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Where do you normally buy your gas?

East Coast Federation
08-03-2009, 18:21
Good question, where do you buy your gas? A big chain or a small local station?

Myself, I try to keep it to BP as much as possible, I actually get better MPG from them, and I always stick with fuel that is ethanol Free ( easy to find in PA, I'm not putting that shit in my car ). It always seems to be a few cents more, but thats fine.
Newer Burmecia
08-03-2009, 18:23
From the kind people at Npower who conveniently pipe it into my oven and boiler.;)
Fartsniffage
08-03-2009, 18:26
From the kind people at Npower who conveniently pipe it into my oven and boiler.;)

Bastard, that's what I came in here to say.
Cannot think of a name
08-03-2009, 18:29
Whoever has the cheapest gas closest too me when I run out.

I used to stay away from Beacon, I think it is, because it fouled my motorcycle. I thought it was busted, but when I put different gas in it it ran fine. I hadn't made the connection, filled up at Beacon again, and the motorcycle started missing again. I also tend not to go to Shell because of some passing comment about how techron isn't kind to old VWs, but I don't know that it's true.

I favor Valero because of some green rating I read a long time ago, but I have to admit that's like going to a certain pimp because he only sometimes smacks a ho.

Really, it's mostly the convenient gas station.
Daistallia 2104
08-03-2009, 18:34
I don't.
Lunatic Goofballs
08-03-2009, 18:35
I'm always stunned at how far people will go out of their way to save a few pennies on gas. They'll go an extra ten miles to save $.03 a gallon. In a 15 gallon tank, that's $.45. Well guess what? They just spent more than they saved. :p

I know where all the inexpensive places are... where I typically travel. I won't go out of my way to save $.03, but if I have enough gas to hold out until I pass the place that's $.03 cheaper, I will. That said, I usually fill up at BJ's Wholesale club when I go there, which is about once every 2 weeks.
Call to power
08-03-2009, 18:41
BP or Texaco depending on where I'm going

I don't.

:eek2:
Chandelier
08-03-2009, 19:08
Which ever place is closest depending on which way I'm going? That makes sense, right? I mean, there are only two in between home (the one not at college) and the interstate, so it'd have to be one of the two. One of them is Hess, the other one is new and I forget what it is.
Marrakech II
08-03-2009, 19:13
I don't price shop to much unless the station I am looking at is way above the area norm. Where I am the typical price can vary by .20 -.30 at times.
No Names Left Damn It
08-03-2009, 19:16
I get my gas from British gas. Oh wait, you mean petrol? Well in that case I get it from the Texaco round the corner from me.
The One Eyed Weasel
08-03-2009, 19:18
Whatever place doesn't have ethanol in their gas. In my area it's just the sunoco, so that's where I go. I don't care much for price. Hell, I was paying 4 dollars for regular, so now I gladly pay $2.30ish for premium.
Dumb Ideologies
08-03-2009, 19:23
Definitely not our local petrol station. Strange numebr of people who pay by card there find out a short while later its been cloned and a large amount of money removed from the account. Correlation does not imply causation, but similarly, no smoke without fire (especially when there's petrol around)
Vault 10
08-03-2009, 19:33
I don't buy gasoline, but diesel.
Wherever it's the cheapest not far from my route, and I also make some reserve when it's cheap.
Ashmoria
08-03-2009, 19:43
I don't buy gasoline, but diesel.
Wherever it's the cheapest not far from my route, and I also make some reserve when it's cheap.
i dont know how it is where you live but here diesel has finally adjusted to be about the same price as gasoline. it was $1/gallon more for a while.

anyway, i go tothe local valero station because its cheapest (even though all the stations in town are within a few cents of each other)
Veblenia
08-03-2009, 19:45
Somali pirates.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
08-03-2009, 21:20
Luckily, there's a very cheap independent gas station down the street from my house.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
08-03-2009, 21:23
I buy at the Loaf 'n' Jug. It's a fairly small chain, from what I understand, and they have $0.05/gallon discount cards.
Celtlund II
08-03-2009, 21:32
I usually buy from Quick Trip which is a regional chain because they are so convenient. But when I move to Louisiana I guess I'll get it from whatever is closest when I need to get some.
Skallvia
08-03-2009, 22:15
BP doesnt have ethanol in its gas up there? Im pretty sure it does here...

