rate these brands of gas

first5ny · May 29, 2004

Where I live I have the following major brands of gas available: Mobil, Sunoco, Citgo, Hess and Getty. Generally speaking, is any one known to be better than the others? Which has the better additive package?

Currently, I switch btwn Mobil and Sunoco every 5K miles or so. Mobil seems to be more $$ Than the others, especially Sunoco. Don't know much about Hess.

Chris142 · May 29, 2004

Where does the gas come from? It may all come from the same distributer.

Where I live we have 2 distributers. Beck oil which is Shell and goodspeed which is Chevron. These 2 supply all the gas stations around here.

The truck goes to the 76 station and unloads some fuel, then he drives across the street to either the AM/Pm or the liquer store. He then heads back, gets filled up again and delivers to the 7-11 and another liquer store.

Around 2AM the Arco trucks begin lining up at the shell distributer.

So I doubt if you have that many distributers. Prolly 2 or 3 that deliver to the various stations.

Audi Junkie · May 29, 2004

Sunoco
Citgo
Hess
Mobil
Getty

Neil Womack · May 29, 2004

Isn't gasoline a commodity traded on an exchange?

If it is then wouldn't that make all 87 octane gasoline identical?

Identical until someone adds an additive like Techron or what ever.

Gary Allan · May 29, 2004

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Isn't gasoline a commodity traded on an exchange?

Yes

quote:

If it is then wouldn't that make all 87 octane gasoline identical?

Yes

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Identical until someone adds an additive like Techron or what ever.

Yes

therion · May 29, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by Audi Junkie:
Sunoco
Citgo
Hess
Mobil
Getty

What about Shell and BP how good are those?? i usually use shell

first5ny · May 30, 2004

Audi Junki,

Why Mobil so low? I always thought Mobil and it additives were pretty good.

TC · May 30, 2004

In many or most places, it is the same gas. Or at least the pre-additive product. Bulk fuel distribution depots will often pump the same product regardless of brand, with only the additive package added at the end differing. I'd simply say, go with a name brand (you never know what you're getting with independent brands) and go by price. If your ride runs better on one brand than another (I suspect this is the exception, rather than the rule), go with that brand(s). All brands must pass federal deposit control (detergency) specs, although it's possible that some additive packages work a bit better than others.

[ May 30, 2004, 11:57 PM: Message edited by: TC ]

Brett Miller · May 30, 2004

Can anyone confirm that Sunoco gas is PA contains ethanol? I have heard this and my vehicle consistly get better mileage on other fuels.

Pablo · May 31, 2004

Chevron.

Or the one without MBTE (dunno if they use this in NY) and the best additives. A small amount of EtOH doesn't scare me.

first5ny · May 31, 2004

Unfortunately no Chevron Where I am in NY. Wish they had it though.

When I started the post I should have been more clear about the question. I realize that all base stock gas is often from the same source. My question is really which brands of those I listed uses the best add pack. Sorry for the confusion.

Gary Allan · May 31, 2004

It think that they have to label it if ethanol is used in the fuel. FWIW ..I don't get good numbers with Sunoco for some reason. Now if your in the eastern part of the state ..you may have oxygenated fuel ..which apparently doesn't do well in some older injected engines in terms of mileage.

T-Keith · May 31, 2004

Commonly Available in MN

BP
Super America(Ashland)
Holiday(local)
Shell
Mobil/Exxon
No name stations

A couple others, but those are the most common.

Sorry no Chevrons.

Which would be best?

-T

car_junkie_moron · May 31, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by Chris142:
Where does the gas come from? It may all come from the same distributer.

Where I live we have 2 distributers. Beck oil which is Shell and goodspeed which is Chevron. These 2 supply all the gas stations around here.

The truck goes to the 76 station and unloads some fuel, then he drives across the street to either the AM/Pm or the liquer store. He then heads back, gets filled up again and delivers to the 7-11 and another liquer store.

Around 2AM the Arco trucks begin lining up at the shell distributer.

So I doubt if you have that many distributers. Prolly 2 or 3 that deliver to the various stations.

Yup Chris, Buddy of mine owns a gas station. He usually work with what he calls is "JOBBER". They gets gas from anywhere, but his station has a brand called conoco. ha ha ha...

nascarnation · Jun 1, 2004

an old friend of mine was a Std Oil Engr
his advice always is:

"Everybody cuts corners on the additives but everybody cheats on different ones. The best thing to do is rotate brands frequently."

csandste · Jun 1, 2004

"They gets gas from anywhere, but his station has a brand called conoco. ha ha ha... "

There's a guy around here who runs a handful of Citgo stations. I've heard that he cheats on gas-- although given the distribution network, I'm not sure what that means. On the other hand a company like QuikTrip dominates the St. Louis market, even though they have no refining capacity anywhere as far as I know. It seems to me that a company with many owned c-stores is going to be more uniform than some small mom and pop operation that might find a way to cheat, no matter what brand name is on the pump.

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