What Brand of Gasoline do SSer's buy?

[Tups]

Europe uses RON (Research octane rating) and North America uses AKI (Anti-knock index):

- 98-octane (RON) = 93-94-octane (AKI)
- 95-octane (RON) = 90-91-octane (AKI)

98-octane gasoline is usually around 3 cents more expensive per liter than 95-octane.

[theholycow]

In the US, the most commonly purchased fuel is 87 AKI. Most vehicles here recommend 86 or 87.

[ColJessip]

exxxon

[gizmo]

same here fellas. i try only to buy from well known companies. although i like to go for the cheapest among those options, i usually consider my time more wortwhile than the difference in savings and just get whatever's reputable and close.

also, i put 87 in all of my cars unless otherwise required/specified. i used to put 89 in, for years, under the belief it would improve engine life, but i believe that myth has been debunked and with the rising prices in gas, i just can't afford to be dumber than usual.

[AHTOXA]

Can anyone find a graph of gasoline sales in us by octane? I'd like to see the relation and proportion of sales between the different octane levels.

[ColJessip]

Looks like premium gas sales are going down.

[ColJessip]

Also, if anyone want to see how much their gas is marked up from sales to resale.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petr ... mtab31.pdf

[comingbackdown]

Whatever is handy, usually the one down the road. Used to be Speedway, now it's Rich. The one Marathon station in town is also quite nice. Decent quality fuel, really, really nice owner, and when a Valero station went in across the road, he started a price war. He won. One robbery and six months or so of prices higher than 3/4 of the stations in town later, Valero closed up shop.

you don't go to the oasis anymore?

Huh? I'm loooost. I also have a real bastard of a headache, that might be why I'm lost.

Also, if anyone want to see how much their gas is marked up from sales to resale.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petr ... mtab31.pdf

Linky no worky. Brings up a blank PDF that tells me it "may not display correctly because there are errors on this page".

[comingbackdown]

you must be using Foxit reader. I think you can fix it if you always give it admin privileges, but I just fed up with Foxit's shit and reluctantly went back to Adobe.

Nope. Adobe.

[FDSpirit]

I usually purchase from Cumberland Farms. I think they were Gulf back in the day. It's a toss up between them, Hess, or Sunoco. I tend not to go to Mobil since they seem to be kinda pricey. But like a lot of you guys, I go to trustworthy stations.

[watkins]

I use Hafners (local), Sunoco, or Mobile. Sheetz when its the only place available. Always 93 or (unfortunately) 92 octane as required by my car.
I never use BP because I hate them. I never use Hess because both I and my car hate them. I rarely use Shell because my car gets a hangover.

We have had this thread before.

[theholycow]

I usually purchase from Cumberland Farms. I think they were Gulf back in the day.

I think they still have current Gulf branding, it's just not made obvious. Gulf is the brand of gas and Cumberland Farms is the convenience store company. I seem to remember Gulf stations having Cumberland Farms stores on their premises, then a few steps at a time they removed most of the Gulf logos and made Cumberland Farms the primary brand.

That could all be a combination of a rarely-overactive imagination and an always-faulty memory, though.

[Rope-Pusher]

With winter coming, the need for higher octane is reduced because of the cooler intake air. Try it! (when it's cool in your region)

[wannabe]

Whatever is handy, usually the one down the road. Used to be Speedway, now it's Rich. The one Marathon station in town is also quite nice. Decent quality fuel, really, really nice owner, and when a Valero station went in across the road, he started a price war. He won. One robbery and six months or so of prices higher than 3/4 of the stations in town later, Valero closed up shop.

you don't go to the oasis anymore?

Huh? I'm loooost. I also have a real bastard of a headache, that might be why I'm lost.

OASIS. by I70 and walmart

[eggwich delfiero]

I'm a Chevron with Techron man, 87 Octane, boo ya! Hey, my car is tuned for 87 octane, it's not (just) that I'm cheap. If I ever get an aftermarket tune for 91 I'll start running it, but I'm not buying it just to further prevent knocks that won't happen anyways. I could spend that money on McRibs.

Chevron mainly because of location. In a perfect world I'd be a 76 guy. But Chevron is my second choice.

Kevin, you have good taste in gas! Wow that sounds weird.