But, I normally buy at the Pilot, and various Truckstops, its usually cheaper...Price is the only thing I really care about when it comes to fuel...
East Coast Federation
08-03-2009, 22:26
BP doesnt have ethanol in its gas up there? I pretty sure it does here...

But, I normally buy at the Pilot, and various Truckstops, its usually cheaper...Price is the only thing I really care about when it comes to fuel...

Up here BP and a few others do not have ethanol, I refuse to put that shit in my car.
Cabra West
08-03-2009, 22:28
Good question, where do you buy your gas? A big chain or a small local station?

Myself, I try to keep it to BP as much as possible, I actually get better MPG from them, and I always stick with fuel that is ethanol Free ( easy to find in PA, I'm not putting that shit in my car ). It always seems to be a few cents more, but thats fine.

Er, Board Gas, I think... they're the ones sending us the bills. Anyway, they used to, we don't have gas in this house now. It's oil heating.
Big Jim P
09-03-2009, 03:37
Taco Bell.:D
Ahdunoh
09-03-2009, 03:49
Shell.
greed and death
09-03-2009, 03:53
I buy from Walmart. cheapest gas in town.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
09-03-2009, 04:15
All my gas is bought at the University's parking lot. And by "bought," I mean "siphon from the car's parked."

Fortunately, I don't own a car, so I don't have a regular need for gasoline.
Poliwanacraca
09-03-2009, 04:31
Whoever has the cheapest gas closest too me when I run out.

This.
New Manvir
09-03-2009, 04:53
I drill and refine my own oil in my backyard. I'm stockpiling for when the Lizard People attack.
Delator
09-03-2009, 07:26
Not too picky, although I tend to avoid Citgo stations.
Spartzerina
09-03-2009, 08:31
Either the Wiki-Wiki* Gas Station out here in the country about two miles away, or the Tesoro Station in town about 15 miles away, depending on where I am at the time I need the gas.

* Wiki means fast in Hawaiian, so two times is two times as fast.
Bokkiwokki
09-03-2009, 08:46
I've been producing enough of it myself, these last few days, so my energy needs are covered for the next few months. :D
Cameroi
09-03-2009, 08:47
the only "gas" i "normally" (or abnormally for that matter) "buy" is propane for home heating. that's piped in by pacific graft and extortion.

and yes that includes and means that no, i do NOT normally or otherwise consume petroleum based, or any other, motor fuels of any kind.

the closest i come to doing so would be whatever little my bus fare contributes to fueling the public transit buses i ride on when i do.
greed and death
09-03-2009, 08:55
the only "gas" i "normally" (or abnormally for that matter) "buy" is propane for home heating. that's piped in by pacific graft and extortion.

and yes that includes and means that no, i do NOT normally or otherwise consume petroleum based, or any other, motor fuels of any kind.

the closest i come to doing so would be whatever little my bus fare contributes to fueling the public transit buses i ride on when i do.

why do you hate America :(
Cameroi
09-03-2009, 09:32
why do you hate America :(
why do you assume that i hate anything? not to mention; what the hell does refusing to worship the automobile have to do with hating a geophysical location?

i certainly don't love its imposition of economic prejudice, both on the rest of the world and its own populas, but that still has noting to do with the rocks and trees and little furry creatures that constitute the place.

nor the pretence that raising hell and making a pain in the ass of one's self eguals freedom, while not allowing people to live as at least some of us believe in.

nor, especially the big lie, that everything that isn't makiavellianism somehow has to be procustianism or worse.

but i LOVE the rocks and the trees and the magical little tucked away sprit places.
Christmahanikwanzikah
09-03-2009, 09:44
At a gas station.
greed and death
09-03-2009, 09:48
why do you assume that i hate anything? not to mention; what the hell does refusing to worship the automobile have to do with hating a geophysical location?

i certainly don't love its imposition of economic prejudice, both on the rest of the world and its own populas, but that still has noting to do with the rocks and trees and little furry creatures that constitute the place.

nor the pretence that raising hell and making a pain in the ass of one's self eguals freedom, while not allowing people to live as at least some of us believe in.

nor, especially the big lie, that everything that isn't makiavellianism somehow has to be procustianism or worse.

but i LOVE the rocks and the trees and the magical little tucked away sprit places.
America is the automobile. kneel at the alter of Henry Ford or be labeled a terrorist.
Christmahanikwanzikah
09-03-2009, 09:49
America is the automobile. kneel at the alter of Henry Ford or be labeled a terrorist.

