Are you partial to a brand of gasoline?

[Prophet Zacharia]

Or do you go to whichever gas station is closest/cheapest to get your car’s gasoline? I don’t know the difference between the products sold at Sunoco, BP, Shell, et al, although I suppose they’d each have us believe that their’s is best.

I usually get gas at a station owned by my local grocery store and redeem savings earned from shopping. I have no idea who supplies them. 

[JerrySTL ★]

I try to buy gasoline that has earned the Top Tier rating.

https://www.toptiergas.com/licensed-brands/

• All retail locations within the licensed country must meet the high standards of the TOP TIER™ program.
• All gasoline grades must be treated with an approved TOP TIER™ Detergent Gasoline additive at the correct concentration.
• The TOP TIER™ logo must be prominently displayed. 
• TOP TIER™ licensed retailers agree to not use organometallic additives (such as MMT or Ferrocine).

[2Far ★]

Name brand, easy access, clean bathrooms. 

[Prophet Zacharia]

16 minutes ago, JerrySTL said:

Top Tier rating.

I just learned my local grocery-owned filling station does use Top Tier gasoline. 

[Ralphie ★]

31 minutes ago, JerrySTL said:

I try to buy gasoline that has earned the Top Tier rating.

https://www.toptiergas.com/licensed-brands/

• All retail locations within the licensed country must meet the high standards of the TOP TIER™ program.
• All gasoline grades must be treated with an approved TOP TIER™ Detergent Gasoline additive at the correct concentration.
• The TOP TIER™ logo must be prominently displayed. 
• TOP TIER™ licensed retailers agree to not use organometallic additives (such as MMT or Ferrocine).

Rats, no Wawa, our most ubiquitous one.  I don't know who supplies them.

[smudge ★]

I generally get Holiday gas, but I've noticed BP gives me way better gas mileage.

[groupw]

In Grand Island, all the tanker trucks in the region loaded at the same fuel depot. It was all the same gas. I admit that sight of competing tankers all at the same depot probably influenced my fuel opinions I may have to look into it more out here. 
Edit - and QT, my most frequent stop, is on the list!

[BR46]

It all comes out of the same pipeline and then trucked to the different gas stations. 

[BuffJim]

Nope. Just look for a decent price. 

[team scooter]

I only buy Top Tier and I'm drawn to Kwik Trip. (might only be local) They're popping up everywhere around here, have clean restrooms, nice convenience stores and great coffee. A Kwik Trip was even this morning's destination for a coffee and a donut. 

[ChrisL]

We have an Arco near by that is usually $.30 lower than the Chevron or Shell stations.  It’s advertised as top tier gas.  We also go to Costco when we are in the area and have 30 minutes to spare. 

[Kzoo]

In Anyone but Citgo.  I won’t support Venezuela.

[BR46]

34 minutes ago, team scooter said:

I only buy Top Tier and I'm drawn to Kwik Trip. (might only be local) They're popping up everywhere around here, have clean restrooms, nice convenience stores and great coffee. A Kwik Trip was even this morning's destination for a coffee and a donut. 

When I had a uncle that lived in La Cross his neighbor was the guy who started and owned every Kwik Trip in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. But that was 20 years ago. 

[BR46]

When we are on the road we look for Flying J, Pilot, Love's in that order. 

Most Flying J's have rv lanes with dumps and propane plus 5 cents discount per gallon of gas with loyalty card and rv parking. 

Pilot has 5 cents per gallon discount on gas but some of them are a little tight getting a motorhome and trailer in and out. 

Most Love's have rv parking, rv dump stations and propane. 

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

I usually buy my gasoline at Costco. Early mornings it's not crowded and it's usually cheaper than elsewhere.

[Ralphie ★]

Just now, Old No. 7 said:

I usually buy my gasoline at Costco. Early mornings it's not crowded and it's usually cheaper than elsewhere.

Good deal since it is also in the TopTier list. BJs or Sams, the only ones we have locally, are not.

 

[sheep_herder ★]

No

[Prophet Zacharia]

2 hours ago, Kzoo said:

In Anyone but Citgo.  I won’t support Venezuela.

It was a friend’s comment about “[lowgrade] Venezuelan gas” at the Country Fair that made me realize I didn’t know where my gasoline came from. 

3 hours ago, BR46 said:

It all comes out of the same pipeline and then trucked to the different gas stations. 

[BR46]

5 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said:

It was a friend’s comment about “[lowgrade] Venezuelan gas” at the Country Fair that made me realize I didn’t know where my gasoline came from. 

The is where the trucks that bring it to the gas stations get it from in Wisconsin 

[Prophet Zacharia]

8 minutes ago, BR46 said:

The is where the trucks that bring it to the gas stations get it from in Wisconsin 

It looks like Citgo cut ties with Venezuela in 2019, making the one-pipe source more understandable (to me). They also state they are Top Tier.

“U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp is formally cutting ties with its parent, state-run oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA, to meet U.S. sanctions imposed on the OPEC country, two people close to the decision told Reuters”.

[jsharr ★]

My grandfather worked in the refineries in Corpus Christi back in the 50s and 60s. He said that they filled every tanker truck with the same gasoline and then at the end would add whatever additive made it shell or Conoco or whatever.

[jsharr ★]

So I pull up my gas buddy app or my Upside app and I find the cheapest gas or the gas that pays me back to the most and I go to that station

[Further]

The bulk gas is the same, there are additives that differ between the brands

I prefer Sunoco but really don’t see any difference when I use Get Go, or Sheetz 

[jdc2000]

All of the fuel in may area comes from the same pipeline outlet, however, it is not all the same fuel, as there are different additive packages.  I get my fuel locally directly from one of 2 primary distributors, at their fueling station, because it has no alcohol added.

 

[jsharr ★]

5 hours ago, groupw said:

In Grand Island, all the tanker trucks in the region loaded at the same fuel depot. It was all the same gas. I admit that sight of competing tankers all at the same depot probably influenced my fuel opinions I may have to look into it more out here. 
Edit - and QT, my most frequent stop, is on the list!

Yep.  Fill it up and then add a cup or some additive package for each brand.  Granddaddy said they did not add much.  I seem to recall it was only a gallon or so per tanker truck

[maddmaxx ★]

I used to care.  Now I just buy from Stop and Shop stations or their associates Shell so my points get a discount.

[Longjohn ★]

I try to buy my gas in Ohio. I was going to stop on the way home and fill up but my GPS took me a different route with no gas stations until I got back to Pennsylvania. I paid 60 cents a gallon more than the price I saw in Ohio on the way over.