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RedRide · 08-23-2009, 05:01 PM

Are you absolutly shure that Shell contains twice the legal minimum?
Since all gas additives are added to gas a the distrubution point , what and how much is added is open to variation. We all know how oil companys pretty much do what they want.

As far as the legal minimum, it's a joke to begin with anyway and twice that might still not be enough.

R2D2 · 08-23-2009, 08:49 PM

I agree with the twice not necessarily being enough and I run fuel additive in all my gasoline right down to my lawnmower and snowblower. The additive also helps with phase seperation issues associated with ethanol fuels.

However I do not think a steady diet of the cheapest gas out there without some sort of chemical intervention is the best deal long term-eventually the deposits will start to cost more than is saved.

As I stated above I have reason to believe the Shell is as good as it gets. Everyone I have recommended it to has reported good results with consistent use-unscientific for sure but interesting none the less.

In summary I guess I'm of the opinion that even consistent Top Tier use may not be enough by itself but is a good start at least. Also in my area the Shell does not appear to be any more expensive.
R2

08-23-2009, 08:49 PM	#2
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 498	I agree with the twice not necessarily being enough and I run fuel additive in all my gasoline right down to my lawnmower and snowblower. The additive also helps with phase seperation issues associated with ethanol fuels. However I do not think a steady diet of the cheapest gas out there without some sort of chemical intervention is the best deal long term-eventually the deposits will start to cost more than is saved. As I stated above I have reason to believe the Shell is as good as it gets. Everyone I have recommended it to has reported good results with consistent use-unscientific for sure but interesting none the less. In summary I guess I'm of the opinion that even consistent Top Tier use may not be enough by itself but is a good start at least. Also in my area the Shell does not appear to be any more expensive. R2 __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

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RedRide Drives: '09 Yaris carmine red 2d HB Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Middletown, NY Posts: 1,502	Are you absolutly shure that Shell contains twice the legal minimum? Since all gas additives are added to gas a the distrubution point , what and how much is added is open to variation. We all know how oil companys pretty much do what they want. As far as the legal minimum, it's a joke to begin with anyway and twice that might still not be enough.