03-12-2014, 07:45 PM | #29 |
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which ever top quality gas you choose will be fine ....as long as its a top quality gas....some of the above listed are great. believe it or not costco buys there gas and puts additives in it to make it burn a little better but thats compared to murphy and sams i dont know how it compares to the other big petrol companys.
i can tell you for sure that people that run quality 93 octane gas have cleaner internal combustion chambers...i used to think that was garbage till i started working in a garage and seeing the guys tear some apart. so if it were me i would run a Shell BP Chevron Sunoco Mobile 1 there are others but not really in my area
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03-12-2014, 08:15 PM | #30 |
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If all things are equal, price, paved lot ect. I just go where they have the best tasting coffee.
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03-12-2014, 08:33 PM | #31 |
I've always had good results with 92/93 from BP, Sonoco, or Mobile. Sometimes I add a few gallons of E85 (2 or 3) at Speedway. Using some other brands I've had to do the fuse pull.
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03-12-2014, 09:56 PM | #32 |
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I always get the cheapest gas I can find at one of the major brands (in my camaro for sure, my DD; not so I get whatever's cheapest in town even if its crap gas); shell, texaco, 76, Chevron I use octane 87 I do mostly city driving and I do about 6 miles one way on the freeway at least once a week sometimes more and I do about 6 miles of highway driving once a week at least but sometimes more (I go highway one way and freeway the other way) and I never get more than 15-16mpg but according to the EPA spec sheet I should never get less than 20mpg on the brand new 2014 2LT and should get close to 30mpg on the freeway which is bull as well (and I have automatic).
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03-13-2014, 12:42 AM | #33 |
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to become top tier all they have to do is pay to be on the list right? Sunocos not on the list and they are one of the best. Kwik Fill is also very good. Basically any of the name brands are fine.
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03-13-2014, 01:09 AM | #34 | |
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Like I said I stick to the big boys and I only use 87 octane on all my vehicles unless it specifically calls for higher or other octanes (76, shell, chevron, etc) for my C5; my other vehicles I just use whatever's cheap |
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03-13-2014, 01:17 AM | #35 |
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ya the list is to big to list but what im saying is top tier is just a list. some of the best gas is on it but some are not.
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03-13-2014, 01:19 AM | #36 | |
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Exxon, Mobil, & Esso is the same. |
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03-13-2014, 01:35 AM | #37 | |
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I just don't find it fair that they can advertise their lowest price and then they expect you to know you're going to be charged 10 cents more per gallon just to use a debit card but the laws says they can do that maybe I will try the next octane up and see if it makes any difference in MPG or performance, etc. I never let it get past 1/2 tank. |
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03-13-2014, 01:53 AM | #38 |
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In ny you have to advertise both prices by law. I only use Sunoco. cant go wrong with them. Kwik Fill if i cant get to a sunoco. 93 but i have a ss. try some 93 if you can get it. dont know about the v6 but I always got better mileage with 93 on my v8 Silverados. my 08 got 2mpg better so it broke even on the price. Then i just tuned it for 93. on my 00 it will ping with 87 going up steep hills. I run 93 in it and it stopped pinging. But I think the 00 might be tuned. It has more power then my 08 5.3l did when it was stock. the 08 is rated at 20 more hp then the 00.
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03-13-2014, 02:01 AM | #39 | |
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I tried premium (I think we can only get 91 here, I need to double check) we can only get 87, 89 and 91 could be wrong. I have an '06 Ridgeline I use 87 in it; did a trial run using premium and I don't get better mpg at least not in the city I don't I haven't tried it on the highway long distance yet but here's the thing the OM says I need to use premium only when towing but even that doesn't make a difference (well yeah I do see a MPG drop with both 87 and premium when towing and the drop is about the same). maybe I should dump some seafoam in the '06 Honda???? |
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03-13-2014, 02:15 AM | #40 |
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O boy, so much wrong with this.You can't just pay to be on the list. You have to be all in meaning that every gas station has to meet the top tier spec. For the brands that don't have their own additive they typically double what is required by law.
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03-13-2014, 02:18 AM | #41 |
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so why is Sunoco not on it? I did post it as a question.
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03-13-2014, 06:29 AM | #42 |
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You drive a V6, 87 octane is fine. I prefer Sunoco.
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