Interesting article...makes you thing twice when we say gas is gas...:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/291186.asp

This is what I'll be using from now on:

http://www.toptiergas.com


Drive on...

 

Interesting read, I use Chevron when I can. Now I'll just try and keep it to the Top Tier, even though that is probably more marketing than anything else.

 

I use Chevron about 85% of the time. I also use Shell, Amoco/BP and Exxon. I have never used Citgo.

 

I use mainly Mobil, and i dont think we have Top Tier around NYC.

 

I'd really have to say that it all depends on the tank in the ground more than the gas in that tank, especially since its a single station they've contacted and I'm sure there is more than 1 Citgo there. I've seen BP, Exxon, etc. all have a run of "bad gas" due to the tank in the ground leaking in one form or another and have to have the tank repaired / replaced. Citgo gas has never given me a problem in the years I've been using it and I use it about once every month or 2 and get the same mileage I get from Crown, BP, Amaco, Chevron, etc (or at least I would go just as far before I fill up).

But it does show you one thing: GMs newer cars can't compete with the rest on the road apparently. If they could, you'd either see a ton of car makers complaining about the gas or you'd see nothing other than a few random cars listed as having conked out due to sulfate salts in the gas. I've owned a 2K GM and I can atest to the reliability (or lack there-of) of those cars.

 

TOP TIER Gasoline Retailers:

QuikTrip
Chevron
Conoco
Phillips
76
Shell
Entec Stations

Just goes to show you, a lot of the gasoline retailers have nearly an identical product.