dollar Oil Change: The Dealer's Customer Trap - September 28, 2026 cover art7:00
September 28, 2026

The Fifty Dollar Oil Change: The Dealer's Customer Trap - September 28, 2026

Tyreese breaks down the Toyota dealership selling fifty-dollar full-synthetic oil changes as customer acquisition — and the system mobile operators should steal instead of the price.

When Stellantis Changed the Recipe - September 27, 2026 cover art7:55
September 27, 2026

When Stellantis Changed the Recipe - September 27, 2026

Tyreese breaks down Stellantis switching dealer bulk oil from zero W twenty to five W twenty and shortening intervals to seven thousand five hundred miles, the customer unbundling of oil and labor, Fleetio's AI Service Advisor, and the operator playbook for a rule change mid-game.

Shell Sells Jiffy Lube: The One Point Three Billion Dollar Shake-Up - September 26, 2026 cover art6:28
September 26, 2026

Shell Sells Jiffy Lube: The One Point Three Billion Dollar Shake-Up - September 26, 2026

Tyreese breaks down Monomoy Capital's one point three billion dollar buyout of Jiffy Lube from Shell, why Big Oil is exiting the service bay, what private equity does with nineteen million customers a year, and the playbook for mobile operators.

The People Problem: A 58% Technician Gap and the 25,000-Mile Oil - September 25, 2026 cover art7:52
September 25, 2026

The People Problem: A 58% Technician Gap and the 25,000-Mile Oil - September 25, 2026

Tyreese breaks down the TechForce 2026 numbers — a 58% technician supply gap squeezing growth — and what Mobil 1's 25,000-mile guarantee means for mobile operators.

Why Quick Lubes Are Eating the Dealerships' Lunch - September 22, 2026 cover art3:36
September 25, 2026

Why Quick Lubes Are Eating the Dealerships' Lunch - September 22, 2026

JD Power's 2026 aftermarket study: quick lubes keep growing while dealerships shrink, and what it means for mobile operators.

The Dipstick Is Dying: GM Goes Digital - September 24, 2026 cover art6:31
September 24, 2026

The Dipstick Is Dying: GM Goes Digital - September 24, 2026

Tyreese digs into GM killing the dipstick on the 2027 Silverado and Sierra V8s — what it means for mobile techs who can no longer eyeball the oil, plus distributor consolidation news.

When Oil Costs More Than the Service: The Base Oil Shock - September 23, 2026 cover art5:50
September 23, 2026

When Oil Costs More Than the Service: The Base Oil Shock - September 23, 2026

Tyreese breaks down the Group III base oil supply crisis — record prices, retailers rationing, chains raising prices — and why the mobile operator's flexible model is the strongest position on the board.

Quick Lubes Take the Crown: Industry Brief for September 22, 2026 cover art5:20
September 22, 2026

Quick Lubes Take the Crown: Industry Brief for September 22, 2026

Marcus and Dana break down the JD Power 2026 rankings, the quick-lube surge against dealerships, and what it all means for mobile oil change operators.

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