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Topic: musings from under the shade-tree, GASOLINE
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FELONY
MOTORSPORTS
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Originally posted by The TASM:
If this helps anyone, I saw the gas tanker leaving the AM/PM gas station at the corner of Fremont Blvd and Central. It drove straight across the street to the Shell station. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
at the corner of fremont and central is a church, i think you mean fremont and thornton, the only gas station on central is Valero. Well anyway, i used to pump 87 at that am/pm ARCO all the time, then i switch to the 91 at the 76 down the street... someone had told me that a higher octane wasn't nessesary without the timing advanced. well i kept my timing the same and pumped the 76 gas anyway, i noticed a difference almost right away. So i pump 76 now.
it does smell good too, even when it's burning and coming out my tips... the fumes wake me right up!
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Posts: 3953 | From: Thebay | Registered: Jul 2002
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Hungry Hippo
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Member # 537
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all i know is i get 30-40 less miles to a tank consistently with the 91 octane cheap brands. i use 89 octane chevron(dad's employee discount of 5 cents per gallon!) or 76 most of the time.
[ December 01, 2002, 10:51 PM: Message edited by: HungryHippo ]
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Posts: 2959 | From: east bay | Registered: Nov 2001
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JARED
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Yeah 76 has a big sign that says NO MTBE that I had never noticed before. I wish this thread was started earlier.
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Posts: 5685 | From: EASTBAY | Registered: Jan 2002
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Gear Head
JARED
Member # 779
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Originally posted by darien87:
Is there anything published or on the internet about the quality of different companies gas?
I looked and all I found were topics on how Arco is getting sued do to their leaking gas tanks seaping into the ground water. Theres alot of stuff on MTBE and ETHANOL which I reccomend all of you read up on just put either of those words into a search window on a search engine and your all set.
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Posts: 5685 | From: EASTBAY | Registered: Jan 2002
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bunchmyfunky
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Member # 360
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I used ARCO 91 in my car one time and the car started pining.
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Posts: 2433 | From: Vacaville | Registered: Jul 2001
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