Shell Gas Sucks!!!!
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Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Midtown Tulsa
The Shell stations around here are freaking run-down and have old equipment; slow pumps, out of order lines, inoperable credit card readers, general give a crap attitude from hadji behind the counter. Hate it. Have been using Quik Trip fuel 91 in most all I have aside from my '87 FXR, it'll drink most anything
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Joined: Jan 2007
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From: back home in Michigan
Oh they drink most gas you forcefeed em, but if I have found with mine if I don't want any backtalk from the girl I feed her premium, NO ETHANOL, and usually try to stay with the newer stations with cleaner equipment, newer tanks, which usually equal less bullsh!t coming in through the hose.
Those old places might buy 'whatever' brand (some brands tend to buy their product from jobbers who buy more toward the bottom where more 'coke' exists which is cheaper to buy but is also a cheaper quality), plus many have tanks that are old (and moldy...lol) and filters (or no filters) that are not maintained....but sometimes you have little or no choice.....
Those old places might buy 'whatever' brand (some brands tend to buy their product from jobbers who buy more toward the bottom where more 'coke' exists which is cheaper to buy but is also a cheaper quality), plus many have tanks that are old (and moldy...lol) and filters (or no filters) that are not maintained....but sometimes you have little or no choice.....
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 154
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From: Central, TX
I use Shell or Exxon but the reason is they are the only two places where I can find a true three hose pump. With only putting 5 gallons in at a time I am unsure if I truly get 93 octane from a single hose pump. Just my thoughts on the matter.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Diamond Bar, California
Around my place in Socal, i avoid Shell at all costs, id rather push my bike than run that crap.
I filled the tank last year with 91, and for the next three days i thought there was something wrong with my bike! at half tank I topped off with Mobil and it was golden.
I know Shell advertises Nitrogen blended fuel, why would someone put and inert gas in fuel is beyond my, basically they add something to take away something else, like real gasoline maybe!
Even in 1999 when i first moved to cali that stuff made my muscle cars run like *** too. They wont get any more $$$ from me!
I filled the tank last year with 91, and for the next three days i thought there was something wrong with my bike! at half tank I topped off with Mobil and it was golden.
I know Shell advertises Nitrogen blended fuel, why would someone put and inert gas in fuel is beyond my, basically they add something to take away something else, like real gasoline maybe!
Even in 1999 when i first moved to cali that stuff made my muscle cars run like *** too. They wont get any more $$$ from me!
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Southeast Wisconsin
Kwik Trip is usually my place of preference. Otherwise I look for no ethanol after that I look at price.
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Which station for me; Shell, Exxon, Velero, Hell...SAM's Club. Which ever is available. As stated earlier, it all comes from the same distributor. But the real question here is where in the hell do you guys put the gas cap when filling up with that pure non-ethonol, three line gas pump?
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Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Florida
Make sure too, that you ask the person behind the counter when the truck came to fill the tanks. Guy who does that for a living saw me pull up one day to get gas as he was filling the stations tanks and walked over to me and told me to wait a day or go get gas somewhere else because when they fill the tanks it stirs up all the stuff that's 'settled' on the bottom and you get all kinds of 'junk' when you pump.