What gasoline brands are considered best?

Answer 1

I agree with "Brotherscain". For a time I drove a gasoline tanker for an independent fuel transporting company. Trucks from every gasoline brand would line up to load from the same storage tanks. In the control room was a "computer", and depending on which brand I was to deliver to, the computer would inject "x" amount of dye, and additives into the raw gasoline, and even the additives were basically the same in all the different brands.

So TRUTHFULLY the only real difference in gas is whose ADVERTISING does a better job at making consumers believe it is better. The saddest thing is that there are some people who honestly believe that the brand of gas they use is really better than others, and it makes their car run better, or get better mileage. When I need gas I buy from whoever is the cheapest at the time, and my car runs just great!

Answer 2

Chevron, Texaco & Shell ....

In tech school in Tune up & Engine perfomance which also covered Carburation ...

Fuels were talked about extensively due to the fact that there is nothing much more of a headacne for either an owner or a mechanic/tech to be chasing around a problem of driveability, stalling, bucking, sputtering and etc. to later find out that had a fuel sample been taken...

that water or sediment or a combination of both is in the fuel...

hence I will give you the following advice...

avoid running the vehicle low on fuel (the last 1/8th of tank...that is where any rust or sediment is and will be sucked into the fuel system)

Never buy gas when the tanker is refilling the stations fuel tanks or soon after if you can avoid it... (the action of them adding fuel stirs up the sediment and a vehicle fueled while this is happening or right afterwork is sure to have problems soon

avoid Stinker or any other brands of fuel with ethanol in it (alcohol) alcohol tries to absorb water...a small amount of water will burn how ever a lot will not... Also ethanol fuel casues other problems even more so for fuel injected vehicles...

injectors wear... and the rub spot where that wear occurs is prone to corrosion and water in the fuel will cause this to happen faster... say a vehicle gets a dose of gas with water in it... and that vehicle is shut off afer running a few miles... and now the gas/water combo sits up at that wear spot for a few days before the vehicle goes on its next outing...

guess what corrosion has started taking a toll on the inector and eventually it will leak and cause other problems...

change fuel filters at least every other tune up to prevent them from clogging with sediment and prematurely runing a fuel injection pump ... this is another reason not to run a fuel injected vehicle below 1/8th tank... some fuel pumps will fail after only being run dry out of fuel 2-3 times...

a very spendy repair foe something so easily prevented

Walt

Answer 3

The best gas to get is from the place with the newest, cleanest tanks in the ground. Gasoline is pretty much all the same until it gets dumped into the tanks at the station. Any dirt or condensation affects the quality of what gets to your car. Any clean, well filtered and water free gasoline will work just fine.

Answer 4

Chevron, 76, and Shell are the only brands I use. There is a significant difference in lower quality gasolines.
I know for a fact, mom and pop brands are inferior in every way

Answer 5

I hauled gasoline for a summer, there is no difference in gas brands except for their additives, and many don't add anything more than what is already called for by the regulations.

Yes, Chevron gets their gas from the same pipes as does Exxon, QuikTrip, Shell and the like. When I hauled to a Chevron, I had to add so many bottles of "Techron" to however many gallons of gas I loaded. I forget what Shell called theirs. Any one remember Fina with "Phlash?" All the same, mainly the difference in brands is the advertising.

Answer 6

I think it depends on the kind of car and kind of driving you do.
For the average car I reccomend comparing brands for the
best gas mileage.
For proformance cars Sunnoco is the clear choice.
For gas mileage I always got the best mileage with Sinclair
but they are mostly on the west coast but for a national brand's Texeco was the next best.
Hope that helps

Answer 7

There is no difference in brands. The important differences are in octane, amount of ethanol and winterization and cleaning capabilities.

Answer 8

I like Chevron

Answer 9

Any "top tier" gasoline, especially Chevron (has "Techron" additve) in my opinion.

http://autorepair.about.com/od/generalinfo/a/110305.htm

Answer 10

Anything but KwikTrip.... and that's a fact. BP is my favorite, or should i say my cars favorite... but i'm pretty sure that's neither here nor there.