I hear you..... but your lucky I have been buying them at WalMart for a couple of years now.
ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vladimir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:12 PM Subject: RE: Costco Gas (was: Costco Pontoon Boat (was: Trolling motors for pontoon boat)) > Bah, to hell with gas. But all I read from industry sources is gas is gas. > As long as they pay enough dividends for my retirement.... > > So anyway I'm going fishing tomorrow...hope the wind doesn't blow, and the > fish are willing. > > This has been such a hectic winter I'm reduced to buying flies at Wal-Mart > to fish with tomorrow!!! Anybody have any spare green woolley buggers in a > size eight....bead heads would be nice. > > Fishing has been good so far this spring. This cold weather is starting to > get old....two weeks of clouds.... > > Vladimir > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Blomquist > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Costco Gas (was: Costco Pontoon Boat (was: Trolling motors > for pontoon boat)) > > > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 16:29, Roger wrote: > > I have even stopped buying gas at Costco > > after several auto dealers (used to work in the auto industry), and a > > couple of boat dealers told be one of the biggest problems with fouled > > plugs is cheap gas from places like Costco, Safeway, Winco (Eastern WA). > > Bottom line, is I think you get what you pay for. > > Yep. I learned that from one of the guys at High Road Automotive, a Honda > Repair Shop in Ballard about 10 years ago, when they tuned up my car for me. > Before this, I bought gas by price, AM/PM, Arco, anything to move me down > the > road. > > He told me that if I only buy Texaco or Chevron, I will never have to have > my > fuel injectors cleaned again. > > He was right. I have never had them cleaned, adjusted or replaced, and I > probably have about 150,000 miles on 2 cars since then. And if you think > about the injector cleaning and replacement at $50-100 a year, the good gas > is probably worth it. > > Since Shell ate Texaco, I have been buying Shell gas, but my last stop at a > Shell station caused my engine to seriously knock, something that I am not > used to. With Shell, it pays to be wary, some gas is good and some gas is > bad. > > Rob > > -- > Mountlake Terrace, WA > USA > >
