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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 07:28 AM
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I try to buy Speedway gas, more so because, in every aspect, I like their stations better than other brands. I run premium 93 octane in both the Monte Carlo and Cruze. Obviously the LS4 in the 06 is recommended to run premium (I have run regular in the past; no knock) but I run premium it in the Cruze because the 1.4L Turbo does get a significant mileage increase with it (~2-3mpg).
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 08:07 AM
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Ive pretty much used sunoco...my whole life in all my vehicles...
Not many "Shell" stations in our area anymore...I wont buy gas from any of those off brand service stations.... What I do like about my sunoco station is: Whether you use cash credit or debit cards.... The gas price remains the same!.... and there usually the cheapest around.... With the exception of when gas was over $4.00 a gallon... we would get our gas at sams club for 15 cents cheaper.... But none of my vehicles are high performance... so it doesnt matter what grade gas i put in them...with the exception of my silverado.. I use MidGrade in it since I do all my towing with it!!
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by AwesomeSS
I try to buy Shell gas because I get a discount if I spend a certain amount at Jewel (local grocery store). I only run mid-grade in both cars (the Stang is tuned to 89 oct anyway). I sometimes will put in Citco, BP or Philips 66 whoever has the cheapest price.
I wonder if Jewel is owned by Kroger. They own the Fred Meyer stores out here on the west coast and dispense Shell gasoline. We used to get a 10 cent discount but they ramped up their campaign recently so (depending on how many points you have) you can get up to $1 off per gallon. Last fill up I paid $2.69 per gallon. Once every 3 months I run a bottle of Chevron Techron through the system.
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 08:54 AM
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I fill up anywhere that has 93 octane (that's what I have it tuned for). I don't care what gas station it's at because all the gas comes from the same refineries. The refineries have standards to go by so it's all okay. Octane is the biggy.

If I had some E85 stations closer to me I would LOVE to run that.
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 09:48 AM
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How much is gqs around you guys area? In philly its around $3.43 for now
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 11:42 AM
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3.47-3.55 here. I run regular 87, any brand, but mostly Sunoco since its close to my house. I get 3 cents off per gallon at Sheetz (unbranded) convenience store, when I'm close to one.
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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Sheetz does run branded gas - all the ones around here either run Marathon or BP depending on which side of the city you're on.

Me I have a Shell, Marathon and Sunoco card so whatever is closest to me when I need gas is where I go. 93 in the Monte as that what I'm tuned for, and 87 in the KIA.
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 03:54 PM
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Been using premium in my area. At most stations 87 is running round $3.30 something. The turkey hill station i stopped at yesterday was $3.75 for premium.
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 04:01 PM
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Supposedly BP says their gas is better than Top tier. I think they are correct, because we use to have a Dodge Intrepid. My father would just shove whatever you could find into the tank. The one time we put BP in that thing started just spewing the old built up sludge. Of course that Dodge was a POS. Maybe it was at the end of its life cycle! But that POS kept my Monte from accumulating more miles so I was happy with the thing.
 
Old Jun 22, 2013 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by owens91
How much is gqs around you guys area? In philly its around $3.43 for now
Out here in Indiana gas is 3.93$/1 gallon.
 



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