Fuel Brand Preference

[Frenchy]

I use Philips 66/Conoco. Pay with the app and it gives you a discount. I’m a cheap f#$@er?

I have been using the same APP for close to 7 years now. Now I'm switching to Sinclair since I'm planning a trip to Wyoming and that is the dominant one there. Also they give you just a little bit more of a discount!

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[got3fords]

I take it you do Photoshop for your second job?!

Or when he's f*****g off at his real job.

 

[Frenchy]

Or when he's f*****g off at his real job.

Aren't we all?!

 

[5thranger]

Years ago I heard a story from a fuel delivery driver. We had a Williams Brothers pipeline terminal in our city. (not sure who owns it now).
Generic gasoline is delivered to the tank farm via pipeline. There the band specific gas formula is mixed at the semi tanker loading station as it is loaded. The driver inserts a code card and computer magic does the rest.

Pipelines are amazing technology. Various liquid products are pushed in sequence through the pipe, and tapped at the terminals with little mixing waste. So I suppose different octane levels could be delivered to the terminal. Trademark additives (remember Purple Martin's purple colored gas?) like BP Invigorate are added at the loading station.

Some say gas is gas. ....I'm thinking not so.

That is correct. I loaded fuel at many different terminals and if I was given an order for a none branded station, and they wanted the cheapest E10 that is what they got. The driver puts the order into the computer at terminal and loads it. When I loaded at P66 you had a choice of branded or unbranded. You also could load no alcohol or alcohol blended. The base gasoline that the terminal gets is all the same 83 octane sub grade. To get E10 87 octane 10% alcohol is added. If you want 87 octane non-alcohol, then premium is added in place of alcohol to get the octane to 87. It is mixed at a ratio of 60/40. That is why non-alcohol fuel is higher. If it is name brand, then you get their additive package such as P66 has. Shell is very good gas there just aren't any in my area, so I go with P66 non-alcohol premium 91 octane in my Ranger. Williams Brothers is probably Magellan now in your area.

 

[harringtondav]

It is mixed at a ratio of 60/40. That is why non-alcohol fuel is higher.

I just topped of our little Dart Aero. 91 is corn free and the most expensive. E15 is the least expensive @87 octane with lower octane E10 in between.
Fed govt subsidizes ethanol production. Midwest corn producing states add their own breaks. I'm not much for social parasites, but I look away when I tank up with ethanol.

 

[got3fords]

Aren't we all?!

Of course, I don't have time to monitor this forum at home.

 

[MrJ1s]

Shell V-Power® NiTRO+ 93 - It is not the easiest to find in my neighborhood and it lowers my MPG. BUT...when the ECU gets the OAR feedback the performance improvement is proof that it is liking it.

 

[Msfitoy]

I take it you do Photoshop for your second job?!

Good thing it's not my day job lol...

 

[Frenchy]

Good thing it's not my day job lol...

?

 

[Cabose-1]

Valero

Or whatever upside has for the most money back.

 

[Dunedain Ranger]

Shell - 93 Octane - for years. Both vehicles.

 

[Motorpsychology]

Any top tier. Kwik Star is four minutes away from home. At our river house BP is convenient and also top tier.

Kwik Star is not a Top Tier brand.
https://www.toptiergas.com/gasoline-brands/

 

[harringtondav]

It was not too long ago. Research is dicey, but from what I've found it's the same top tier gas they once sold. Apparently "Top Tier" is a brand rating rating comes at a price to the seller.
I guess KS wasn't interested anymore.
https://www.carfax.com/maintenance/top-tier-gas

 

[JohnnyO]

Sheetz, regional chain in PA and surrounding states. I have a MySheetz card and a Sheetz credit card so between the two I get 8 cents off a gallon. I usually get E15 88 because it's cheap but if a store doesn't have that I get 89.

 

[Friday yet?]

Anything is better than Circle K gas

+1
And every freaking where around me is a circle k.

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