Which Gas Station has the best gas?

[CATCH17]

Or is it all the same?

[vta]

Exxon made my engine knock. I don't know why, I just haven't put it in my tank in a long time.

Other than that I don't see a difference between Amoco, Sunoco and Hess.

[WoodysGirl]

I'm a brand snob except when I'm in FW.

I typically go to Exxon, Chevron, Conoco, or Citgo. Don't like Shell much, tho I will put Pennzoil in my car.

Texaco is only if I'm in the middle of nowhere and there's nothing else around.

[xWraithx]

Brainpaint

[kmp77]

Taco Bell


Wait...read the thread title wrong...........sorry

[DallasCowpoke]

10 Things Gas Stations Won't Tell You (http://www.smartmoney.com/spending/rip-offs/what-gas-stations-wont-tell-you-19750/)
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 snuff, 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.

[Sam I Am]

Chipotle. It's got more kick. ;)

[CowboyWay]

Agree with cowpoke. Its all the same.

[HoleInTheRoof]

I only use Exxonn Supreme, because it is formulated to meet the demands of todays engines!*





*This post has been sponsored by Exxonn Mobile.

[CliffnMesquite]

Gas is gas. Just like store brand vs. name brand mustard.

[Joe Rod]

I go with the cheapest each and every time. I had my last truck ten years and my current one eight and never had an issue with either one of them.

[jksmith269]

I'm a brand snob except when I'm in FW.

I typically go to Exxon, Chevron, Conoco, or Citgo. Don't like Shell much, tho I will put Pennzoil in my car.

Texaco is only if I'm in the middle of nowhere and there's nothing else around.

I won't use Citgo as it's owned by Hugo Chavez...

[Sarge]

It's all the same.

[Jon88]

I think the cheapest gas station has the best gas.

[Juke99]

The one that's closest when the idiot light says "Reserve fuel"

[Big Dakota]

I live in a state with a very small population(800K) and in the north east part of the state one guy pretty much controlls all gas distribution. He delivers to most stations so it's hard for me to believe in my state there's much of a difference in gas. My guess is it's all the same, but i do hear to watch out for some small "mom and pop" stations up this way that have a bad rep for wattering down their gas, but who knows?

[theogt]

The one that's closest when the idiot light says "Reserve fuel"This.

[jimmy40]

Or is it all the same?Kroger, so I get my .10 off.

[Jon88]

I live in a state with a very small population(800K) and in the north east part of the state one guy pretty much controlls all gas distribution. He delivers to most stations so it's hard for me to believe in my state there's much of a difference in gas. My guess is it's all the same, but i do hear to watch out for some small "mom and pop" stations up this way that have a bad rep for wattering down their gas, but who knows?

I'm certain some do. I bought gas in the middle of nowhere one time and my truck ran like crap.

[Yeagermeister]

I live in a state with a very small population(800K) and in the north east part of the state one guy pretty much controlls all gas distribution. He delivers to most stations so it's hard for me to believe in my state there's much of a difference in gas. My guess is it's all the same, but i do hear to watch out for some small "mom and pop" stations up this way that have a bad rep for wattering down their gas, but who knows?

This is true. They do it to make it last longer.

[Temo]

They're all the same, mostly. Unless you have a situation like Dakota described above, just go for the cheapest.

[big dog cowboy]

Kroger, so I get my .10 off.
Always.

[Cowboy Junkie]

I live in a state with a very small population(800K) and in the north east part of the state one guy pretty much controlls all gas distribution. He delivers to most stations so it's hard for me to believe in my state there's much of a difference in gas. My guess is it's all the same, but i do hear to watch out for some small "mom and pop" stations up this way that have a bad rep for wattering down their gas, but who knows?

water down as in how?

you can not actually put water in gas. if you did the car would not make it out of the parking lot. water goes directly to the bottom of the cars gas tank and therefore it is the first to reach the cars engine... water seperates from gas.
now the United states is switching to have efferdin in gas. this hurts gas mileage . maybe 5-7 miles per tank of gas on average. many states have already done this. if you find a gas station that has this and one with the same price that does not then go with the one without.

additive are the biggest difference in gas . if you do the non branded cheaper gas you are still getting the additives because as the article said it is the law but you get the bare minimum. on the most part gas is gas from brand to brand and it is true you may be at a shell station pumping Citgo gas.

one huge misconception is that the gas station itself is getting rich, they are not. if you are a shell station that does not mean shell is who you are. it simply means you are selling there product just as that store is selling coke , doesnt mean they are owned by coke.
A gas station that is being competative with other gas stations in the area are probably making some where from .08 -.10 cents per gallon. and out of that comes paying the state so much a month to check the pumps also the yearly license and many other things.

the station itself makes the least money out of the gas. the government makes more than even the exxons and shells of the world and we all know how well they put the cash and their pocket and to give one example of how much the true gas companies are in bed with our government is this... the gas station itself can only charge so much per gallon over what they have paid. shell, exxon, etc, can legally charge whatever they want.

now that is not to say that price gouging at store levels does not go on but it is not legal for the stores to do this. it is only legal for the billionaires that are really running this country to do this....