Where do you fill up?

[RollTide2]

BP because that's what my dad tells me to use.

 

[alc5m]

usually speedway (or super america if anyone remembers that name)

but on occasion kwik trip or mobil


but as said before, gas is gas most of the time unless water gets into the underground tanks, all comes from same distributer just different markers in it to say which brand it is

no markers for an unbranded station

 

[CHOO CHOO]

You guys know that most gas stations in every region are supplied by the same distributor with only minute differences in additives right?

3. My gas isn t better for your car; it s just more expensive.

Oil companies spend lots of money explaining why their gas is better than the competition s. Chevron s gas, for example, is fortified with Techron, and Amoco Ultimate is supposed to save the planet along with your engine. But today more than ever, one gallon of gas is as good as the next.

True, additives help to clean your engine, but what the companies don t tell you is that all gas has them. Since 1994 the government has required that detergents be added to all gasoline to help prevent fuel injectors from clogging. State and local regulators keep a close watch to make sure those standards are met; a 2005 study indicated that Florida inspectors checked 45,000 samples to ensure the state s gas supply was up to *****, and 99 percent of the time it was. There s little difference between brand-name gas and any other, says AAA spokesperson Geoff Sundstrom.

What s more, your local Chevron station may sell gas refined by Shell or Exxon Mobil. Suppliers share pipelines, so they all use the same fuel. And the difference between the most expensive brand-name gas and the lowliest gallon of no-brand fuel? Often just a quart of detergent added to an 8,000-gallon tanker truck.

http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/rip-offs/what-gas-stations-wont-tell-you-19750/

So this makes sense, but like sumo said, why does justin at bb, tell you to use a better quality gas? If this is all the same gas, then how are you supposed to know what is a better quality gas? Do gas stations have to tell you what is "tier 1" and what is not?

 

[alc5m]

some companies do put different additives in the gas that are spose to clean the system a bit better, but it all comes from the same distributers and refineries before hand, i used to work at a place that owns gas stations all across the midwest, owns branded and unbranded and its all basically the same

if you wanna clean your engine run some seafoam thru it

 

[soulsea]

So this makes sense, but like sumo said, why does justin at bb, tell you to use a better quality gas? If this is all the same gas, then how are you supposed to know what is a better quality gas?

It's possible that gas in his area isn't the best in general and Justin mistakenly attributed it to lower tier gas being the reason, not knowing that the top tier station next door got its gas from the same source.

 

[CHOO CHOO]

Its all good serge, I was just curious if there was a way to tell if a station has top tier gas. Cause I know my ass don't know how to test it! Thanks tho cause that makes me not drive out of the way just to get "better" gas.

@alc5m: Yeah, I used seafoam on my dodge ram and thought it worked quite well.

 

[domin8]

Soulsea, I have to disagree with your article. If all the gas comes from the same place, then why do all the trucks look different and come from different refineries? I'm going to use Salt Lake City as an example because that is where I'm from. In North Salt Lake there are a few refineries, and each of them have their own companies logo that is visible to the public from a good distance away. These refineries are where the fuel that goes to gas stations is sourced from. If the gas is all the same, and comes from one source, why are there all these different refineries? Why did GM conduct its own testing and determiner who was Top Tier, and write a TSB on it? GM wasn't the only one. Mercedes and a few others did this too. It's just like the oil debate, are all oils the same? The answer is no. Ashland bottles Valvoline and Parts Master oil. Parts Master is cheaper. Why? It lacks some of the protective qualities as Valvoline, thus I would never recommend using Parts Master ATF type VI synthetic transmission fluid which is used in GM vehicles. Even if the gas did come from the same place, I would wonder why each refinery has a different holding unit for each type of gas.

 

[soulsea]

http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=gasoline_where

I'm honestly not revealing a big secret ... but just like folks like to think that paying extra for tylenol over the CVS brand is worth it, the same happens with gasoline. It's a variation on Veblen goods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

People make fortunes marketing branding basic products and selling them for more.

 

[Pain@thepump]

Chevron w/ techron usually. When I first got the truck, I started w/ 2 tanks of 87, then 2 of 89, and lastly 91. Despite the price listed on the street markers @ gas stations I've realized a tank of 87 vs 89 vs 91 is only $4-$6 per fill up. Considering the trucks drive ability is supreme w/ 91, IMO, I just use that.

 

[05Yukon23]

I have seen many of the same articles that soulsea is posting. The only thing I have read that is any different is that a few do not use ethanol (though it seems VERY few and perhaps getting to be none... Around here at least) and that seems to make bigger difference than anything else they do.