Date:         Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:19:17 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
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---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> ---- Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote:
> > The cash-credit difference in CA is about 4-10 cents/gal.
> >
> > The difference in price between grades is usually 10 cents/gal. My brother in
> > law who worked for Shell for a bazillion years tells us that the difference in
> > cost to make it is about 5 cents/gal, low to high. Mid grade is just a blend 3
> > parts low to 2 parts high.
>
> years ago (mid-seventies) conoco stations had a dial on the pump to select the ratio of "regulaR to "premium" fuel.  i think i remember that one could select in 5% increments.  the price varied accordingly.

my memory has improvrd a bit.  the dial allowed one to select the desired octane rating, from 86 up to 95 or maybe a tad higher.
>
> mcneely
> >
> > Just what I heard.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Evan Mac Donald <evanm@ATT.NET>
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Sent: Sun, February 5, 2012 8:41:17 AM
> > Subject: Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
> >
> > Be careful to consider geographical influences. There are no Arco stations near
> > me, in Detroit, Michigan. There are also no Chevron stations. Personally, I
> > use almost exclusively, the gas from my local Sam's Club in all four of my
> > vehicles. I have never had a fuel related issue from them. Their source,
> > directly, is unknown to me, but again, there is only one refinery, in the
> > southern U.S., that actually creates the eight-carbon based fuel we all use. It
> > is all about the additives, and how many brokers it passes thru, before it ends
> > up in your tank.
> >
> > The difference in per-gallon price, credit vs. cash, though, does still show up
> > around here. Some have the outrageous difference of a dime per gallon difference
> >
> > (!), but most are a nickel, or so. The individual station seems to be where it
> > comes up, rather than a particular brand.
> >  Evan Mac Donald
> >
> >
> > "...in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history."
> > -Stacy Schiff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Sent: Sun, February 5, 2012 11:16:55 AM
> > Subject: Gas Brand Preferences?
> >
> > I see, in several responses to my posting about Arco's 35 cent surcharge on
> > gas purchases, that virtually everyone expresses a preference for Chevron
> > gasoline.  That includes me.  But is there any objective data to support a
> > superiority of Chevron gas?  Curious minds wonder.
>
> --
> David McNeely

--
David McNeely