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Feb 15, 2009 | 04:18 PM

maxgee

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Which Gas Vendor do your prefer?

Chevron, Texaco, Citgo, etc
I use RaceTrack but thinking maybe others are better??

Feb 15, 2009 | 07:16 PM

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My brother works for a division of Ehtyl....says it's all the same in the pipeline, the money is in the additives....which they add to the tanker upon filling up so it can mix up. They make additvies for shell, BP, Citgo and a few others. During testing they call Citgo their "dirty up" fuel...used to get the injectors/valves etc dirty. Shell is supposedly the best due to it's V-power additive which cleans everything and is overall the best to run. Chevron is good too. Stay far far away from wawa, sheetz etc when looking for good quality 93 octane.

Feb 15, 2009 | 07:30 PM

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Thanks!

Feb 15, 2009 | 07:38 PM

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sunoco. they sell 94 octane and that is the only one i ever use. but i am not sure if you guys have sunoco in the states.

Feb 15, 2009 | 07:40 PM

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My car seems to run better on BP and EXXON. I would NEVER run gas from those discount gas stations, there **** is watered down or something.....pay the extra few cents is what I say.

Feb 15, 2009 | 07:45 PM

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My car seems to run better on BP and EXXON. I would NEVER run gas from those discount gas stations, there **** is watered down or something.....pay the extra few cents is what I say.

yeah, i believe some are watered down with some cheapo burning agents.

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sunoco. they sell 94 octane and that is the only one i ever use. but i am not sure if you guys have sunoco in the states.

we have sunoco with 100octane!

Feb 15, 2009 | 09:34 PM

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I've heard the same. All stations (even the discount ones) have the same gas. The additives are all that is different.

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Feb 15, 2009 | 09:46 PM

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is there anywhere in the bay area that has high octane on pump?

Feb 16, 2009 | 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by maxgee

yeah, i believe some are watered down with some cheapo burning agents.

we have sunoco with 100octane!

****

i am moving to the states

Feb 16, 2009 | 08:24 AM

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VP race fuel

Feb 16, 2009 | 09:06 AM

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Cheveron for me just because the stations are always cleaner around here, lol

Feb 16, 2009 | 09:24 AM

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Never had any issue out of BP.

Feb 16, 2009 | 11:23 AM

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is there anywhere in the bay area that has high octane on pump?

There is a select few Union 76's that have 100 at the pump around here, at least used to.

And nothing but VP Q16 for me now.

Dan

Feb 16, 2009 | 06:56 PM

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I always ran Sunoco 94. The ones by me have 104 race ful at the pump as well.

Feb 16, 2009 | 09:52 PM

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i see an noticeable difference in mpg and the way my motorcycle runs with chevron compared to the cheap stuff. So i use chevron for all my cars. i wont buy shell

there are some 76 stations with 100 octane around that i use when i hit the track

Feb 16, 2009 | 10:00 PM

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VP is a solvent based fuel so its more stable than many other brands.

(C12 here)

Feb 17, 2009 | 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by eviltwin_1987

i see an noticeable difference in mpg and the way my motorcycle runs with chevron compared to the cheap stuff. So i use chevron for all my cars. i wont buy shell

there are some 76 stations with 100 octane around that i use when i hit the track

shell never seemed to work good in my cars...chevys, toyotas, lexus'....but seemed to be fine in my fords. just my 2cents

Feb 18, 2009 | 02:17 PM

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yeah, i believe some are watered down with some cheapo burning agents.

we have sunoco with 100octane!

Damn i need to move to florida. Best we have around here is 91 octane, and i only know of a few gas stations that are ethanol free, the rest of them have up to a 10% blend of ethanol in the gas. I could fill up at the race track but that would be paying the race track premium. Hell maybe ill fill up at the airport lol

Feb 18, 2009 | 02:24 PM

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Mobil here. Never had an issue.

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