Report no TOP TIER™ Logo at Station

[jtwrace]

Go to the address below where it states TOP TIER at their site . Scroll down to FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .

https://www.sunoco.com/94-octane

Yeah, what's your point?

 

[SC Maintenance]

I travel all over the Southeast, and I seldom see a sign at the supposed top tier stations. Maybe half the time at best - likely lest - I never really kept track.

I have noticed some stations such as circle k advertising that their fuel contains added cleaning elements while not being affiliated with top tier certification. Not just circle k but other brands as well.

All fuel has some detergent - per the EPA. The minimum top tier spec really isn't all that much better if you actually look it up.

It may have changed, but in the past, the TT organization claimed that if the station is on their "list", they MUST sell Top Tier gasoline. My question, "or what?". There's no enforcement.

I am inclined to believe you on this, however its been stated here on many occasions a couple brands do put markers in their add pack and get checked on occasion. Chevron and Shell I think is what is claimed.

90+ % of people don't care or more accurately, know what it means, so in the end, it means nothing.

99.9%.

 

[jtwrace]

Wow, what a rabbit hole! Here is the actual EPA document about the minimum standard. TT is 2-3x the detergent.

 

[Chief2025]

Who cares about Top Tier? I care about price. The next town over from me has gas for 20 cents a gallon cheaper than my town. I drive the extra ten miles for the discount.

I'll drive the extra 10 miles for the TT gas - - - not that other junk.

 

[SC Maintenance]

I'll drive the extra 10 miles for the TT gas - - - not that other junk.

would be cheaper to stop at walmart and buy some techron.

 

[Arc]

I'll drive the extra 10 miles for the TT gas - - - not that other junk.

Marketing works, there's no doubt about that.

 

[Panda87]

Who cares about Top Tier? I care about price. The next town over from me has gas for 20 cents a gallon cheaper than my town. I drive the extra ten miles for the discount.

Ten miles is nearly a gallon of gas for me. $.20 isn’t enough to offset the 20mi round trip cost.

 

[Arc]

Ten miles is nearly a gallon of gas for me. $.20 isn’t enough to offset the 20mi round trip cost.

I get 12 mpg on good day down hill with the engine off in my truck.

 

[Panda87]

I get 12 mpg on good day down hill with the engine off in my truck.

I’m right there with you!

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Who cares about Top Tier? I care about price. The next town over from me has gas for 20 cents a gallon cheaper than my town. I drive the extra ten miles for the discount.

Casey’s isn’t certified, Marathon is. But when Casey’s 87 is 20 cents cheaper and 88 is 30 cents cheaper, my injectors care not but my wallet sure does!

GasBuddy or Upside, paired with station specific discounts, nearly always nets me $0.50 or more per gallon in discounts.

 

[Patman]

Yesterday it was 10c/L cheaper in a neighbouring city, @Arc

Welland has been pretty cheap lately. I got gas there recently for 96.6 cents a liter

 

[Panda87]

Casey’s isn’t certified, Marathon is. But when Casey’s 87 is 20 cents cheaper and 88 is 30 cents cheaper, my injectors care not but my wallet sure does!

GasBuddy or Upside, paired with station specific discounts, nearly always nets me $0.50 or more per gallon in discounts.

Gasbuddy is a personal privacy nightmare if you sign up and give them your info. The discounts also NEVER panned out for me and I got the gasbuddy card. The discounts never applied or saved up. I shredded that card and deleted my accounts. I used it for a year and got absolutely jack squat in return. I get better discounts with top tier brand loyalty apps.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Gasbuddy is a personal privacy nightmare if you sign up and give them your info. The discounts also NEVER panned out for me and I got the gasbuddy card. The discounts never applied or saved up. I shredded that card and deleted my accounts. I used it for a year and got absolutely jack squat in return. I get better discounts with top tier brand loyalty apps.

Sorry you had that issue, but my experience has been nearly flawless. I’ve saved well over a thousand dollars in about 3+ years; it averages about $22/mo. I pair that with the station loyalty apps and it’s probably at least $50/mo in savings.

 

[Panda87]

Sorry you had that issue, but my experience has been nearly flawless. I’ve saved well over a thousand dollars in about 3+ years; it averages about $22/mo. I pair that with the station loyalty apps and it’s probably at least $50/mo in savings.

I was hoping that’s how it was going to work for me. It ended up being a complete travesty on my end. Regardless, take a look at the amount and types of data they collect on you. It’s nothing short of some of the deepest info collection you’ll experience. If you want more info, PM me. I work in I.T. (and have degrees in it) and it’s quite alarming.

There is a phrase I use often: “When a service is free, you are the product.”

Just looking out for you brother.

 

[Chief2025]

Marketing works, there's no doubt about that.

Ya it does - - - and so does science >
Funny eh?

 

[Chief2025]

would be cheaper to stop at walmart and buy some techron.

Not in Canada it won't.

 

[Arc]

Ya it does - - - and so does science >
Funny eh?

Science vs experience. ....I think I will go with what I know to be true. I've had many high mileage vehicles over the years and the fuel brand never was a factor, just octane level.

 

[Arc]

Casey’s isn’t certified, Marathon is. But when Casey’s 87 is 20 cents cheaper and 88 is 30 cents cheaper, my injectors care not but my wallet sure does!

GasBuddy or Upside, paired with station specific discounts, nearly always nets me $0.50 or more per gallon in discounts.

I took my injectors out of a 280k engine last year to clean them and they all sprayed a perfect pattern. Cheap gas works just fine.

 

[Arc]

I’m right there with you!

That must be how they come up with these mpg ratings on new vehicles because I never get the same results.

 

[Panda87]

That must be how they come up with these mpg ratings on new vehicles because I never get the same results.

It really depends on my traveled routes honestly. The more stoplights, the worse your mpg. Driving to work and spending most of it on base with few stoplights, I can always well exceed the factory mpg. Driving to work and spending most of it in town, I get the average or worse.