What's a good gas brand?

[whaap]

At home I use COSTCO. On the road I use what ever is next. I have never had a problem.

[wlwarfield]

I use Costco gas as well. It all comes from the same refineries and Costco uses an additive that's similar to V-Power or Techron but runs $0.20-0.30 a gallon cheaper than Shell or Chevron

[muffinz]

Originally Posted by Muskokan

Shell, no ethanol means no chirp!

Shell really has no ethanol?!

I generally use the following, in order of preference:

Sunoco
Exxon/Mobil
BP

I've used all the other major brands randomly...and always use 93...but I can never figure out which ones make the chirping go away...so if Shell = no chirps...I may switch over.

[SigmaHyperion]

Originally Posted by muffinz

Shell really has no ethanol?!

I generally use the following, in order of preference:

Sunoco
Exxon/Mobil
BP

I've used all the other major brands randomly...and always use 93...but I can never figure out which ones make the chirping go away...so if Shell = no chirps...I may switch over.

Purportedly, having no ethanol helps with the chirps. It's not Shell that helps, but avoiding the ethanol.

But ethanol blends depend on your local area.

As others have said, there is no such thing as "Shell Gas" or "Exxon Gas". All the gas in your local area comes from exactly the same distribution facility in your area, which pulls gas from national pipelines that all refineries pump into.

The only difference you may have, is that some major brands put in some cleaning additives (like Shells' "V-Power") when pulling from the local distribution facility. Ethanol blends are done much further up the 'stream'.

Odds of finding that lone station not getting their gas locally that may have different blends aren't that great. Chances are, if you've got ethanol blends in your area, it's ALL ethanol blends as many distribution centers don't bother with both (this seems to blend the further from the coasts you get, with ironically enough, it going away altogether the closer you get to 'corn country' in the rural midwest -- they've had ethanol blends there for decades and most avoid it when possible). You'd have to look mighty hard to find someone that's not. But if you can, that'd be a good place to start to try to eliminate the chirps.

[jeffchap]

Only some Shell stations near me are ethanol free, but others are not. I only burn the ethanol free, and have never had chirps in nearly 5000 miles so far, 3/13 build.

[Young_makaveli]

Originally Posted by jeffchap

Only some Shell stations near me are ethanol free, but others are not. I only burn the ethanol free, and have never had chirps in nearly 5000 miles so far, 3/13 build.

Actually since you mention it

Since I had my car ive been only filling up with shell v-power and never had any chirp

5/13 build here

[m.wood0213]

Id say VP because they do a lot of racing fuel but I have no proof. I use QT a lot because there are a lot of NEW stations near me and no problems for me.

[thebus]

There are not to many ethonal free gas in nj/ny and if there are they will be far away http://pure-gas.org/ never been to any of these but yah here's a site

[frs10]

Originally Posted by babylobster

What's a good gas brand (there's so many out there!) to get for the FR-S? My family has always used Mobil Regular for our Toyota's. Also, I know the FR-S runs on Premium but can you also put Plus in there? Sorry if my questions sound dumb, pretty new to all this stuff and eager to learn! TIA

93 shell v-power only in my car.

[jaymannj]

Costco 93 premium... only because I work at Costco and they always have the lowest price for premium...

[babylobster]

Originally Posted by jaymannj

Costco 93 premium... only because I work at Costco and they always have the lowest price for premium...

Do I need a Costco membership and is it good quality? I don't recall seeing any Costco gas stations in New York though...

[jaymannj]

Originally Posted by babylobster

Do I need a Costco membership and is it good quality? I don't recall seeing any Costco gas stations in New York though...

Yea either that or an Amex Card... they take Amex and debit card... like usually if u don't have a Costco membership if ur nice to them they will unlock it for you I mean in nj its like 10 cents cheaper for premium @ Costco so might as well

[brichard0625]

i honestly stop using shell and i use sunoco...maybe its just in my head but the car feels much better on sunoco

[frs10]

im running shell 93 v-power but in NY, it contains ethanol...

seems to run smooth, havent tried anything else yet...

i guess the other brands would be mobil/exxon or sunoco which i think offers 94?