and why?

i usually go with 76 cuz its a few cents cheaper usually.

 

76 or Chevron. premuim grade only. Better gas, better prices.

 

This was brought up a few months ago. maybe try a search if you want.

I use what ever is easiest to get too, when I need gas..

 

I don't pay too much attention to th ename on the building... it all comes out of the same tank anyway. I usually get it from wherever it's cheapest since it's all the same.

 

Yeah, wasn't it you, or maybe someone else, said there are only 3 main suppliers of gas.?

 

i dont care about brand one bit.

what i do care about is what particular station i go to. There's only 2 or 3 around here i'll go to, i'll even go out of my way to go there.

A few years ago there was like 10 stations around here that were putting 86 octane into the 93 octane tanks!

so....just find a station out there you trust and stick with it. Of course if you're on the road, you dont have much choice.

 

I've never seen a place that carries anything less than 87 octane.

 

station dont matter to me - unless it isnt completely run down. 93 octane gotta have the final filter

 

Since relocating, I now live within a few miles of a tank farm at the end of a pipeline. Daily travel takes me right past it, and at any given time I can see tankers with independent names, regional oil company labels, and the "big boys", like Shell, Amoco, Mobil, Clark, Phillips, etc, all entering and exiting the same tank farm - operated by Marathon Oil. Some of them make the extra trip over to the additive tanks for blended packages, ethanol, or whatever, but the fuel all comes out of the same pipe.

I can only smile when someone makes the comment "I'll only use (whatever brand) because their's is best." O.K. Whatever.

I'll agree that selecting the station may be more important. I look for the ones with the best prices, most turnover (less time for the fuel to gather latent moisture) and filters right at the tank or in the hose. You never know if there's really a filter element in the cartridge, but at least they're aware of it as an issue. Newer stations tend to have cleaner tanks, but any built in the last ten years or so will have no steel tanks (no rust/sediment) and less chance of contamination. Many older stations have also converted to fiberglass tanks, so don't bypass them just because they've been around for a while. There might be a good reason for their longevity, too.

One thing to be aware of is that the octane CAN be controlled to some extent at the station by additives delivered with the fuel and mixed in right at the station tanks. The additives are costly, but can raise the octane several points. So even though we're living off the same dinosaurs, there can be differences.

And I would be remiss in not reminding everyone that we are ultimately the ones resonsible for clean fuel. If you don't keep a clean fuel filter in your system, you have no room to complain.

 

same thing goes for milk too And the only thing that does matter really is the additives that each station puts into its gas. Personally I use Chevron, Shell, or Texaco. They all have cleaning additives which is better for your engine in the long run. Arco doesn't put the additives in so they can sell it like 20 cents cheaper but it ain't as good on your car.

 

Sunoco 94, Cause it's the best.

 

Anything except for 7-11 gas

 

Chevron or sometimes Pacific Pride

 

I use the liquid stuff. Can't get dilithium crystal at most places.

 

sunoco 94 about $1.67 per gallon. I say we blow up iraq take the gas and drop it to 98c per gallon. then we would all drop in big blocks

 

anything but BP cuz around here all the BP's must have water in their tanks. my car would run better on 87 speedway gas then it would on 93 bp cuz of all the water that is in it.

 

actually most places now have fiberglass tanks....the old steel and concrete type tanks are illegal to install and must be removed or replaced as part of clean up when a station is closed or sold....gotta love the EPA. Gas stations, at least here in florida, are also required to check their tanks for water, one to make sure that its not leaking and two to make sure that the water hasnt risen to a point where the pump pickup is sucking it in. All tanks have water in them, usually between 3/4 and 2"

Vader is right, gas is gas is gas. Also remember that Mobil and Exxon are the same company, as are BP and Amoco, and IIRC there was noise about a Shell/Texaco merger.

 

some interesting information guys see my thread WAS informative!

i recently took a trip to montana/iowa and did stop at a station in bumblef*** and it had 85 octane still.

oh and i usually stop at the 76 in the ghetto on the way home to my cozy neighborhood, cuz its 4 cents cheaper/gal and only a few miles away