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Old 04-04-2007, 01:51 PM   #1
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does premium in, say, Chevron gas, have more cleaning additives?
I believe the question should be, are those "cleaning additives" and othe rmagical things you pay for in fancy fuels anything more than marketing gimmicks? Is there any independent testing to show it actually does anything?

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I believe the question should be, are those "cleaning additives" and othe rmagical things you pay for in fancy fuels anything more than marketing gimmicks? Is there any independent testing to show it actually does anything?

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yeah, i've always wondered that too, but seeing how Shell, Chevron, and the other companies that say they have these "cleaning additives" perform better than those el cheapo gas, i slowly started thinking less about it.
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