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idrivejunk

idrivejunk

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Even though its sky-high, its nice to have the option of going to this nearby gas station. Wondered if any of you all have them in your area?

They used to have no 93 and 98 but 94 and 104 instead. Changed a couple years back. They have been open a long time and sell plenty.

I say let it eat ... om nom nom ...

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Wow, almost 8 bucks, that's nuts. I think they pay something like that in Europe for regular, though.

Highest around here at most stations is 93, one Shell station has 94.. never seen higher than that personally. The price on the 93 seems way high, too. I only pay about $4.00 for 93... there's almost a dollar jump between 89 and 93, here it's like 10 cents.

With options like that 98 though, you gotta wonder how long it sits in the tank getting old... there cant be that many people willing to pay 8 bucks a gallon.
 
damn i pay like 3.60 ish for 93 here in NJ. and i dont have to pump my own gas lol


i had a sunoco years back that had 87, 91, 94, 98, and 101. back then gas was a buck a gallon, but the 101 was close to 3 bucks. were are talking 80's here. cheap gas wtf is that these days?

and i had a vette shop that sold cam 2. 106 and 112 iirc. that was like 6 bucks a gallon back then.
 


Prices around my area right now are 3.65 for 87 and 3.85 for 93. The prices closer to Pittsburgh are closer to 4.00 for 87 and up from there for 93.
 
I won't use 87, never have. That logic is based on things learned about additives from friends in the gas-selling and forensic research fields. Of course the Sunoco prices are not an indicator of the local market but they do tax hell out of us. Prices here are right in line with what stealthee said, at the other gas places.

I see lots of talk about top swaps and KR but little discussion of the available fuels. In 2012, there was a big national change in how the octane number you see on the pump can be manipulated with respect to alcohol content. Not unlike engine oil, the product changed for the worse but the label misleadingly stays the same. The Sunoco boys will always sell you powerful gas though, free from corn squeezins.

Don't get me wrong ... I am not the guy who buys 100% gas all the time. I have learned how to get by on 91 octane E10 with even my ancient 455. Thats what is commonly sold here.

Fribo had a good point about freshness, but I'd bet that the store only buys what it will sell in a given time frame between orders. Believe it or not, bodyfiller is another product that needs to be really fresh for best results.
 


gas here is crazy the way it spikes all over the city...the cheapest price for 87 is @ BJs, $3.57 with 93 being $3.83...otherwise the highest current high price in the city for 93 is $4.29...I just passed a Shell the other day just outside the city that listed 93 for $4.59!
 
I can still get Sunoco Blue (112 octane) at what used to be a ZX station here for around $7.95/gal. Considering premium (91) is almost $3.95/gal. it's not as high as I would expect. Last year around this time the race gas hovered around $8.95/gal.

The Phillips 66 at Hwy 79/47 in Winfield is often 10 cents more than the same Phillips station in Troy. I know my area is more rural than Troy but dang....
 
I can hardly find 93 in my area. 95% of stations here have 87 89 and 91. I've seen 85 in smaller towns as well..

Some gas stations charge 10 cents more for the next octane rating, others are more like 20-25 cents.
 


I think I may have some idea why the big jump between choices. Other stations sell gas distributed by pipeline as-is, after local dealers custom blend it. Sunoco cocktails theirs using race fuel which may never have been in a pipeline. That would also mean its probably a little fresher than normal pump swill. I'm not a gas price tracker, just get gas when I need it. Lately the 91 with "this product may contain up to 10% alcohol" is running around $3.70 / gal.

Just keep in mind that you're buying energy when you buy fuel. The volume of liquid is not what throws you down the street, its the power contained in the liquid.

My friend just explored the U.S. in an RV. Said he saw one station like this in all his travels. I guess they are few and far between.
 
Here is a cut-n-paste from the FAQ page of that station's website. Read carefully then make your own decision about whether to dismiss it as ad hype ...

"Congress has been subsidizing ethanol since the early 1980's, so retailers who sold ethanol gasoline did so at a lower cost. The most common product sold was E-10 (10% ethanol) 87-octane gasoline, which is similar to 89-octane gasoline because of the octane boost from ethanol. Some retailers advertised E-10 87-octane gasoline as 89-octane gasoline while others kept the 87-octane sticker and added the E-10 label. Since the 30-year ethanol subsidy expiration in 2012, many retailers have switched to E-10 85-octane gasoline, which is advertised as 87-octane gasoline. In short, most retailers sell a mixture of 90% 85-octane gasoline and 10% ethanol that is rated as 87-octane. On the other hand, we sell 100% 87-octane petroleum gasoline. To make an fair comparison, purchasing one gallon of E-10 85-octane gasoline is equivalent to buying 0.90 gallons of 87-octane gasoline; the 10% of ethanol adds 2 octane points to the 85-octane gasoline. The price of E-10 85-octane gasoline is 11% more than advertised when compared to pure 87-octane gasoline. For example, if E-10 85-octane gasoline is priced at $3.69 per gallon, then the equivalent cost is $3.69 per 0.90 gallons of 87-octane gasoline, or $4.09 per gallon."
 
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