View Poll Results: which gas is best?

chevron

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shell

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other: arco etc...

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Which brand gas gives u the best MPG &/OR performance?

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04-21-08, 04:39 PM

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we all know that, the point is the additives are different. THAT'S what makes matters.

Additives don't burn (well they do, but they don't produce energy when they do so). They can't give you better fuel economy. Well I take that back. They can't give a clean, well-maintained engine better fuel economy.

04-21-08, 04:47 PM

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Didn't Chevron buy the EV1 battery technology from GM which ultimately destroyed the extended range the original electric cars were getting?

Despite whatever mileage gains I could get from using Chevron, I would never support a company that would buy and hold this tech from helping to develop cleaner alternatives to their ridiculously priced fuel.

04-21-08, 05:26 PM

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we all know that, the point is the additives are different. THAT'S what makes matters.

I agree, it does matter. Prius owners don't take perception too seriously, they have hard facts to back up their spreadsheets.

04-21-08, 06:51 PM

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OK mods - please close this thread... been covered over and over and over...

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04-21-08, 07:03 PM

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=bitkahuna;3465657]OK mods - please close this thread... been covered over and over and over...

Well....yes and no. As you point out, we have discussed gas brands, octane, and additives many times, but not at these record-high prices. At these empty-your-wallet prices, more people apparantly are tempted to turn to cheap, cut-rate gas brands, which lack addititives, and can often do more harm underhood than the little money they save.

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04-22-08, 10:26 AM

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Well... since the topic generates such enthusiastic interest, perhaps it deserves to be stickied and then closed so people can readily refer to it.

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Maybe not

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Originally Posted by geko29

It's all the same....same fuel made in the same refineries, pumped from the same central filling station, often delivered in the same trucks. Perception=reality, if the marketing tells you their brand is better, then it is. Hogwash.

My Honda gets much better mpg w/chevron so went out of my way to get chevron in my new hs250...in 3k miles I have had two full tanks of chevron. And those are my only tanks below 40mpg. So how when I expected more and my perception was that chevron was better....did I get worse mpg? Funnier yet...Costco has best mpg so far...