The right fuels to use. Don't be foolish
Everybody really needs to check your gas mileage on the cheaper gases like Walmart, Sheetz, Giant foods, etc. I think that if you do this you will see that the 2 or 3 cent savings in cost is not worth...
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Tom_Diane wrote:
All fuel has additives as per the government standards! One fuel is no better than another unless the retailer is lax on maintenance and the under ground tanks have more water accumulation in them!
I was visiting with my B-I-L who is a mechanic and were discussing gas mileage and he said that after about 1970 or so that gas no longer was pure gasoline. It has additives for cleaner emissions and the additives contribute to the lesser MPG in todays autos! We talked about the octanes and the Ethyl, Regular and Super levels of gas! Today, all gas is either got ethanol or it is unleaded, but neither is 100% pure gasoline as prior to the 70's
My choice of where I buy gas is based first on price and second, Is it in a flood plain?
For me, and its just the way I prefer to buy what I think is good gas is at a station at the top of a hill and not on the bottom, where rain will flood the drive and fill spots and not in a flood plain! Thats just me! I think its superstition or something! Beyond that, all gas is equal in respect to grades and octanes, So I look for price and convenience of location!
Did you or the BIL have any fine talking points about how gasoline is actually made or did you both reach the conclusion that it is those **** additives that are effecting your MPG?
I find it interesting that what sounds like folks that have never been in a refinery or had anything to do with gas transportation have all of this figured out. Does anyone really believe that all gas octane blends come out of the same tank at the refinery and are then just labeled different at the pump?
This Wikipedia article is a good general overview about the constituents of gasoline.
