I have heard from one of my patel buddies that the top 3 major company's to go with are: Exxon Mobil, Shell and Amoco/BP fuels.
I also heard that Chevron is pretty good but not up their with the big boys.
Since the dealer gave me a couple of free tank fill ups, they put premium but we went to parker's, which is local here in town. I have used Enmark which is another local one here in town as well.

Have any of you put local gas station fuel into your Z with any noticeable performance decrease in your vehicle? Such as sluggish performance in pick up once you hit the accelerator? I heard that Amoco/BP ultimate is white fuel or something like that. Basically he said that it is awesome fuel and burns really well once ignited.

What do you fellow Z'ers think about this and what is your preference in fuel type/brand please?
Thanks for any helpful input.
NightRida

 

Quicktrip premium is supposed to be one of the better ones. But I usually just go to Chevron, cause it's okay & I like their car wash...

 

do you put 93 in your truck?

 

i was going to say i put 87 in my truck it runs fine. Z gets 93

 

BP - 92

It breaks the bank every time.

 

Unfortunately out here in CA, we get a very crappy 91 as our top "normal" fuel. I only use 76/Conoco gas...Chevron if I can't find a 76. My beater Mazda Protege gets whatever gas is the cheapest .

 

Your choice in gas stations really doesn't matter much since all gas comes from the same regional fuel depots. So if you have the option of going to a stations that doesn't have all the overhead of the big firms (ie Hess, Arco, etc), you're going to save quite a bit on fuel. Back in DC, I used to hit Hess - out here I hit Arco. If the gas station looks really run down, then I'll avoid it.

Same here - Z gets premium, truck gets 87.

 

Royal Farms. I like their coffee.

 

Arco, ampm, Aral, Castrol, Wild Bean Cafe = BP
BP Brands

 

Chevron is actually has very good gas, it contains their Techron Fuel system cleaner. Chevron Techron is one of the best fuel system cleaners on the market.

also check out http://www.toptiergas.com/


TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline Retailers

Gasoline retailers must meet the high TOP TIER standards with all grades of gasoline to be approved by the automakers as providing TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline.

In addition, all gasoline outlets carrying the brand of the approved retailer must meet the TOP TIER standards.

Additional gasoline retailers are added to the TOP TIER list as they meet the standards. The retailers known to be on the TOP TIER list are shown below.

TOP TIER Gasoline Retailers:

QuikTrip
Chevron
Conoco
Phillips
76
Shell
Entec Stations
MFA Oil Company
Kwik Trip/Kwik Star
The Somerset Refinery, Inc.
Chevron-Canada
Aloha Petroleum
Tri-Par Oil Company
Shell-Canada
Texaco
Petro-Canada
Sunoco-Canada

 

I usually end up at these two Exxon's nearby my house, maybe this BP station every so often. Why Exxon? They are the two closest gas stations to my house. I always thought it was silly of people to drive far to a specific gas station because they were cheaper.

 

premium gas is premium gas [/thread]

 

how about NO, premium gas here is 93 octance other places its 91..so I guess premium gas isnt all the same. Not to mention different stations add different additives to their gas. Marathon just started adding STP to their gas...so while it maybe the same coming out of the refinery it going to be different at different locations

 

76-brand 91 for everyday
VP100 for HPDEs.

 

Top Tier gasolene standards were written and tested by

QuikTrip
Chevron
Conoco
Phillips
76
Shell
Entec Stations
MFA Oil Company
Kwik Trip/Kwik Star
The Somerset Refinery, Inc.
Chevron-Canada
Aloha Petroleum
Tri-Par Oil Company
Shell-Canada
Texaco
Petro-Canada
Sunoco-Canada

And all made the Top Tier. Hard to believe isn't it?

 

link?

 

93 octane premium













Don't they mention this in the manual? [Yes they do]