Top Tier Gas
So what do people think of this? The theory is that government standards for detergents in gas are too low and this sets a higher standard.
I got caught on this because the only repair my car has had was for dirty fuel injectors.
The strange thing is how some little retail outfits (Rebel Oil?) are top tier while major brands (Sunoco, BP) are not. It's also taught me how many brands that used to be around here have left the east coast (Phillips 66, Chevron, Texaco).
Top Tier Gas.
I got caught on this because the only repair my car has had was for dirty fuel injectors.
The strange thing is how some little retail outfits (Rebel Oil?) are top tier while major brands (Sunoco, BP) are not. It's also taught me how many brands that used to be around here have left the east coast (Phillips 66, Chevron, Texaco).
Top Tier Gas.
2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, 2014 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback, 1999 Mazda Miata 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999.
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Someone on another thread just moved to the North West (Seattle area) will get a chuckle out of watching them.
The user has many other clips from the same show, "Almost Live" - a very popular show in the late 80s-90s that was mostly local humor, often making fun of specific towns.
Today, sadly thanks to yuppies, transplants, and pseudo-hipsters. that neighborhood isn't quite the "little Scandinavia" it used to be. In many areas it is condo and expensive chain store-ized.
I'm a little surprised. I know some people who insist whatever gas they are buying is the best way to do it - from single brand folks, to ones that will put anything at all in their cars (loads of people around here use Wawa because it's cheap; Wawa will only tell you it's US oil and refined here - it is some brand under another name but they won't tell you that) to top tier fans....
All the brands here are priced pretty closely here. I'll gladly pay a few cents a gallon for the higher standards.
The brands that don't pay to become Top Tier will certainly defend their gas as being equal to or better than the competition.
I usually buy a Top Tier brand, but only because I get to use my grocery coupons. Otherwise the Citgo is a bit closer.
Back in Boise, I tended to buy Chevron for the Techron in it, but it varied. Last summer I added a bottle of Techron to the van because of a stumble going up a hill. Seemed to help.
Does Top Tier fuel make a difference? (I like Dtownfb's answer there).
Filled up with Mobil this tank, and it looks like mileage it back to normal. :confuse:
I've developed this roadburner-type thing about putting good stuff in my car. Next up will be synthetic oil....
Dumb feature in my car is a MPG average display. It's one of several displays (current MPG, miles to empty, etc) that you hit a button on the wheel to pick. Well the average MPG display works from whenever you set it. In the first year I've had the car I never bothered to learn how to reset it so it hung at the 23.5 that was always there. I don't think the previous owner ever reset it either.
Well, last week I finally did reset it and spent a week driving around town doing sort runs and it was down to 22. Today I drove to NYC and back and several miles in the city traffic - but mostly highway - and now it reads 27. This is all right. Must be that top tier Shell I put into it.....
Oh, on premium - my owners manual recommends regular but notes that the engine computer is set up to recognize premium and will adjust accordingly, boosting hp. Noticeable but not worth the price difference.
No Chevron stations here in Colorado. I know my folks use Chevron in their Hyundai Sonata.
For my ION, however, I use the gas from the local Kroger station. 85 octane and it seems to run fine. Perhaps I should get a bottle of Techron (if it's available) and add it to the tank.
Likewise, Randy Stephens, chief engineer for Toyota's Avalon, isn't wholly convinced by the claims of engine protection afforded by higher-priced gas. He says fuel experts at his company study the effects of different brands of gas on the Toyota engines. Automotive engineers disassemble engines after 10,000 miles of running them on different brands of gas to see if there is a difference.
"Honestly, in the 10 years I've been in charge of Avalon, I've never seen one come back with any sort of deposit issue," Stephens says."
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