gas brands??

[murph1379]

Have any of you noticed big differences between gas brands?

When I had my honda I ALWAYS used Holiday gas, the engine just felt better. So I've continued with my msp, but with 93. Holiday is the only station around here that offers 93 octane, everyone else is 92, definitely no California 94-95, at least not in normal stations.

There's always been what I guess might be the hesitation you guys describe around 3k-5k, though it never felt like a big deal.

On a road trip one time I was forced to buy shell, and I swore it felt better, but I thought I musta been imagining it. This morning, out of desperation I bought Conoco 92, and it was amazing! Any "hestitation" from 3-5k was totally gone, felt much smoother and maybe a bit more powerful.

I think I'll try Conoco for a while, see how it holds up, have any of you had similar experiences? Do you know what causes the differences? I know holiday has "blue earth" gas which I think means it has a bit of ethanol in it, is that bad?

 

[mazdaowner123]

Hmm, I've always run Exxon, but now I might switch it up just to see what happens.

~brian

 

[03MSP]

I always use BP (Amoco) it is 92 which is the highest here, everywhere else is 91...never tried anything else, that one octane point means a lot to me

 

[srtchick]

I use Citgo 93 Octane. Works great for me

 

[dominoy2k1]

i use shell.

 

[azian6er]

sunnoco 94 or shell or bp 93

 

[03Speed]

mobil 93 here when i had my msp. now with the honda, just dont give a s*** what goes in it

 

[TooleBox]

I prefer Chevron 93, but if I cant get that I go for BP/Shell 93

 

[anarchistchiken]

I've been using chevron ever since I took my friends engine apart when he threw a rod and saw that every valve was clean even after 85,000 miles when he only used chevron.

 

[muohio]

I used to go with Chevron, but the only station in the area changed so now it's Shell 93.

 

[MSPBlazinYellow]

quiktrip....only gas station i know of that garauntees their gas.(anything goes wrong with your car and its gas related they pay for it.) plus i worked for them for 3 years. and yes ive seen cars f up and qt pay to fix them no q's. even got nice rentals

 

[Stormtrooper77]

quiktrip....only gas station i know of that garauntees their gas.(anything goes wrong with your car and its gas related they pay for it.) plus i worked for them for 3 years. and yes ive seen cars f up and qt pay to fix them no q's. even got nice rentals

But then you have to wonder...what does that say about their gas?

 

[jersey_emt]

Sunoco 94. Nothing else.

 

[black03mazda]

Well, even though i dont have an msp.... I use only mobil and chevron... whichever is cheapest. Shell is cheap. Exxon is cheap. 76 is cheap. Those gasolines are for old cars. anyway, its just my 5 cents. B03M

 

[Emode]

quiktrip....only gas station i know of that garauntees their gas.(anything goes wrong with your car and its gas related they pay for it.) plus i worked for them for 3 years. and yes ive seen cars f up and qt pay to fix them no q's. even got nice rentals

yuck I hate kwiktrip gas, my car runs terrible with it

i usually use bp or shell

 

[MSP#735]

Hmm depends on where i am....usually Shell, sometime Petro. like i said, just depends

 

[mspeedpro]

i buy whatever is cheapest-- you never see above 93 and rarely see 92