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Old May 30, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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Mine goes to Unocal, Texaco or Chevron 99% of the time. Shell makes my car run funny anymore so I stopped using their gas.

The list below shows what gas stations are owned by whom by country. Most of these are public companies so the money actually goes all over the place but if you want to buy american or just boycott some other country, here's a good start.

Chevron American
Coastal American
Conoco American
Esso American
Exxon American
Gas Express American
Getty American
Gulf American
Hess American
Kerr-McGee American
Marathon American
Martin American
Mobil American
Murphy USA American
Pate American
Petro American
Phillips 66 American
Sergaz American
Sinclair American
Sonoco American
Spur American
Star Kleen American
STP Fuel Centers American
Sunoco American
Tenneco American
Texaco American
Ultramar American
Union 76 American
Zephyr American
Amoco UK
Arco UK
Boron UK
BP UK
Citgo Venezuela
Futura FIN
Red Rooster Canada
Shell Netherlands
Sohio UK
Standard UK
Total France
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:15 AM
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I use Texaco and Chevron when I can, but lately I've been putting cheap 91 octane in and then putting 4 gallons of 100 octane in from the VP racing station in Tracy....the car will ping sometime, that's why I put the 100 octane in.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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Bp 100%
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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Good man. Keeping it in the USA. 1 thought... have apex pull a degree of timing. then you don't have to use any race gas.

BP is one of the few I can see... at least they're UK owned.

FWIW... I'm not totally nuts. I buy some things from other countries but I'm more than happy to pay a little more to keep an American in a job... even if they are shitty jobs.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by r3dn3ck
Good man. Keeping it in the USA. 1 thought... have apex pull a degree of timing. then you don't have to use any race gas.
yeah, I for sure need to have the tune worked on.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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umm...quicktrip...
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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I would say 95% of the time I go to Chevron.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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exxon amoco sunoco getty...never any other
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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when I am in CT
Sunoco
Citgo

when I am in NY
Hess

when I am in RI
Shell

pure convenience
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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Exxon 99% of the time.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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who the hell owns Racetrack?
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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Aafes.And I dont thinkj anyone knows where it really knows where they get it from.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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They probably buy if off of the major refineries, but dont put a brand to it.

I've been using shell 93 V-Power for a while now and havnt had any issues. Otherwise, its Sunoco 93.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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Valero or Arco for me
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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pretty much i go to BP because its nice,clean, and some of the cheaper prices around here minus racetrack also.
 
Old May 30, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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the place with the cheapest prices usually get my money.
 
Old May 31, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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given your proximity to the gulf I'd bet one of the local concerns is behind racetrack. I've never heard of them. Ask the manager of one of them. They should know. The cashiers probably wouldn't.
 
Old May 31, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 95STANG
Bp 100%
Only gas for me.

You guys might be surprised to know (or maybe not) most of your gas stations are using the same gas, from the same wells. I drove a Gas Tanker about 6 years ago and with all of the different branded stations here in Eastern NC only BP/Amoco and Exxon/Mobil were specific. Everything else came out of the same tank. No shizzle.
 
Old May 31, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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98% of the time BP
2% of the time Shell

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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 06:45 AM
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Whatever is around in my mazda, but usually in the mustang 94 octane from Sunoco.
 
Old Jun 1, 2007 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 04DarkShadowGT
Whatever is around in my mazda, but usually in the mustang 94 octane from Sunoco.
Im surprised they still offer 94 over there. They dont offer it in Philly anymore, which is odd b/c the refinery is here in Philly.
 
Old Jun 1, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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COSTCO, Shell, Arco
 
Old Jun 14, 2007 | 01:43 AM
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bump so i don't have to keep searching for this thread
 
Old Jun 14, 2007 | 05:14 PM
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valero
 
Old Jun 15, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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My new girlfriends name is Exxon. She usually fawks me twice a week bit every now and then she does it more often....However I think that she is being a bit unfaithful and fawks a whole bunch of people as well...
 
Old Jun 15, 2007 | 11:55 AM
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whatever is cheap... I'm no liberal
 
Old Jun 15, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mug11
whatever is cheap... I'm no liberal
as long as it isn't citgo, that would be un-american
 
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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BP for the mustang and bike...
Mobil or chevron for the dd.
 



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