Gas :P

[Twistoffate0817]

Hello, for awhile i was using the cheapest gas out there to save a few cents/dollars when filling up the Yaris. Well i switched to using Sunoco and i have found that my MPG has increased a lot. Is there a reason for this? Am i doing any harm by using cheaper gas vs sunocos?

[deerebilt]

i believe using a major brand fuel is better. around here i get better mileage with conoco-phillips fuel we dont have sunoco. i used to haul fuel and some stations get different fuel each week depending on price so its always changing so your car has to adapt every tank. a few cents cheaper per gallon will cost you in mileage.just my opinion.

[Twistoffate0817]

yeah i was wondering because i have increased my mpg dramatically and i was like woah! :)

[Pitt Yaris]

I most always get gas from "sheetz"

[supmet]

I've had two friends get "bad gas" from arco. One was a ford F150, one was a nissan 240. Both had horribly rough idling and acceleration after filling up at arco. They both flushed the gas and the cars were fine, but still...

[Pitt Yaris]

Gas went from 2.09 to 2.39 just in the past week here. (for 87unleaded)

[Deltasix]

If you get the cheap brand gas it can sometimes consist of the leftover fuel from other stations. Basically, the bottom of the truck, were all the sludge and sediment build up, that stuff gets sent to the cheap-o stations.

I tend to go for any name brand gas really.

[Pitt Yaris]

What's the name brand gas/stations??

[nerp]

I like shell gas.

The thing is, you can go to a shell station with an old tank with water in it, too. So I like to go to gas stations that are newer than older. I'll pay more for a station that was built or renovated in the past couple years than the cheaper station that's 30 years old and a bit run down.

[voodoo22]

Hello, for awhile i was using the cheapest gas out there to save a few cents/dollars when filling up the Yaris. Well i switched to using Sunoco and i have found that my MPG has increased a lot. Is there a reason for this? Am i doing any harm by using cheaper gas vs sunocos?

Are you sure you aren't just noticing an increase from the warmer weather?

[33OH]

I most always get gas from "sheetz"

Sheetz :wub::biggrin:

[kuyachris84]

went up $2.39 to $2.59 today and only a few weeks ago it was around $2.05. WTF AGAIN?!?!

Anyways... yeah I use major brand gas too. Mostly BP Amaco or Shell gas stations. With cheaper gas I think my fuel seems to run out a lot quicker... but i dunno if it's just in my head. :iono:

[Pitt Yaris]

Has anything happened with crude oil? How is gas jumping up 50 cents in a matter of a week or two? Other than the common greed of oil companies.

[Altitude]

Has anything happened with crude oil? How is gas jumping up 50 cents in a matter of a week or two? Other than the common greed of oil companies.

Happens every year in spring/summer. They anticipate greater demand due to vacationers. Of course one would expect that they wait until the demand actually increases, but it's been this way for a while. They make a little extra money by 'speculating' about increased demand. Also, they claim some of it is due to the cost of changing over to a summer blend of gasoline...

Wait until Memorial Day - see how much it jumps then.

[Pitt Yaris]

I guess the only upside of gas going up in the summer and not the winter is that I can ride my motorcycle to save some more money. 60+mpg of the bike > 40mpg from the yaris. Another reason I wish I lived in the south or out west :(

[YAR1S]

I go for the main brands per say but I dunno if they are nationwide brands??

main ones I use:

wilco/hess
sheetz (favorite, especially now since you dont have to pre-pay :p )
shell

but sometimes I go for texaco who uses techron fuel injector cleaner, when its the same price as normal gas :D

[33OH]

Sheetz isn't nationwide yet but they are spreading. =)

I was really surprised to see one in Greensboro.

[YAR1S]

:D we have two..... only city around here to have them... its so weird.
I love their all sizes one price drink deal...
I used to like their touch screen food thing too but they have been "making renovations" for the past year -_-'

[33OH]

See, they get rid of the all-sizes being the same price thing. It's like an introductory thing. We had it for a few years and now the drinks are separate prices.

And we have the touch-screens inside but the ones outside are "under renovation".

[Darb]

If I can find a BP, I'll head there, never had a problem.

[Twistoffate0817]

who knows it could be the warmer weather, but i really do think the gas has helped it improved a lot more.

[Pars]

Are you sure you aren't just noticing an increase from the warmer weather?

I agree, probably do to the warmer weather or switch from winter gas to summer gas.

Personally, I like Shell's Premium gas the best since it has 0% ethonol.

[deerebilt]

it's not the brand of the store its the brand of the fuel they carry. conoco,phillips 66,sunoco,shell,valero,amoco. and yes go to a newer store with newer tanks. and dont fillup will the fuel truck is there unloading or soon after. also in warm climates fill up in early morning while fuel is cool it is denser then and you will get more fuel, not much but it does add up.