Gas Brand You Use
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Gas Brand You Use
I just wanted to get opinions of different gas station brands. Chevron has Techron, Shell has V-Power, yet I still don't know what's in it. Let the flaming commence!
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Shell...I had a BMW 135 before and never had the dreaded fuel pump problem in 30k miles. I don't know for sure if the Shell gas had anything to do with it or not, but not going to change now.
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It does not matter which brand you buy because the gas station owners buy at the lowest price they can and it is an open market. Just because you buy Shell does not mean you got Shell. It could be any brand. That is marketing strategy you are following. Do some research for yourself and you will be surprised. I worked for a Mobil Oil reseller on the New England Coast many years back and he shopped the market every night. We would fill his (2) 250 foot tanker ships with whatever the cheapest priced gas was. Current research as of one month ago confirmed for me the practice is still very much a way of life for resellers. The only difference you and I will ever experience at the pump is in the Octane rating you buy. 91 is 91 across the board and so on. Check into it for yourself.
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It does not matter which brand you buy because the gas station owners buy at the lowest price they can and it is an open market. Just because you buy Shell does not mean you got Shell. It could be any brand. That is marketing strategy you are following. Do some research for yourself and you will be surprised. I worked for a Mobil Oil reseller on the New England Coast many years back and he shopped the market every night. We would fill his (2) 250 foot tanker ships with whatever the cheapest priced gas was. Current research as of one month ago confirmed for me the practice is still very much a way of life for resellers. The only difference you and I will ever experience at the pump is in the Octane rating you buy. 91 is 91 across the board and so on. Check into it for yourself.
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either mobil 93 or sunoco 93 (I use to use the 94 as well, different pump, but no one has it anymore)--it has always been this for me, I like sunoco better but sometimes it just isn't close by
