Gas Brand You Use
11-17-2010, 12:34 PM
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2009 C63 with Eurocharged tune and charcoal delete
Shell or Chevron/Texaco. Check out Top Tier Gas website. http://www.toptiergas.com/
11-18-2010, 04:06 AM
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Have you heard of Limited Oil or Unlimited Oil Company? Another good cheap station near my place. Why pay top dollar at Chevron and Shell when you can get the same crappy Cali gasoline for less? 
Slightly off topic
According to a thread somewhere on the dot com, there was some mention about how the West Coast, back in 2001, stopped carrying 92 which used to be the highest avail and that the gasoline is all the same more or less anyway. This nothing new to Cali people as they continue to get screwed by the man. We can't help living here though
I think the air here is drugged so we don't move from this broke state of ours.
I think only one place on Santa Monica Blvd still carries 93 and there are a few 100 octane racing fuel stations here in the L.A. area. - Correct me if I'm wrong.
Slightly off topic
According to a thread somewhere on the dot com, there was some mention about how the West Coast, back in 2001, stopped carrying 92 which used to be the highest avail and that the gasoline is all the same more or less anyway. This nothing new to Cali people as they continue to get screwed by the man. We can't help living here though
I think the air here is drugged so we don't move from this broke state of ours. I think only one place on Santa Monica Blvd still carries 93 and there are a few 100 octane racing fuel stations here in the L.A. area. - Correct me if I'm wrong.
11-18-2010, 01:51 PM
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My cars runs on the cheapest Jungle Juice available. As long as it 91 octane or higher. And he doesn't complain one bit, as long as his stomach is full....LOL
11-18-2010, 03:38 PM
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11-19-2010, 01:47 PM
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Why would it not be safe to run 93 octane...or even 100 octane?? It's not going to harm the motor at all. The ECU will advance or retard timing as necessary. Running higher octane is actually better for the car, especially in warmer climates. And with a pretty high compression ratio, the 63 motor is made for high octane fuel. Why do you think different tuners have tunes specifically for the octane rating you run??
11-19-2010, 03:03 PM
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Why would it not be safe to run 93 octane...or even 100 octane?? It's not going to harm the motor at all. The ECU will advance or retard timing as necessary. Running higher octane is actually better for the car, especially in warmer climates. And with a pretty high compression ratio, the 63 motor is made for high octane fuel. Why do you think different tuners have tunes specifically for the octane rating you run??
I totally agree with your assessment
But unfortunately, can't find any higher then 93 octane in Northern Virginia. Many years ago on New York Avenue in DC, I could get 97 octane for my Mustang Cobra, boy did that car run better on that jungle juice
11-19-2010, 05:26 PM
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Funny, I started this same conversation a day earlier!
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...s-got-gas.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...s-got-gas.html
11-24-2010, 12:29 AM
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....I work at an oil refinery, so to the guy who said all gas is the same, he's kinda right...
If we make 87 Octane gasoline in Tank A, we can blend it up to 91 or 93 or whatever, and move it to tank B or C; but the different brands, ie: Shell, Husky, Mohawk, etc, have different additives (they ship these additives to us and we keep them in a tank) and is then added to the gasoline as it's loaded into trucks.
The one I never really understood was the nitrogen enriched gas, but I'd have to ask one of our Chemical Engineers if I really cared so much. Hard to understand how putting an inert atom into Naphthalene would make it clean your engine.
Personally, I alternate between 94 Octance Mohawk, and Co-op 91 Octane.
If we make 87 Octane gasoline in Tank A, we can blend it up to 91 or 93 or whatever, and move it to tank B or C; but the different brands, ie: Shell, Husky, Mohawk, etc, have different additives (they ship these additives to us and we keep them in a tank) and is then added to the gasoline as it's loaded into trucks.
The one I never really understood was the nitrogen enriched gas, but I'd have to ask one of our Chemical Engineers if I really cared so much. Hard to understand how putting an inert atom into Naphthalene would make it clean your engine.
Personally, I alternate between 94 Octance Mohawk, and Co-op 91 Octane.
