Chevron or Shell
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Chevron or Shell
Which one would you choose?
Chevron Supreme: 92 Octane, with Techron
Shell Opitmax Gold: 91 Octane, with friction reducing component and advanced detergent
Chevron Supreme: 92 Octane, with Techron
Shell Opitmax Gold: 91 Octane, with friction reducing component and advanced detergent
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has anyone tried those racing fuel which they sell in 1litre bottles. Thoes stuff which you add into the fuel tank and claims it gives
extra boast???...........wonder how thats works....or does it really work?
extra boast???...........wonder how thats works....or does it really work?
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Guys, gas, good quality gas, is all the same shiat. All the brands buy from each other....so if you're at Chevron, you could be pumping in Arco gas. Or vice versa.
Now getting gas from a station that "cheats" is another story but I've had ALL brands of gas in my cars and they all run the same.
Personally, I put in whatever is closest or cheapest or both. It's usually Arco but sometimes it's Mobil or Exxon...
I've also recieved bad gas (in another car) from all the top brands (during road trips...lots of "out of the way" stations "cheat")...what I WOULD stay away from are the "unknown" brands (like Thrifty)...no one is really sure where they get their stuff from...(but there are big brands that you may not have heard of, like BP which is rare to non-existant in Los Angeles, but they sell good gas...)
Now getting gas from a station that "cheats" is another story but I've had ALL brands of gas in my cars and they all run the same.
Personally, I put in whatever is closest or cheapest or both. It's usually Arco but sometimes it's Mobil or Exxon...
I've also recieved bad gas (in another car) from all the top brands (during road trips...lots of "out of the way" stations "cheat")...what I WOULD stay away from are the "unknown" brands (like Thrifty)...no one is really sure where they get their stuff from...(but there are big brands that you may not have heard of, like BP which is rare to non-existant in Los Angeles, but they sell good gas...)
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i have a buddy who used to own a Exxon station, he says he gets the reports on which brands are rated the highest by an independent council. He says it goes like this....
1. Amoco
2. Mobil
3. Texaco
4. Exxon
This was done before the merger of Exxon and Mobil so I'm not sure how that effects the list.
He said basically they are all pretty good the only thing that can differ is the refining process and the additives.
1. Amoco
2. Mobil
3. Texaco
4. Exxon
This was done before the merger of Exxon and Mobil so I'm not sure how that effects the list.
He said basically they are all pretty good the only thing that can differ is the refining process and the additives.
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From: California
Here's what I heard when I used to work for Exxon ...
Now don't quote me on this as fact, cause it may well be fiction:
All the truck tankers in the same area (for the most part) fill up at the same "station" where they have a special card or key code that they punch in .. identifying their tanker. Then the filling station starts loading in the same base gasoline, only thing different is the additive package. So think of it as the fountain drinks at your local fast food joint, same water, same CO2, just different syrup.
And of course, I don't know how often tankers check the cleanliness levels, or whether they clean their hoses and pipes after driving through some dusty areas, but I imagine, this can create some quality controls problems. But I also know, the major oil companies have strict quality controls, and I have seen oil trucks turned away because they were not properly steam cleaned or without papers.
My 2 cents.
Now don't quote me on this as fact, cause it may well be fiction:
All the truck tankers in the same area (for the most part) fill up at the same "station" where they have a special card or key code that they punch in .. identifying their tanker. Then the filling station starts loading in the same base gasoline, only thing different is the additive package. So think of it as the fountain drinks at your local fast food joint, same water, same CO2, just different syrup.
And of course, I don't know how often tankers check the cleanliness levels, or whether they clean their hoses and pipes after driving through some dusty areas, but I imagine, this can create some quality controls problems. But I also know, the major oil companies have strict quality controls, and I have seen oil trucks turned away because they were not properly steam cleaned or without papers.
My 2 cents.
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From: California
As for Chevron or Shell:
Chevron's got some clever commercials, the local shell station has free car wash with fill-up ... so I'd lean towards Shell.
(I know lotta you guys don't like taking your car through the car wash, but I haven't had a problem yet *crossing fingers*, and it gets that thin film of road dust off that seems to be in the air around here).
Chevron's got some clever commercials, the local shell station has free car wash with fill-up ... so I'd lean towards Shell.
(I know lotta you guys don't like taking your car through the car wash, but I haven't had a problem yet *crossing fingers*, and it gets that thin film of road dust off that seems to be in the air around here).
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Does anyone know why:
1) There are 6 grades of octane available east of the Mississippi and only 3 available to the west.
2) Why is 93 octane only found in the east, and 92 in the west?
1) There are 6 grades of octane available east of the Mississippi and only 3 available to the west.
2) Why is 93 octane only found in the east, and 92 in the west?
