I'm sorry, you say you're not trying to -bag-??? I don't understand, are you missing a key on your keyboard? LOLJust messin' dude.

 

Other then the tank full that it had when I bought it, I've only ran BP 93 octane in it.

 

I use 87 from whatever station is handy, though I fill up more often than not at the Valero (formerly Shamrock) near my house. I only have had a problem filling up once, at a Sam's Warehouse. The pump kept clicking off. I finally just held it so the gas was just barely running and got it filled up. I haven't had any problems with any other pumps, and haven't noticed a difference in the way the car runs with the different gas brands I've put in it.

 

Well your gas mileage moreso depends on the way you drive and the general conditions versus what gas you put in the tank. As was said earlier, most of the gas you buy is whatever was in an unbranded truck in the area. Gas is gas, use the 87 unless you retuned. Using 91 or 93 when your engine is tuned for 87 will cause buildup to occur over time. If you're tuned for 93 and use 87, you'll get knock because the gas combusts before your engine expects it to. Over the 7,000 miles I've driven, I've averaged 18.5 mpg. I've had tanks of 23 mpg where it was strictly highway, and 15 mpg where it was in traffic around town.

 

Unless you have a computer tune installed, the 93 octane isn't doing you any good.

 

No one here watches Modern Marvels?????

All gas is shipped through all the same pipelines. I am sure you all have seen orange signs that say "Petroleum Pipeline" sometime in your lives.

No matter what gas you buy from any gas station, it is shipped through these lines until it gets to the specific company, where they addtheir additives (and now Ethanol too) which differ according to season and region,trying to entice you to choose their fuel over another brand.

Modern Marvels claims that it's all pretty much the same thing in the end, the only difference being the different octanes.

And yes, octane DOES make a difference, no matter what tune you have or car you own. Your car might not perform better if you run 93 (although it might)....but the higher the octane the cleaner the fuel burns, which is healthier for your car's systems all around.

 

Suoper, i'm sure during some of your research you've also read that using 93 or 91 octane in an engine tuned for 87 results in not all of the fuel combusting. You're left with real tiny particules that are not fully combusted, and over time can hamper engine performance. Its not a major though. If you go the other way and put 87 in a 93 engine, you know immediately something has gone awry. What's best is to use the octane rating that your engine is tuned for, therefore reducing the chance of fuel combustion at the wrong time, and leftover particles.

 

What about Texaco with Techron?

 

?? where do you live? they only have 93 here i think, i need to check it out

 

+1 on the Modern Marvels reference.

I don't have the BP label on my gas cap, but I've been buying BP gas for years and way back when they were still Amoco Gas.
There are BPs that are company owned/operated and then there are ones that are independently owned.
If a BP station is independently owned, they can get their gas from wherever they choose and most gas comes from the same place or from different distributors other than BP. You won't be able to tell because you're only going by the name so who knows where your gas is coming from.

A long time ago, my pops used to own a Texaco station and rarely did he get gas directly from Texaco. It was usually bought from a small distributor called Whetstone oil because the fuel was cheaper. Not that thefuel was a cheap grade, but it was just that it was a less expensive distributor other than Texaco. Thefuel from that distributorcould've been Texaco gas, but who knows. Anyway, it was less expensive.
So, if you think you're buying as at a BP it may or may not be BP gas, but its definitely gasoline from some place.

I haven't had any issues using BP so I'll continue to use it mainly because I have a BP credit card. Every time I fill up, I use my card and get a 5% rebate. Also, I get 2% for travel and dining and 1% for all other purchases. I charge pretty much everything on it and so it adds up every month. Once the rebate reaches $25, they send me a $25 gas card.
I have used other brands (i.e. Texaco, Chevron, Race Track, Shell, Hess, Citgo etc.) and had no issues with them, but I'm taking advantage of my BP gas card rewards so I don't.
If its only an emergency and there's no other BPs around, then I'll use them.