Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread clay via Mercedes
Last tank of Costco gas was $2.67.gal for 92 octane. That was $0.20 more than 87 octane. Local gas stations are selling at $0.10 steps, unless they are close to the freeway, then it goes to $0.15 steps and about $0.90 or more per gallon than less desperation location options clay > On Jul

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Reminds me I need to fill the pickup. $2.14 I saw this morning... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 3:41 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: I paid $2.7x at Kum 'n Go last week, just before gas prices dropped 20c/gal locally

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Mobil seems to be the worst around here with a $0.60 spread between regular and premium. They actually change it at times to as much as $0.90. I have no idea what the motivation or reason is behind the change. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 9, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
I paid $2.7x at Kum 'n Go last week, just before gas prices dropped 20c/gal locally (dammit). On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On July 9, 2016 at 3:21 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > I stick with Top Tier

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On July 9, 2016 at 3:21 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:I stick with Top Tier fuels in my cars, typically Costco. Their fuel prices are competitive, especially since a lot of stations jack the price of premium to stupid amounts over regular unleaded.Ok, how much does

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Mercedes and other major manufacturers recommend "Top Tier" fuels, which are marketed and sold by a number of fuel suppliers like Shell, BP and Costco. http://www.toptiergas.com >From what I can determine, the primary difference between "regular" fuels and >Top Tier fuels is the additive

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On July 9, 2016 at 2:43 PM "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" wrote:Do "off brand" gas stations even exist anymore? In my neck of the woods,pretty much all stations around here are with one chain or another, whetherit be Shell, Valero, Conoco, Kum n Go, Casey's, Murphy's,

Re: [MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Do "off brand" gas stations even exist anymore? In my neck of the woods, pretty much all stations around here are with one chain or another, whether it be Shell, Valero, Conoco, Kum n Go, Casey's, Murphy's, Wal-Mart... And gas delivery trucks might stop at a Valero, then go top off the Kum N Go

[MBZ] Is cheap, off-brand gas bad for engines?

2016-07-09 Thread jerryh--- via Mercedes
In an article from the June, 2016 issue of "The Family Handyman", entitled "10 Things You Should Know About Gasoline", author /"expert" Fred Walas, fuels technology manager for Marathon Petroleum Company, a 34 year veteran in the refinery business, whose current job includes work with the EPA,