Does your pump gasoline suck?
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Western PA
I don't notice a difference in different brands of gas. I do try to fill up at the older stations that have seperate hoses for each octane grade of gas. You may be getting as much as a half gallon of 87 octane when you buy your gas at stations that have three different grades dispensed from one hose. The filter in the pump holds about a quart plus whats in the hose.
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Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Republic Of Texas
Pay attention to the delivery trucks. You will see the same truck delivering to many different stations. The terminal has no particular brands of gas. A local distributor was interviewed in Huntsville last week and stated that he gets 30 loads a day for 7 or 8 different station brands. I grew up in the gas station business and have had more than one driver tell me the gas was the same. The refineries generally aren't making a particular brand of gas, there aren't that many refineries.
So if this is true (I know its not, Exxon truck was unloading at my nearest Exxon today and they didnt unload at the Shell across the street
) but if it was then I dont have to buy Chevron to get "Techroline" I can buy Fina or XYZ and get Chevrons proprietary additives??? Or I can get the Exxon V-Power at Shell?Thats interesting even if I dont believe it, still, an interesting concept might be construed as false advertising.
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From: Illinois
Had my 07 FXSTC a little over two years now and 5K miles. From day one I use regular which in this area is 89 octane. Most stations even Wally World have 89-91-93. All are 10% alcohol.
Mine runs great. I rune 4 motorcycles, a hemi truck, two corvettes and a Honda S2000 on regular without any problems also.
Mine runs great. I rune 4 motorcycles, a hemi truck, two corvettes and a Honda S2000 on regular without any problems also.
That would be called a "Common Carrier." They haul for whoever, whenever and wherever.
Companies like Sunoco and Chevron own their own fleets of trucks. Therefore they are called "Private Carriers." They refine, supply, sell and transport their own brand of gas.
The delivery truck makes no difference in the equation of gas being "good" or not.
As I said before, at the terminals where trucks load, the additive is injected into the gas as its being loaded into the truck. There-by "stamping/branding" the gasoline a certain brand.
There is more to it than even that, but i would bore you if I divulged myself.
As a side note about Exxon;
exxon still has some trucks around, but slowly they are selling their terminals, stations and getting rid of their trucks.
The oil industry doesn't want the liability and expense of having large salaries to pay. All the money in this business is in refining and supply.
Pretty soon, there may not be any large oil companies hauling their own products.
exxon still has some trucks around, but slowly they are selling their terminals, stations and getting rid of their trucks.
The oil industry doesn't want the liability and expense of having large salaries to pay. All the money in this business is in refining and supply.
Pretty soon, there may not be any large oil companies hauling their own products.
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