Hello, I am trying to get some ideas.

What makes you decide on a particular service sation for (gas/diesel) fuel ?

brand name? e.g. Mobil v.s. Valero (west coast).

appearance?

extra services?

car wash? mini mart?

mini skirt........Hooters attendants LOL !

strictly gasoline quality perception? blind loyalty......Whatever !

Please give me your honest opinions.

Thanks

Denis

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1979 300D 220 K miles
1995 C280 109 K miles
1992 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe 57K miles SOLD
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1979 240D 140Kmiles (bought for parents) *SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO/(*San Diego)
1989 300SE 148 K miles *SOLD

Simple for me. I look for the station that is typically the lowest price. Once I find it, I stay with that station to insure knowledge of my fuel source.

My g@$$ers get Costco, Conoco, or Allsups gasoline, and the diesels are fueld up at either Conoco or Allsups, depending on where I'm at when they need fueled.

Oh yes, almost forgot. When I'm on a road trip, I look for Flying J truck stops. Their price is typically the lowest along the roads, and fuel is typically either Conoco or from their own refinery from SLC, Utah.

Probably lowest price too. But I have found that my diesel runs better on Texaco, definately NOT the lowest price around.

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'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

None of the above.

I purchase fuel exclusively via gas cards. Helps me track monthly usage and determine how best allocated and how often to fill which vehicle and so on.

So while quality is extremely important, convenience is tantamount! Where is such-and-such station located in proximity of our house, and on trips, which stations are most likely to be found in a particular region?

For example, Amoco was the card of choice when I lived in the midwest. When I started traveling to and from Texas, Amoco could not be found south of KS, and Texaco stations were prolific. So I had a Texaco card for use down here. There are three stations within a couple miles from my house, and two near work.

Now Texaco is Shell, and Amoco is BP, so I have those cards now. The Shell card actually gets me by all the way to Missouri, so I only use the BP card if it's the only station I can find and I'm running low...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

For me, I have 2 gas card. Shell and Amaco. Amaco gets me to BP too. So, I look at those 3 an pick the one with the lowest price.

I get my diesel from the Kroger grocery store here in town. Always lowest price with the Kroger card. Today it is $1.18/gallon.

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Jim

you suck....

im still paying 2.60$ here which is the cheapest around... if the tax wasnt 13 cents a gallon youd still be paying less


i go where ever its cheapest but prefer shell diesel since its actually a premium rated diesel. my car runs better on it compared to the crap at sunnoco.

Also the gas station itself is a big factor if it looks crappy im not going to it, if the pumps are dirty, i might consider it if the price is right.. all of the fuel stations in my town are not of high cailber.. the town where i work(2 miles away, Champions Gate,FL) the 7-11 and BP are very clean due to the fact the town is a richy type deal, 1 bedroom homes starting $500,000 with no back yard and a golf coruse (search Reunion,FL) yea, all i see at the pumps are either tourists coming off the hwy or a bunch of ML's... and they ML owners scoff at me when i pull up to fuel.

one of the losers said.. thats a dirty engine. i replied.. well then your not a mercedes owner you must least that piece of alabama crap (no offense ML owners).... i promplty left a nice cloud after filling up... jerk

The time-warp got you, Don. Look at the date of that post.

I do have a question about the article that you posted, Botnst. It claims that, "like lead," sulpher is a pollutant. This is really the case? I had thought that the sulpher, like lead, killed the newest pollution control devices rather than directly causing a problem.

Also, wasn't lead deliberately added to fuel, whereas sulpher must be removed? Or is my memory yet again failing me.

If I visit a "gas station" at all it is the one in front of the biodiesel plant less than two miles from our door. Usually I pump from the 500 gallon tank of B100 in our carriage house. With a car that gets 1000 miles to the tank I can usually go on a round trip without refueling too.

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Led was added to fuel to cushion the valves, IIRC. Manufacturers made harder steel valves and seats eliminating the need. There was a transition period and I clearly recall people swearing that lead-free fuel was bad for their new car. I don't know. Lead was an additive in the form of tetraethyl lead. Burning resulted in aerosol lead. I think that Mexico may still use leaded gasoline, but I haven't bought gas in MX in a looong time.

Sulfur is a terrible pollutant. It combines readily with moisture in the atmosphere to make sulfurous or sulfuric acid--both highly corrosive. They are one of the principle causes of decomposition of limestone and marble edifices. I recall a study of Greek ruins some years ago in which the scientists could actually measure the degradation of the pillars and statues that had occurred since Athenian smog reached some critical frequency.

Also, sulfur changes the pH (acidity/alkalinity) of formerly pristine mountain lakes and stream, which affects the algae community shifting to dominant species that can withstand lower pH. These organisms are often not the preferred species of the organisms that feed on algae, lowering the rate of weight gain of each dependent species. This ultimately depresses the weigh gain of fish. Also, changes in pH affect fish fertility and reproductive success.

Sometimes the changes are quite unexpected as when sulfur enters water that is deficient in sulfur, a required micronutrient of plants and animals. It can result in huge population bursts in formerly sulfur-deficient species.

In very small amounts sulfur usually acts as a fertilizer. In larger amounts it is a definite polluter.

B

filled up at a hess today in zephyrhills florida, only one diesel pump and it had an ULSD warning.. so im running ULSD.. and they had lil "diesel clean up stations" it had lil plastic gloves and hand sanitizer.. neat because i spilled some diesel on my hands and didnt want to make my steering wheel sticky

I have tracked gas mileage over at least 10 tanks at all the different stations. I fill up as Esso or Petro Canada as both provide the same, and best gas mileage both on the hiway and the city. Shell gave me the worst and Sunocco could only match the mileage with it's 94 octane which is 2 cents a litre more than Esso or PC.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired

Hi, my name is MTI and I'm a Techron-aholic . . . Chevron.

I like to go where the move a lot of gas so I don't get a lot of gas that has been sitting for so long. Race Trac, HESS, and sometimes EXXON. Price matters but I will not fill up prem. at some ghetto gas station

The only Canadian owned gas retailer is Petro-Canada, so I buy there. They have a "Techron" additive and really nice facilities. They have fast and easy pay-at-the-pump and the stations are well lit and spotless.

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1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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