What Brand of Gas Do You Use?

luvs by work, most recently 4.15.

circle k by the house, 3.85

QT if about to go on road trip, or happen to be near one cause theyre bangin for snacks and shizz.

 

The one that im closest to

 

I have 150k on my 98 Taco!

 

wtf is this poll? who needs gas and thinks "oh i heard shell gas gives me better gas mileage and makes my dick bigger"?

 

I would get Shell over a lot of other places if they were side by side , I didn't realize it had an effect on my weiner though

 

I try to buy from which ever company that doesn't purchase their oil from the middle east, so it's usually Sunoco or Hess.

 

Chevron since day one.

 

I buy from whoever is selling it for less, or the closest station if Im running low and need a fill up. The most popular name brand stations around here(upstate NY) are Mobil, Sunoco, or Hess.

 

lol i like chevron myself

 

I get Kroger Gas, mainly because I like their fuel points reward system. I got 40 cents off the other day.

man I miss those days...

 

The cheapest.

 

Whatever is in the neighbors can





Just kidding! I go with shell whenever I'm near one. In my one horse town we have 2 mom and pop gas stations that suck. Only one takes a card the other ones pumps still have the old scroll numbers on it.

 

Brand not important as long as it is 0% ethanol. Usually this means 91-93 octane. Better mileage and performance. Hmmm... sounds familiar.

 

When I need gas I say to myself.... I need gas! Where the hell is a gas station!? That's it. I don't care what kind of gas it is.

 

Toyota prefers Exxon (or Esso outside the US) when it matters

 

whatever is cheapest/closest at the time.

ive run 87 from random stations since i bought the truck. just turned 200k with no ill effects yet. ive tried 91 and 94 but all that was affected was my wallet.

 

No, gasoline is made to the same specs. Most product is moved nationally by pipeline. If you prefer brand x and brand y was in the pipeline before brand x pumps there product, you're getting brand y. If your brand of preference uses a detergent in there gas it will be added to the gas they receive. I'm a former refinery gasoline blender.

 

Not trying to argue, just clarify. Would there not be a potential difference in the fuels from different stations due to the additives they may/may not add to the gas?

 

EIA diagram on typical gasoline distribution:



The brand-specific additives and detergents are added when the gasoline is transferred to the tanker truck (last step).

 

I have yet to see any non-biased empirical evidence to support non-EtOH gets better mileage than EtOH fuel, but to each their own. I do know that the ethanol lobbiests do a damn good job.

Also keep in mind that non-EtOH gasoline is not available in many metropolitan areas.

Then you know that although all gasolines are made to certain specifications, not all gasoline is blended the same way using the same components, and certainly the quality of said components varies greatly. Refiners also add additives to help the individual gasoline components and the overall blend meet specs as well.

To address the posts by Artillery, Boone Taco, and KenLyns:

The EIA is a great source of refining and commodity/production information and benchmarks.

If you live in a remote area like McKee, TX, Ardmore OK, or Billings, MT chances are that the gasoline you buy at the Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Gulf, etc etx gas station came from the local refinery. Yes, I understand Billings, MT is a small city, but the geographic location of it makes it remote is the access to pipeline/transportation. The ONLY difference in buying different brand gasoline in markets such as those is the name brand and possibly the additive package. The latter is added at the truck rack when the tanker trailer is filling.

If however you live in a major metropolitan area like Houston, LA, New York, etc the gasoline you buy is from a tank in a tank farm or terminal somewhere tha contains a hodgepodge of gasoline from different refineries and pipelines. I'm skipping some of the intermediaries for ease but as with the smaller markets, what makes the gasoline you buy at Shell (for example) Shell Gasoline is the additive package that's added at the pump rack.

ON OCCASION with a large terminal tank be treated to meet the specs of a particular customer (like Shell, Marathon, etc) but in my experience it's rare and mainly applies to diesel because any given barrel of gasoline may "change hands" numerous times before it's actually sold to the final customer. Diesel is a little different for a number of reasons that I won't go into depth here (unless someone asks ) but in the broad strokes there is a greater number of variables with diesel than with gasoline.