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Old 02-17-12, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Feeling good is not the same as measured performance. There is truly no measured performance difference between the cheap brands and the expensive brands except the marketing overhead. If you really want to dig, you'll find the best thing to do is alternate brands because the additive packages are antagonistic, so running a single brand is actually the worst thing you can do.
You have your opinion and I have mine.... I will leave it at that.
Old 02-18-12, 07:11 AM
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Buying some MS109 for the race minivan
Old 02-18-12, 11:39 PM
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If Shell is around, then 76. Almost all the time is Shell though. I found that I get better gas mileage with shell. All the cars I had can attest to this.
Old 02-19-12, 10:39 AM
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^ race mini van! Watch out!
Old 02-19-12, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ISFSteve
You have your opinion and I have mine.... I will leave it at that.
I can back it up with the opinion of a petroleum engineer who designs the additives.
Old 02-21-12, 08:51 PM
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Chrevon and Shell.
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Because it's true. All gasoline retailers use the same base stock in a given geography. The only difference is the additive package.
Agreed the only differences is the additives.
Old 02-24-12, 06:09 PM
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Only Chevron for me.
Old 02-25-12, 02:16 AM
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Can you blame people for going with the cheapest brand with the prices now! Dam LA is around $5 or more!!!
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