# Gasoline Brands **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** lexus\ **Created:** [April 11, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303 "2010-04-11T21:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clherrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@clherrick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/clherrick)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/1 "2010-04-11T21:05:51Z")
There is a good an somewhat inconclusive discussion below on premium vs. regular gasoline. On a related note, do any of the experts have an opinion on quality of different gasoline brands? I stay away from small stations with no business but otherwise shop by price which often goes to places like WaWa, Sheetz, etc and rarely to the big name companies. I typically get 175K out of a car before I sell it and they have run well. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/2 "2010-04-11T21:18:53Z")
I only use Top Tier gasoline [http://www.toptiergas.com/](http://www.toptiergas.com/) for the reasons explained. After fighting with problems with ethanol in gas since 1993, and what deposits can form in an engine from inferior gas, you finally realize they don’t make things the way they use to. Tester ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/3 "2010-04-11T23:30:20Z")
What area of the country do you live in Tester, every time you have posted this link I have checked it and there are no stations on the list in my area (western new york) ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/4 "2010-04-12T00:08:08Z")
The lists of “Top Tier” retailers is below. You must be able to find some of those big names like Chevron, Shell, etc. TOP TIER Gasoline Retailers: QuikTrip Chevron Texaco MFA Oil Co. Conoco Phillips 66 76 Entec Stations Shell The Somerset Refinery, Inc. Kwik Trip / Kwik Star Aloha Petroleum Tri-Par Oil Co. Turkey Hill Minit Markets Mileage Stations Road Ranger CountryMark Chevron Canada Shell Canada Petro-Canada Sunoco Canada ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/5 "2010-04-12T00:13:15Z")
I use Top Tier (QuikTrip) partly because it’s just down the street and normally cheaper than most other brands. With fuel injection, I’d be willing to spend a few cents a gallon to get either Top Tier, Shell, Chevron, or another major brand. But I bet I wouldn’t really need to. ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/6 "2010-04-12T01:20:11Z")
No, he or she “must” not. None of those are in my area either. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/7 "2010-04-12T01:22:04Z")
Weird ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/8 "2010-04-12T22:18:11Z")
Minnesota. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/9 "2010-04-12T22:59:55Z")
I have 3 of these in my area, but don’t always use them. There are a number of local cooperatives as well as Costco with much better prices. The only stations I avoid are dirty and neglected ones, as well as very low volume ones like “Joe’s Bait & Tackle” in the Ozarks, who sells very little in the winter and has mostly stale gas. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/10 "2010-04-13T01:33:26Z")
I don’t know about your gasolines up in Minnesota, but I think that that your Grain Belt beer is really top tier. Nothing beats being out on a Minnesota lake fishing with a cooler of Grain Belt in the boat. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/11 "2010-04-13T01:45:37Z")
I live in a rural area and buy almost all of my gas from small mom and pop operations. (Not much choice; that’s all there is) After 25 years with no problems I’ve quit worrying about this issue, and all of my cars routinely get double to triple the mileage of yours. My brother in law in TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth) delivers gas for a living and his stops include both mom and pop and big name chains. It all comes out of the same tanker. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline-brands/47303/12 "2010-04-13T14:45:03Z")
If the mom and pop ststions are the only game in town, that’s OK, since they’ll have good volume and are not “seasonal” outlets. I grew up in a town of 1000 people, and we had 4 gas stations with 2 pumps each. I did not notice any difference. We also had a Farm gas tank (with tax-free gas) with a hand pumpo for our farm machinery. Keeping the water and dirt out of the farm tank was always tricky.