Shell Premium Gasoline?
12-10-2003, 06:46 AM
#21
TECH Regular
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 498
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
where in san antonio is there 100 octane?
Originally Posted by Drew98TA
We actually have a couple stations here in San Antonio that sell vp100 octane at the pump!
12-11-2003, 10:46 AM
#24
TECH Apprentice
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 329
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ok guys not to break anyones bubble, but, my grandfather used to haul fuel for a while and I went with him a few times. We stopped and loaded up from one tank and went to a bunch of different gas stations, almost all of which you have all mentioned. It all came from the same tank, no special mixtures or magical formulas in any of them, they were all the same. I don't know if MN is just different from the rest of the free world but I doubt it.
12-12-2003, 02:24 PM
#25
Launching!
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: texas unfortunately for now
Posts: 249
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Cokeroker
where in san antonio is there 100 octane?
someone told me about one off san pedro at some hole in the wall gas station.
12-12-2003, 03:18 PM
#26
Launching!
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fort Carson, CO
Posts: 257
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by JaysGone
Your ECM doesnt know anything above 94 octane. Save your money
Originally Posted by Cokeroker
where in san antonio is there 100 octane?
12-14-2003, 01:36 AM
#28
TECH Resident
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: North Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 782
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by z289899
Ok guys not to break anyones bubble, but, my grandfather used to haul fuel for a while and I went with him a few times. We stopped and loaded up from one tank and went to a bunch of different gas stations, almost all of which you have all mentioned. It all came from the same tank, no special mixtures or magical formulas in any of them, they were all the same. I don't know if MN is just different from the rest of the free world but I doubt it.
Umm..that's not correct. My Dad also haul'd fuel for a while and I worked at various refineries in/around Philadelphia for a year. While the base product is the same, when the driver punches in the code for what company he's going to be filling the tank up for, that automatically has their additives and such to be added to the base product.
Not all gas is the same. Stay with shell, texaco, sunoco, exxon, mobile and you should fine. Citco and all the others just suck and I will not trust them with my car...especially not with a blower.
12-17-2003, 04:45 PM
#29
On The Tree
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Orlando, FL usa
Posts: 131
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thats correct and what I have been stating. Only bad thing I have ever heard is that there was a Shell station buy my house, and about a year ago they got busted for selling what people thought where 93 octance and it was only like 89 as tested by the state. Thank god I never went there. 
12-19-2003, 04:42 AM
#30
11 Second Club
i wonder....
is there a hand held tester we can buy to test gas our self you know like a hydrometer for coolant???
i think i will be doing a search... i have also been told that goof ups here and there have left 97+octane in the 87 pump... and visa versa... now i am interrested...
is there a hand held tester we can buy to test gas our self you know like a hydrometer for coolant???
i think i will be doing a search... i have also been told that goof ups here and there have left 97+octane in the 87 pump... and visa versa... now i am interrested...
12-19-2003, 08:03 AM
#31
On The Tree
iTrader: (5)
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Arlington, TN
Posts: 130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Amoco Gold 93 octane is the ONLY thing that goes in my baby! I personally believe that you should only use the 93, regardless of the manufacturers claim that lower octanes are fine. Even the POS 93 Ford Festiva (hey, it keeps the Z-28 free for weekends, clean and bad!) gets the 93 treatment. Besides, have always used Amoco 93 octane in past cars.....95 Impala SS, 88 Formula Firebird, and 82 Z-28 Indy Pace Car edition. It's your money and your car, use what you feel is the best. (Never let your wife force you to get rid of cars. It sucks, and she will soon be the ex!)
98 Black Z-28
K&N, mods coming for 04!!!!!
98 Black Z-28
K&N, mods coming for 04!!!!!
12-19-2003, 09:03 AM
#32
On The Tree
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Orlando, FL usa
Posts: 131
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I agree Dave. Out of all the high quality gasolines, the premium 93 or 94 has more detergents than their own 89 or 87. Your Feistva is cleaner on the inside than if your using an 87. I bet that if you ran high quality 87 the inside would still look cleaner than low quality 93 from some off the wall dump.
01-03-2004, 07:16 PM
#35
Teching In
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: California Central valley
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
"all ive ever put in any of my cars is shell premium. In california the highest octane at the pump you can find is 91 octane" i believe they sell higher than that here in califoronia cuz I have seen it in Bakersfield!
09-21-2005, 08:38 AM
#38
TECH Resident
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: chicago burbs
Posts: 809
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i try to put in amaco/bp gas, i get the best milage from it
tho when theres a 20-30c difference at the pump i have been known to go to speedway for a tank or so every now and then
tho when theres a 20-30c difference at the pump i have been known to go to speedway for a tank or so every now and then
09-21-2005, 11:04 AM
#39
Moderator
iTrader: (11)
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: East Central Florida
Posts: 12,604
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
6 Posts
I'd avoid the "V-power" stuff. Maybe what you're
talking about is different but the V-power tankful
I got in Melbourne had a pump sticker saying
oxygenated and it made noticeably less power for
me. I believe it's a formulation meant to lean out
older cars because my fuel trims also drifted north
by a fair bit (until I burned down that tank and
went back to BP/Amoco). A big thumbs down on
the V-"power" here.
Shell refinery over in Tampa managed to hose a
whole bunch of peoples' cars last Memorial Day,
I think it was, by putting out a batch of high
sulfur fuel. Fuel level senders galore, replaced.
Texaco and Shell stations.
Think what you like about brand integrity, but
the label on the truck doesn't guarantee much
of anything. Though a lot of people seem to like
Mobil/Exxon, and BP/Amoco and Chevron for the
"solid pipeline". I've never had bad gas from the
7-11/Citgo or Hess chains though this could be
simply luck of the draw. I do not buy gas at any
"Mom-and-Pop" if I can make it to a chain pump.
talking about is different but the V-power tankful
I got in Melbourne had a pump sticker saying
oxygenated and it made noticeably less power for
me. I believe it's a formulation meant to lean out
older cars because my fuel trims also drifted north
by a fair bit (until I burned down that tank and
went back to BP/Amoco). A big thumbs down on
the V-"power" here.
Shell refinery over in Tampa managed to hose a
whole bunch of peoples' cars last Memorial Day,
I think it was, by putting out a batch of high
sulfur fuel. Fuel level senders galore, replaced.
Texaco and Shell stations.
Think what you like about brand integrity, but
the label on the truck doesn't guarantee much
of anything. Though a lot of people seem to like
Mobil/Exxon, and BP/Amoco and Chevron for the
"solid pipeline". I've never had bad gas from the
7-11/Citgo or Hess chains though this could be
simply luck of the draw. I do not buy gas at any
"Mom-and-Pop" if I can make it to a chain pump.
09-21-2005, 05:11 PM
#40
Launching!
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Posts: 293
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
for some reason my mpg has taken a drop recently, all i use is the shell v-power stuff, or exxon if need be. think maybe the station got a bad batch or it's just now affecting my fuel trims? o well