hey oscarmeyer...where'd you get that article? It's pretty good (I'm assuming you didn't write it since you're in CA and it's talking about Alabama and the heading too )

I use Exxon/Mobil but I own a lot of stock in them (XOM) so I do it cuse I feel like to feel like I am supporting them. I also use Shell when I can get it (here in Miami Shell is much more expensive than any other prand, period) because on long distance driving I have found to get the best milage with Shell, second best with Exxon.

Also, I think that stuff about location is good too...I found a gas station on a city border in the hood not too far from school...it's always about $0.10 cheaper than the mobil that is on the main road about 1/2 mile away.

Does anyone use Citgo? That stuff is by far the cheapest around here which makes me worried that it might be crappy.

 

Most of the good gas stations in Chicago are either BP (British Petroleum) or Amoco. There are some Shells and some Citgos. That's mainly it though. I've never even heard of Sunoco or Chevron. I've obviously heard of Mobile, but we don't have those around here as far as I know...
N.

 

The owners manual on my G says not to use fuel additives/cleaners. They can damage your o2 sensor and cause it to run rich or lean.

 

Wierd. I thought Chevrons were everywhere. Thought they were the big Kahuna of gas stations... Hm, guess not.

 

I use QT now but use to use Exxon/Mobil.

 

Very very true

 

>>"either BP (British Petroleum) or Amoco"

For the record, BP = Amoco, they're slowly converting all of the Amocos to BP but they had this problem where the BP signs weren't fitting onto the posts that used to hold up the old Amoco signs, so it's going slowly.

>>"I thought Chevrons were everywhere"

Nah, not up north. We had Amoco/BP and Exxon/Mobil. Used to have Phillips 66 but they're gone now, no Sunoco, Citgo, Marathon, Chevron up north really.

 

Found the article here:

Petroleum perplexity Brand names, octane — do they make a difference?

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturd...0309/gas.shtml

 

Amoco gold 93 is the best

 

I knew a guy in San Antonio who worked for "Southwest Research" labs. They are very well respected.

I remember that he liked Exxon, Chevron and especially Texaco.
He didnt like Stop N' Go or Diamond Shamrock.

I usually use Exxon, Texaco or Chevron...never had a problem with any of them

It looks to me that Shell is buying out Texaco, but I got water in my gas one time at a Shell, alot of it, and it left a bad taste in my mouth...so to speak.

 

I actually thought BP (British Petroleum) was the "big dog" of oil / gas companies... I heard the main problem with them after their purchase of Amoco was that people didn't like to see "British" on the signs... so they came up with BP and made commercials saying it stood for "Better Petroleum"... lol.
N.

 

I saw a special on this gas info and it opened my eyes. Most of the time you are getting someone's gas other then on the sign. The gas is shipped through pipelines across America to receiving stations. Then trucked to the dealer. Gas companies buy time on the pipeline and ship their gas. They use these "balloons" to break up the shipments and track the volume. Alot of bargaining goes on to get the gas to the receiver on time and therefore the gas ends up mixed at the receiver station.

One interesting note. If you buy Shell, I remember it being a 95% chance you were getting Shell gasoline because they own the largest pipeline infrastructure and the most refining plants in America.

For the most part it does come down to the additives added at the pump by the different brands.

One more note. Did you know that Citgo (7-11) brand is the only gasoline in America made of 100% pure American oil. No foreign oil in it. Something to think about.

Personally, I use whatever 93 is convenient having seen this report.

 

Hey, maybe that's why it's so much cheaper? Anyway, people also didn't like the BP sign, that's why they make sure to say that they still use Amoco fuel and it still says Amoco on the pumps. But they also have problems with the signs...if you look at an Amoco sign it's rounded on the bottom...well if you look at the sign post you'll see that the top of it has a rounded out 'cradle' to hold the round Amoco sign. BP signs need a straight post...so at all the Amocos around my house in Minneapolis they have BP everything except for a sign...there's just an empty metal post sticking out of the ground...looks kinda funny.

I think Shell is the biggest...they're actually Royal Dutch/Shell, it was a big merger that happened in the late 80s or early 90s I think, and they're taking over Texaco (at least they are in Minneapolis).

 

Shell #1. BP # 2. BP has a huge natural gas reserve off the coast of Vietnam found in the early 90's. Did my MBA thesis in the early 90's on BP. Mostly about their expansion into the US gas station business. Funny, at the time I said branding was their biggest problem. Man I should have sold my thesis to them. I recommended they buy Phillips 66 and keep the brand for American Stations. American's hate having foreign national companies branding in America. Oh well.

 

I get my gas from Sam's club. U guys know what that is right? It's like a super-super-duper walmart. My parents have a membership there and their gas is way cheap. Somewhere from 1.50-1.65 a gallon for 93 octane. I'm not sure where they get their gas from but the quality isn't bad at all. I do fill my tank with Chevron once in a while.

I just can't stop thinking about when 93 octane used to be 80 cents a gal. My dad always used regular and said that the 93 octane was too expensive. Gosh.........

 

I use Hess mostly because it's the closest and the not as expensive (they also have free air ). Sometimes I use Chevron.

 

Wawa.........

 

i use chevron.

also chevron and texaco are the same company... that's what their stock ticker symbol says

 

Chevron-Texaco

Chevron bought Texaco, but, so as not to be too big a Monopoly, allowed Shell to aquire the "Star". Basically this means that Shell got the rights to all the Texaco stations, which is why you see them being turned into shell stations.

 

I'm about to give away my age here, but I have been buying gas at the same station for about 44 years. It started out as a Zephyr station and converted to Phillips 66 about 20 years ago. I've never had a problem with their gas and have used in in everything from an Austin Healey Sprite to a Porsche 914, Chevelle SS 396, my Stealths and now the 350Z. I don't think it matters where the gasoline is bought as long as it is a high volume station. You don't want to get gasonline that has been sitting in the storage tanks for a long while.

Les