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Old 12-04-2002, 07:06 PM
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I pretty much exclusively goto Shell, unless another place is a lot cheaper or if I'm running on fumes and can't make it to a Shell station

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Old 12-04-2002, 07:12 PM
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Price here is 1.37 for regular and 1.47 for mid grade (which is what I use). There is a gas station here that sells race gas. I think it's 109 grade or something like that. It costs like $4.00 a gallon. :eek:

Well, have fun.
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Old 12-04-2002, 07:12 PM
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yeah gas prices suck down here, i usually pay about 1.77 or something like that per gallon for the plus gas
Old 12-04-2002, 07:31 PM
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Well, I couldn't find that email about all the american gas companies. It may be there, but it's hard to find among my 714 emails.

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Old 12-04-2002, 07:42 PM
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Up here in the Great White North I use Esso 89 Octane usually and shift over to Petro Canada when the temperature hits the freezing mark.
Old 12-04-2002, 09:05 PM
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man i wish i lived where you guys do, if i want chevron i pay 1.59 for regular 86 or something, or 1.57 and cheapo maverick for 85
Old 12-04-2002, 11:58 PM
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I'm another that always looks for the cheap stuff. Lately its been whatever the Safeway fuel station sells. I know for a fact that it varies from delivery to delivery regarding what additives go in. Safeway buys whatever they can get the cheapest and in turn sells it cheaper than anyone else in town by 5 to 10 cents per gallon. I get 85 octane.

Keep in mind that I drive a carburated dinosaur, its not pickey about fuel like you supercharged and EFI guys are.

In my motorcycle (99 Honda XR 650 L) I try to stick to Texaco, Shell, and Conoco 87 octane. I have tried some different 85 octanes from independant stores in it and I can tell a difference between it and the 87. 85 acts like a 6000 RPM rev limiter, it just dosen't want to run fast with that in the tank. Sometimes its hard to start when cold (below 32*) with 85. With 87 it will go right up to 7000 and keep on hauling @$$. Cold starts are easier to.
Old 12-05-2002, 04:49 AM
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I've found Fry's gas stations to be the cheapest, if you have their card thing. 2 cents off regular price with the card for 87, 4 cents for 89, 8 cents for 91. Which octane rating do you think is the best for an EFI 3.0?

(jx94148: I didn't know that 85 octane was available? I have never seen it here anyway)

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Old 12-05-2002, 05:22 AM
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I generally get moble gas, it is the cheapest between 66 and Chevron. The only gas that I have had problems with was at the Maverick Stations. 91 octane is around $ 1.49 here
Old 12-05-2002, 05:23 AM
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In my town gas prices range from 1.26 to 1.44 for 87 to 91 grade respectively.
Based on what I got about people saying above I should stick with one gas brand huh.
Old 12-05-2002, 05:28 AM
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Originally posted by 2002 SportEdition
Based on what I got about people saying above I should stick with one gas brand huh.
Well I like to just because of the price, and even if Chevron is the same price as moble, i still go to moble.
I wouldn't really worry about finding the correct gas station if you have run out of gas!
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Originally posted by Silver954Runner
(jx94148: I didn't know that 85 octane was available? I have never seen it here anyway)

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I know 85 is sold in CO, and Utah, perhaps some other high mountain states like Wyoming and Montana also. Since our air is much thinner here at 6000 to 14000 feet it dosen't cause any problems for me. EFI vehicles are supposed to run a minimum of 87 regardless of elevation but that dosen't stop lots of people from buying 85.
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I can't comment on quality of gas, but I will only buy from Hess. I read an article a few weeks ago about where gas companies import their oil from. Hess is one of the few major companies that does NOT import from the middle east. Mobile, BP, Texaco do. I'll see if I can track down the article and post who imports from where.

My little effort to make the US a little LESS dependant on the middle east.
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Since our air is much thinner here at 6000 to 14000 feet it dosen't cause any problems for me.
Hmm, surprizing it isn't sold here still, its only around 5500 here, but where I used to live in north AZ its 7 or 8000 in town.
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Originally posted by 91Runner
I pretty much exclusively goto Shell, unless another place is a lot cheaper or if I'm running on fumes and can't make it to a Shell station

-Braden
That's one place I won't go, apparently one of my favorite co-workers here was in the "Nam" war and was a bomber of route trucks caring enemy soilders. Well when he saw some of the....oh what where they called?(i think he called them the VietCong)...well we will just say enemies; on a route and his platoon kept wondering how they were able to move so much distance, they found a few Shell stations (the stations where fueling the enemy) so they bombed the stations but as a result, he told me he would never go to a Shell station and I respect his wishes and I never go there too.

Personally I go to any reasonable cheap place, usually Costco gas or the Base station (just not ghetto looking as I hear many times owners fill the tanks with water just to lower their prices) and I make sure to dump a bottle of Techron every oil change I do. Chevron, in my opinion, is too overated.
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I am running BP gas all the time now since they bought out Amoco. I'm not sure if ya'll had Amoco elswhere in the country, but this stuff is great. Their super unleaded is ultra pure and I was glad to see BP buy them so that there are now more stations that carry Amoco. I used to think BP was crap but it's all I use now. If I can't find a BP, I use Chevron. Later.

Matt
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