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Cheep Gas?
Anyone using inferior or discount brands of gasoline like (Arco, Costco) or using a non-premium grade? If so what’s the result?
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Originally Posted by 02glider
(Post 3931728)
Anyone using inferior or discount brands of gasoline like (Arco, Costco) or using a non-premium grade? If so what’s the result?
You never want to use lesser octane grade gas in your MB. The motor is designed to use premium as it is designed for high compression rates. The 10-20 cents per gallon you will save will end up shortening the life of the motor. Ask anyone that knows and they will tell you the same. |
I have 2 cars with the 350 engine. One is leased (E350) and the other I own(GLK). I use regular in the leased vehicle and high test in my owned GLK. Besides a slight hesitation, I can honestly say there is no difference in performance or MPG.
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I have run 87-93 octane and not noticed any difference in engine performance. I have noticed a minor drop in mpg's but that could be due to winter temps and warm up time. Ironically l was told leaving the dealership by 3 salesman and a manager that using regular gas was ok and that was what they used. There's still alot of discussion on octane grades and luxury car engines such in the BMW, Lexus, and MB vehicles.
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BP ultimate is all I use.
If you own MB you should be able to afford 10-20 cents for good gas and have your engine last. Also it's not just about perfomance of the enginr now, it's about its long term perfromance. |
Originally Posted by NYCGLK
(Post 3932197)
If you own MB you should be able to afford 10-20 cents for good gas and have your engine last.
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i mainly use shell v-power.
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I only use Shell V-Power.
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Hold on—I am not thinking of a steady diet of cheep gas but the occasional oop’s the wife was being “nice” and filled it up with regular (like last week) or if you out in unfamiliar territory and it’s low on gas, do you use the first gas you find, be it cheep or push it and hope to find Shell. :zoom:
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Originally Posted by 02glider
(Post 3933212)
Hold on—I am not thinking of a steady diet of cheep gas but the occasional oop’s the wife was being “nice” and filled it up with regular (like last week) or if you out in unfamiliar territory and it’s low on gas, do you use the first gas you find, be it cheep or push it and hope to find Shell. :zoom:
Last summer I was on vacation in the Carolinas and I was in a remote location and coming close to running out of gas. I went to a mom and pap service station that looked like it was built in the 1930s (the pumps looked like the kind you see in restaurants used as a decor) and they were out of Premium. I got 5 gallons of regular and looked for another station where I could fill up with premium. |
I like to use top tier gas companies.
For around here, quicktrip is top tier and thier prices are always good. here is a list and more info: http://www.toptiergas.com/ TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline Retailers Gasoline retailers must meet the high TOP TIER standards with all grades of gasoline to be approved by the automakers as providing TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline. In addition, all gasoline outlets carrying the brand of the approved retailer must meet the TOP TIER standards. Additional gasoline retailers are added to the TOP TIER list as they meet the standards. The retailers known to be on the TOP TIER list are shown below. TOP TIER Gasoline Retailers: QuikTrip Chevron Texaco MFA Oil Co. Conoco Phillips 66 76 Entec Stations Shell The Somerset Refinery, Inc. Kwik Trip / Kwik Star Aloha Petroleum Tri-Par Oil Co. Turkey Hill Minit Markets Mileage Stations Road Ranger CountryMark Chevron Canada Shell Canada Petro-Canada Sunoco Canada |
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