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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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Primarily BP, as it closest to my house. If im out i try to find a station thats not too shady looking. Also use premium majority of the time. I dunno if its all in my head, but when using regular my car doesnt feel the same.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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My parents always put Chevron in their cars. We never mixed fuels as a child. So now, that is what I do too
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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Sunergy. It's a private station that is about 3 blocks from me. Consistently about 10 cents cheaper than anything around me. Funny thing is, a tanker was filling the station's tanks. The side of the tank was blank, but the small sticker on the back of the tank had exxon/mobil on it. Probably same fuel. Been using it for 3 years without any issues.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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All the stations get all the same base stock. Each brand adds its own additive packages (or not). The only thing that's important - it needs to be uncontaminated and the right octane. The brand really and truly does not matter nearly as much as they would like us to believe.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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Wikipedia article: "Top Tier Detergent Gasoline"

I just use Shell.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Chevron and Shell for me
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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Good Economy with money for Great Gas: Chevron
Bad Economy with no money for Cheap Gas: Arco.

Arco for the longest time. Will start doing Chevron in a year or so, hopefully.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:32 PM
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I used mobil when im at home because its close. Now that i moved out for college, I use chevon because its close. However, I still think its best to just switch around, that way you get all the different additives from different gas stations to clean your car.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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Used to use BP religiously specially when they had that 8gallon gift card game made some $$$ back
Now, w.e is in my way. Here in Miami shells tend to be more expensive though the other day a shell was ridiculously cheap @$3.55/gallon for premium.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by meowCat
If I'm not mistaken, those Genesis engines benefit from higher octane fuel. Works find on regular unleaded but with premium of 92 octane or higher you get hp and tq increase.



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So i've read. Just never had a definitive answer, lol.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 07:11 AM
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So long as it will flow and burn, today's gasoline engines will run on almost any grade of gas. I was told about ten years ago that while my RX would run just fine on regular, that the ECM was set up to default to premium. While torque and hp were probably close, sometimes the engine would stumble on hard acceleration as the knock sensors yanked back the timing to accommodate the lower octane fuel. It didn't do any harm to the engine, but you got a smoother transition to full throttle with premium.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 07:14 AM
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No Chevron here so it's Shell 93 V-Power.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 07:50 AM
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Same here, Shell V-Power.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
it needs to be uncontaminated and the right octane.
BINGO.

All this additive package stuff is nonsense because the concentration level is so low that it has negligible effect on the engine. Hell, I've pulled out my injectors and had it tested. They were semi-clogged, and that's with the car using Chevron its entire life.

A bottle of fuel cleaner, preferably one with high concentration of PEA, will do far more cleaning than a tankful of top tier 1 gasoline.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 08:09 AM
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Of the ones you mentioned, Chevron. However, our V8 4Runner gets Shell. I also really like Sunoco.
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