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I usually go to quiktrip but i thought about using Shell. is there really a difference or am i wasting my money?

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Scotty Hall
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
It whines a lot, but I like it.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Shell here in St. Louis, their Premium is 93 octane. The QT's here only have 91 octane as their premium. I almost always perfer Shell gas over most others.

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James Shafer
2003 GP GTX SLP P/N 50066
St. Louis MO
1.9 Modified Rockers, TOGs, 180 Tstat, PRJ 10.4 Wires, P/P Gen 3, SLP Ram Air Hood/Wizaired CAI, Gen 1 Spoiler, 3.4 ZZP Pulley, Desert Fox Tranny Cooler, Thrasher Shift Kit, 18" TSW Mondellos w/ AGX Struts, SSC Gen II Springs

Anymore, one is not noticable better than another. Just go for a higher octane and you should be good.

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Morad Parts Company

1997 GTP - 200k+ miles, PEMs, 3" SS Exhaust w/ Borla Mufflers, 3.4", 180* stat(summer), FWI, 1.84 RR, PT, SLP hood, KYB GR2s, GMPP Handling Kit, etc...

Amoco and Sunoco rated top in quality last I saw. BP stations have had issues with moisture in the gas. I use Sunoco since it comes from American oil not Saudi mid east oil.

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1999 GTP
1979 Trans Am
2009 Avenger
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Im curious as to how you came to this determination?

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Scotty Hall
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
It whines a lot, but I like it.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Sunoco uses a lot of ethanol to raise the octane of their gas. I always got 30-40 miles less per tank with it. I use Hess locally since there isn't a Shell on my way anywhere.

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I havent seen a Hess station in ages.

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Scotty Hall
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
It whines a lot, but I like it.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Im not normally choosy, but prefer Amoco, Sunoco, Marathon when we go out of town. Here we have Sunoco in 94 octane so thats what the play cars get for the track or the weekends. BPs around here have all swithced to Amoco fuels as they were bought out by them, but BP a few years back and earlier seemed to have the most problems. A few times they even accidently put diesel in the 87 tank in the ground!!!! Needless to say a few people got new engines out of it!

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I found that if I add a little bit of water, I can go further on less money.
haha
I go to Shell or Conoco. We don't have any other big stations. The rest are the cheap kind.

shell here mostly (refinery is literally 2 miles from my house)

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Steve
'97 GTP VS cam, ZZP PCM, and not much else yet

When I had my T/A I ran 94 in it. Sunoco was the only station with it at the time. I use to get quality reports on the rankings of all the major chains and where they got their crude from for refining. My ex's mother worked in an ofiice for a refinery. Thats how I found out about all the quality issues with BP. That was well before it was on the news. Plus BP had a recent scam where debt numbers were being stolen from their pay at the pump machines. So I avoid them. Too much negative news for me to trust them.
As for the gas mileage with sunoco, I dont see a drop with using the sunoco gas.

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1999 GTP
1979 Trans Am
2009 Avenger
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2619487

A lot of stations are doing this to save costs. they are suppose to post the % on the pump. I have noticed lately here almost everyone has ethanol % stickers on the pumps.

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1999 GTP
1979 Trans Am
2009 Avenger
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2619487

here I don't see any (but we still have mechanical pumps at a few stations)

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Steve
'97 GTP VS cam, ZZP PCM, and not much else yet

94 with ethanol would still yield better performance, the 10% alcohol (although not a lot) helps absorb a bit of heat from your air/fuel mixture, and cooler air in result gives you increased volumetric efficiency etc etc......
Found this info on a different site

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1999 GTP
1979 Trans Am
2009 Avenger
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2619487

nuff said!
All gas has to meet standards, some companies just add their little extras, ie techron.

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When I need gas, BP stations are on the top of my list.

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It may sound weird, but I get better gas mileage with shell..... I've tested several times, and I seem to get 1 or 2mpgs better

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Shell. I used to goto speedway but I was getting around 2* of knock with a stock pulley with their premium. (92) Now I get Shell 93 and get no knock unless its super cold out and I got WOT.

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Flynn, where the heck have you been? Over dose on some Valasic Pickles? Been in a 12 step pickle addiction recovery program? Come on man, spill the beens, er, pickles I mean.

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Scotty Hall
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
It whines a lot, but I like it.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.