Do "off brand" gas stations even exist anymore? In my neck of the woods, pretty much all stations around here are with one chain or another, whether it be Shell, Valero, Conoco, Kum n Go, Casey's, Murphy's, Wal-Mart... And gas delivery trucks might stop at a Valero, then go top off the Kum N Go down the street!
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 1:25 PM, jerryh--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In an article from the June, 2016 issue of "The Family Handyman", > entitled "10 Things You Should Know About Gasoline", author /"expert" Fred > Walas, fuels technology manager for Marathon Petroleum Company, a 34 year > veteran in the refinery business, whose current job includes work with the > EPA, other oil companies, and automobile manufacturers developing new fuel > standards, posits question number four:" Is a major-brand gas better then a > lesser known brand?" (I do believe that is the longest sentence I have ever > typed). > > His answer is that 20 years ago, there was a difference between gas from > the majors and "cheap " gas from no-name stations. He claims that today the > biggest difference between gasoline brands is the type of fuel cleaning > additives used. He goes on to say that that the EPA mandates a minimal > level of fuel system cleaning additives and all gasoline sold in the U.S. > must meet those levels. > > Although he does not specifically answer the posited question, the > implication is that there is no substantial difference between the majors > and off brands. > > Now comes an article in "CNN Money" stating that AAA claims that "cheap > off-brand gasoline is bad for engines" > > > http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/08/autos/aaa-cheap-gasoline/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_NewsAndBuzz_pool > > At the risk of starting a "gas war", I'd like to hear from our M-B > community. Looking forward to lots of comments. > > Jerry > > 1982 240D > > other gasoline powered cars > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
