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View Poll Results: Which company has the highest quality (whatever that means) gas?
Chevron
48.06%
76
7.75%
Arco
2.33%
Shell
32.56%
Mobil
3.88%
Costco
2.33%
Valero
0
0%
Other
3.10%
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Best gas in Southern California?

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Old 02-01-2010, 09:11 PM
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I try for Chevron, 76, Shell (in that order)

Nothing else will touch my bike/cars
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My car runs best on 100 octane at the track =]
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i been using 76 lately just cause its pretty cheap around my area
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I'm pretty surprised to see the Shell following. I was under the impression that it was subpar to Chevron and 76. But this was based off of information from 8 years ago.
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Exxon.

Why the hell is VALERO on there? lol

I thought this was about best gas. Valero is nowhere near best gas
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i use chevron or mobil. and ONLY those 2
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don't suppose there's objective research done on this somewhere?
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ALL THE SAME....

VERRRRRY Minor changes.

Once a month run the expensive stuff to help clean your injectors. Other than that ... COSTCO/AMPM FTW.


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Originally Posted by Nicotunes,Feb 1 2010, 10:08 PM
People will say there is no difference, but I SWEAR my car runs better on Shell.....
There's a psychological reasoning for this

Just like people who pay more for a MAC think it does more
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If one company was better than the other..... DON'T U THINK THEY'D HAVE PROVEN IT FOR ADVERTISEMENT REASONS????

That said, don't you think it'd be well known proven facts?

It's all the same. Gasoline is a chemical composition, not a Italian pasta dish.

The additives are soooo minor that it's silly. Like I said, use expensive fuel once a month if you THINK it helps, or better yet save that money and have your injectors actually cleaned every year or two. THAT will help MPG and hp more than any fuel change.



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