Which station would you buy gas from?

[Vern_in_IL]

Local town has:

Hucks Now with Sure gasoline(busy)
Casey's General Store
Marathon(busy but one penny higher than Huck's)
CountryMark- not busy,no attendants-Prices slow to drop
Citgo

CountryMark is the only top tier station.

 

[Taildragger]

You their gas comes from different places?

 

[jimbrewer]

It comes from the same place, but the top tier gas will have a bit more detergent in it. I know, because I visited a refinery and had that described and shown to me--They had a special rack and the Chevron trucks would stop and get a few gallons of the detergent on their way in or out. I forget which. The weird thing was the independent served from the refinery was no cheaper than the Chevron from the same refinery.

I guess I would be willing to pay up to a nickel more for the high-detergent gas because I have a newer car with a complicated engine. The extra cost is nowhere near that, though. Almost nil, I expect.

 

[Tdbo]

I would buy from the cleanest station with the highest volume.

 

[bluestream]

Buy it where you can get it the cheapest

 

[Jarlaxle]

That.

 

[JHZR2]

Id consider the top tier fuel, but be able to dose on my own in case their price is out of line.

 

[The motor guy]

Buy from one with high volume and one that has good pumps. Sometimes they let the hoses get too [censored] and don't replace them when required. It says replace by a certain date on the pump.

 

[wemay]

Country Mark then Marathon.

 

[itguy08]

Originally Posted By: Bluestream
Buy it where you can get it the cheapest


This X100.

 

[3800Series]

Exxon and Mobil. 9 times out of 10 they have the same price as our walmart across the street.

I typically try and get either Exxon and Mobil or Shell. I'm not the type who will drive 15 miles across town to save $0.02 a gallon.

I will go out of my way to avoid BP tho.

 

[Merkava_4]

Get the Top Tier if it's available.

 

[gregoron]

Depends on what car. If your engine is direct injection I'd buy from Top Tier stations. If regular port injection buy the cheapest.

 

[TiredTrucker]

1st consideration for me, price. Second consideration, higher volume so gas is "fresher". Top Tier rarely crosses my mind or consideration.

 

[SteveSRT8]

^^^Likewise. We buy 4 figures a month and almost always use the largest "cheapo" station in our town.

I cannot remember when we've had a fuel related problem. It just doesn't happen...

 

[Eddie]

Alternate between the top tier and high volume station.

 

[whip]

Top Tier is a marketing scam. Buy the cheapest or easiest to get and carry on.

 

[Bamaro]

If the price differential is not too much, go Top Tier

 

[rslifkin]

I generally go for whichever of the inexpensive stations gets the most traffic. And I'll sometimes prefer one where I notice more people bringing nicer cars and filling up with 93, as the Jeep needs the higher octane stuff (and gas slowly loses octane as it gets stale).

 

[philipp10]

Originally Posted By: jimbrewer
It comes from the same place, but the top tier gas will have a bit more detergent in it. I know, because I visited a refinery and had that described and shown to me--They had a special rack and the Chevron trucks would stop and get a few gallons of the detergent on their way in or out. I forget which. The weird thing was the independent served from the refinery was no cheaper than the Chevron from the same refinery.

I guess I would be willing to pay up to a nickel more for the high-detergent gas because I have a newer car with a complicated engine. The extra cost is nowhere near that, though. Almost nil, I expect.


when your visiting refineries to evaluate your gas supplies it's time to see the psychaitrist.