I thought I saw a consumer reports study from years back, but I'm also looking for more recent info.

I'm curious if theres an organization that has compared the gasoline quality from company to company, and/or from state to state.

I want to see if BP/Amoco gas is normally better than Exxon, for example. I also want to see if North Carolina has some of the highest quality gas as I have heard reported before.

I would think that gasoline quality varies by region depending on the source, but maybe companies have certain policies, additives etc that make gas from one company routinely better than the other.

8/23/2006 2:20:06 PM

send queti [sp?] a pm

8/23/2006 2:22:37 PM

I watched Modern Marvels on the history channel about gasoline ( ) and they said the only real difference is in the additives they put in at the distribution stations.

They run the pipelines kinda like a bank. If you put in 1 gallon of gas you can take 1 gallon out, but it won't be the exact same 1 you put in, so the only real time to make a difference is when they take the gas out and send it to the local stations

8/23/2006 2:22:51 PM

my understanding is that they all have the same additives and certain companies get to claim certain ones.

8/23/2006 2:28:07 PM

i always heard chevron had the best gas. that's what my grandpa told me once, and he was never wrong about anything.

8/23/2006 2:33:10 PM

i think he was wrong about the flying cars though

8/23/2006 2:37:09 PM

he would always say very racist things about Japanese cars, it was funny. I miss him.

8/23/2006 2:43:52 PM

Quote :

"They run the pipelines kinda like a bank. If you put in 1 gallon of gas you can take 1 gallon out, but it won't be the exact same 1 you put in, so the only real time to make a difference is when they take the gas out and send it to the local stations"

thats not what queti said

8/23/2006 2:57:41 PM

Quote :

"i always heard chevron had the best gas"

my friend told me chevron gave him the best gas mileage of any gas company, this was about 2001 i think though

[Edited on August 23, 2006 at 3:15 PM. Reason : i was told that shell, exxon, and BP are the top 3 best]

8/23/2006 3:14:45 PM

Ive always heard and seen that Exxon's gas is actually kinda shitty. Shell usually gets good marks though.

8/23/2006 5:17:06 PM

Quote :

"i've always heard that....from my friend/brother/dad/sister's best friend's cousin/etc"

why do you even bother posting - post with some sort of factual info

8/23/2006 5:19:40 PM

Quote :

"Shell usually gets good marks though."

from where tho? where are these marks?

8/23/2006 6:00:10 PM

Quote :

"why do you even bother posting - post with some sort of factual info"

why do you even bother posting? what you said has nothing to do with this thread.

don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does.


btw, I obviously wasn't trying to bring anything substantial to the table here, as the rest of the sentence you ommitted clearly suggests. So in conclusion, you suck at life.

[Edited on August 24, 2006 at 10:58 AM. Reason : d]

8/24/2006 10:56:53 AM

what matters more than the brand of gas is the condition of the storage tanks and the amount of water/trash that may be in them.

never buy gas when you see the tanker truck on the lot because it stirred up all the shit that sinks to the bottom.

8/24/2006 9:21:41 PM

seriously though, that shit really doesnt matter from everything ive ever seen/read. quit shopping around and just buy the cheapest gas.

8/24/2006 9:27:21 PM

i've also heard shell is the best. i don't remember from whom, or where they heard it, or why. but it's always more damn expensive than any others.

8/24/2006 11:20:30 PM

the evil MSM news did a whole segment on the myths of gasoline and this was one of the top ones.

8/24/2006 11:26:15 PM

^^the shell i went to in mebane, nc on exit 154(mebane oaks rd.) was 2.64 last monday

when gas was about 2.95/gal here, it was 2.80 there

lot of truck stops in that area though

8/24/2006 11:35:11 PM

well, we usually go to the same shell station because thats where our mechanic is. they reward our loyalty for paying a little extra by cutting us deals on car repairs and stuff. Premium is $3.21 there right now...I think regular might be $2.80something....
It was like $75 to fill up my dad's new X5 yesterday
Looks like that bitch is only getting refueled at sam's or costco

eta: the one we go to is cheaper than ones down the street...because their gas/oil distributor thinks since it's right near duke, people will pay more

[Edited on August 24, 2006 at 11:46 PM. Reason : ]

8/24/2006 11:45:49 PM

^If you drive a new X5, you shouldn't complain about gas prices.

8/25/2006 8:35:35 AM

[quote]Premium is $3.21 there right now...I think regular might be $2.80something....

that doesnt make any sense, normally each grade is 10c apart

8/25/2006 8:38:40 AM

I've heard that the place that sells it for the cheapest price is best

8/25/2006 8:50:23 AM

Quote :

"^If you drive a new X5, you shouldn't complain about gas prices."

uh yeah i defintely said it was my dad's car

anyways, i think it was maybe $2.89 for regular...I don't know why premium would be so much more, but i don't really care, i don't pay for it.

8/25/2006 9:05:32 AM

higher octane rating = more time spent refining = more cost goes into a gallon.... i dont think it's $0.20 - $0.40 more worth more though

8/25/2006 9:08:24 AM

$2.899/g? Where are you guys buying your gas?

8/25/2006 9:08:36 AM

^^premium isn't "worth" it, unless your engine was designed to run on it.

8/25/2006 10:47:23 AM

http://chemistry.about.com/b/a/080219.htm

http://www.dopejam.com/bop/RUMBLING/CORP/gas.html

i dunno about the vailidity of the second one...

8/25/2006 10:56:05 AM

You should buy it from Exxon or Mobile...because that makes me money.

8/25/2006 2:27:16 PM

gas at wal-mart is 2.69 for regular.

8/26/2006 12:12:34 AM

I try not to buy BP, Exxon, Mobil, or Shell because of their evironmental records, especially in Africa as as of recent years. Look up the oil industry in Nigeria.

Typically, I get Hess b/c its moderately cheap, mostly drilled and refined in NA where we have stricter safety standards, and is high quality.

8/27/2006 10:44:16 PM

know whats weird?

91 is as high as it goes in lots of the states i was in out west.

8/27/2006 10:49:21 PM

wal-mart $2.67 with $.05 off for using a wal-mart gift card to pay which comes to $2.62.

awesome.

8/28/2006 12:55:45 AM