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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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I don't really have one gas station brand that I only go to, but I do have those I avoid... My favorite one to get gas at is a Sunoco. Anyone else have preferences?
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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all are about the same except for mobil from my experinces. mobil burns like water
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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i had issues with shell when they switched over but i usually use mobil or sunoco
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Amoco (now BP Amoco) Ultimate 93 octane has always been among my favorites but I use Sunoco Ultra 93 now as well.
I also is Mobil (now Luk Oil around here) depending on who's cheaper and where I am.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Irving in Wakefield MA...it was 2.49 for 87 two sundays ago. Pumps were 4 cars deep.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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See, you would think that in a populated area, gas station(s) can drop prices about 10-15 cents/gallon and still see huge profits because they will get 10x more business because people choose to pay for cheaper gas even if they have to drive a little farther.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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I used to use Shell 93, until I noticed in my Predator logs that I was getting a bunch of KR. I switched to Mobil 93 and all is good.

A few weeks ago I also found a Mobil station in Middlebury that has CAM2 100 octane unleaded (made by Sunoco)... so I mix some of that in with the Mobil 93...

The Mobil 93 is $3.49 and the CAM2 is $7.69...
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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Gas is pretty much the same, companies add their own formula to them, I'd more worried about the owner of the station, like if they sell alot of 93 octane, where others dont etc etc.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
Gas is pretty much the same
Thats kind of like saying that all water that comes out of faucets all around the country is the same. But, to each his own.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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Anything but Citgo, I had some bad problems there, few years back when I had a stock Honda civic 91 base model. I filled it up with some 87, now the owners book said the car runs fine on 84. I don't even know where to get that stuff but this stuff was knocking and ran like junk.

How you can pass off gas thats less then 84... bothers me. I won't go back there ever. Heard a few horror stories like that. Thank goodness I was knocking a 120 buck motor and not the ls1
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Specialized
Thats kind of like saying that all water that comes out of faucets all around the country is the same. But, to each his own.
Dont read part of the quote, then it all makes sense.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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I try to avoid valero at all costs even though theres one a minute from me. I filled up my ram once there and it ran like crap. I usually get Sunoco.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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My G6 gets whatever is closest and cheapest, which is usually the Getty station. When I take the Z28 out it usually gets Sunoco.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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i go to Seven 11 buy my work, i think that is the only gas my car has gotten sence ive had it, 93 . and im really sick of searching around for cheaper gas, ill waste more gas looking for it cheaper.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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around my area its chucky's( Sunoco Gas)
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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I usually use shell or sunoco if I can help it. I've run auto tap a bunch of times and never seen any significant knock retard from running any specific gas. I always run premium in my ls1 cars though.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Always been a fan of Sunoco 93. Typically one station I favor around here, that I will go to even if it's out of my way. If I am in a hurry or don't feel like going "out of my way" I hit up the nearest Mobil station. Those are my main preferences. I run 93 octane in everything including the lawn mower! LoL

If I am out of the area I'll use the Shell V-Power 93.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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Sonoco 93 here.........they used to sell Ultra 94 a couple years ago, but, stopped.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Years ago, each gas station had their own personality. Nowadays, they all pretty much seem the same. I still think that Sunoco has the best gas.
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