# Gasoline **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 22, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507 "2007-08-22T21:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notamechintx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@notamechintx](https://community.cartalk.com/u/notamechintx)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/1 "2007-08-22T21:56:52Z")
What the devil is Top Tier Gasoline? ---
**Author:** ![Brian928s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Brian928s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Brian928s)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/2 "2007-08-22T22:06:51Z")
The new standards for detergent gasoline that BMW, Toyota, GM, and Honda developed. It’s a minimum deposit control performance for gas and is sold at major brand stations. No-name brands may not sell it. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/3 "2007-08-22T22:09:23Z")
Go to [TopTierGas.com](http://TopTierGas.com) and find out. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/4 "2007-08-22T22:25:22Z")
Learn that google is your friend: [http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=Top+Tier+Gasoline&btnG=Google+Search](http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=Top+Tier+Gasoline&btnG=Google+Search) ---
**Author:** ![notamechintx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@notamechintx](https://community.cartalk.com/u/notamechintx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/5 "2007-08-24T19:52:15Z")
Thanks for the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Brian928s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Brian928s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Brian928s)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/6 "2007-08-24T20:30:25Z")
I had no idea until I looked it up ;\>) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/7 "2007-08-24T22:19:22Z")
Availability of brands that meet the Top Tier standards will vary in different parts of the country, but in the Northeast only Shell complies with the Top Tier gasoline standards established by Toyota, GM, BMW, and Honda. I can tell you that a friend of mine was experiencing hesitation in his Accord for a few months and that he was using Sunoco gas and Mobil gas in his car. At my suggestion, he switched to Shell and the hesitation problem went away after 3 tankfuls. Since using Shell gas exclusively for the past year, the hesitation problem has never returned. ---
**Author:** ![notamechintx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@notamechintx](https://community.cartalk.com/u/notamechintx)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gasoline/3507/8 "2007-08-27T14:23:04Z")
None of the gas stations I go to or even my owners manual say I should use it. My brother told me I should use it on my new Honda Accord.