I refuse to buy American because I...

*passes Corvette ZR1*






On second thought...
greed and death
09-03-2009, 09:50
I refuse to buy American because I...

*passes Corvette ZR1*






On second thought...

Henry Ford accepts all makes and models of cars.
Wipim
09-03-2009, 10:21
Irving

Usually the cheapest, from Canada so I'm not supporting terrorists, says it's clean too
Risottia
09-03-2009, 10:25
Good question, where do you buy your gas? A big chain or a small local station?


I pay for the gas (methane) via a direct bill on my bank account; I receive it through a gas pipe installed in my home.:tongue:

As for car fuel, or petrol, any station will do, except Total: last time I refueled by them, their petrol was so dirty that it clogged the carburetor and I had to run about 1000 km before it cleaned itself (I was in France on vacation and didn't want to lose time looking for a specialist in 18-years-old carburetors!).
NERVUN
09-03-2009, 10:34
A semi-local chain that has hideous pink gas stations, but it is cheap and I get a few more yen knocked off for my gas card so...

Assuming I'm traveling by car... whichever the service area has. When you're on Japan's expressways, you're more or less a captive audience. Enros (Good ol' J-ASS) if I'm somewhere in a town while traveling.

Edit: As for house gas... the guys come by with their truck to hook up the tanks every so often. This winter I was off the kerosene, which was very nice. No pumping. :p
Rhymenocerus
09-03-2009, 10:43
ARCO, Valero, 3 local gas stations. Never Exxon, Shell or Mobil, they're so expensive! ARCO/am pm has been losing my business lately because they installed these obnoxious, loud tv screens at the pump, so you're forced to listen to advertisement while filling up. Seriously makes me psychotic...
The imperian empire
09-03-2009, 10:59
Whatever is closest with I need it :P

Usually BP, Esso or Shell.
Cabra West
09-03-2009, 12:51
Hang on, are you talking about gas here, or about petrol?
Sdaeriji
09-03-2009, 13:21
I scout out the prices at all the stations on the way in to work, then I go to the cheapest one on my way home from work. It's usually Mobil.
Pure Metal
09-03-2009, 14:13
From the kind people at Npower who conveniently pipe it into my oven and boiler.;)

heh, its Southern Electric, or something, for us... i think

diesel i get from whatever's closest when i need it. usually that means some big chain of course. if i can, i'll go for Shell cos their sandwiches are nice
Nanatsu no Tsuki
09-03-2009, 14:20
When in Spain, local petrol station. If I'm on US soil, Texaco.
East Tofu
09-03-2009, 15:25
Exxon in the US.
Risottia
09-03-2009, 15:27
Hang on, are you talking about gas here, or about petrol?

Petrol, I think.

Strange, though. The americans call it "gas", still it's liquid.:confused:
East Tofu
09-03-2009, 15:28
Petrol, I think.

Strange, though. The americans call it "gas", still it's liquid.:confused:

Short for "gasoline".
Risottia
09-03-2009, 15:29
Short for "gasoline".

I see. Bit confusing, though.
Andaluciae
09-03-2009, 17:08
One of the cheapest gas stations in Columbus is about a half mile up the road from my house.
Andaluciae
09-03-2009, 17:11
Petrol, I think.

Strange, though. The americans call it "gas", still it's liquid.:confused:

Shortened from the product name "Gasoline", which was initially marketed as a cleaning solution to remove grease stains from cloth, which is closely related to the names of other petroleum distillates of the day, such as "Vaseline".
Edwards Street
09-03-2009, 18:48
In the St. Louis area, Quiktrip is a popular gas station chain, that's what I usually get gas from, I haven't had any problems with their gas, and they are almost eveywhere around here. Ocassionaly, I'll go to a Mobil station in a neighboring town, sometimes they are slightly cheaper.