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I have always wondered if that was true. I used to hear that gas at places like Tobacco and phones for less was "watered" down.Silverspoon wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 6:55 pm I only go to whatever BP Im closest to when I need to fill up because BP fuel is the cleanest you can get in our region, and every other gas station in the area sells the exact same fuel as the others ie Kwik Shop, QT, Hy-vee. BP is the only fuel that comes from their plants alone, and the rest available around here come from the other place, and is lower quality.
Typically not watered down since thats totally against the law, but I do remember Fantasys getting busted for that in like 2008 locally. Either way, you get what you pay for. If you want your fuel system to wear down, and in turn your engine wears down, then buy the cheap |expletive| that everybody in this area except for a BP station will sell ya.skinzfan23 wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 7:16 pmI have always wondered if that was true. I used to hear that gas at places like Tobacco and phones for less was "watered" down.Silverspoon wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 6:55 pm I only go to whatever BP Im closest to when I need to fill up because BP fuel is the cleanest you can get in our region, and every other gas station in the area sells the exact same fuel as the others ie Kwik Shop, QT, Hy-vee. BP is the only fuel that comes from their plants alone, and the rest available around here come from the other place, and is lower quality.
.. I too, have heard about the superiority of BP gasoline. You do pay more for it, but I also wonder how much difference it really makes. I believe Shell gas makes similar proclamations of superior gasoline quality...nebugeater wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 11:54 pm How much does it really matter where you get it in the same general footprint. For the most part it all comes from the same pipe line and terminal tanks for a given area. Short of an additive or two or a station that is going to rip you off some way it is all the same fuel if you are buying a specific grade.
I wonder if there is something somewhere..objectively written..which verifies the supposed superiority of some gasoline over the others. I’ve puchased fuel at BP, Shell and Phillips 66 many times over the years and really notice no difference in how my vehicles run versus HyVee- where I’ve been purchasing the majority of my fuel the past several years. I have no doubt some is less quality than others and the places I suspect sell low quality gas, I purposely avoid.. unless I absolutely have to make a puchase in an extreme situation where I’m nearly about to run out of gas...Coyote wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 2:02 am I was told by some one in the know that Etherton Phillips 66 (2900 W Broadway in CB) had the cleanest gas in the metro. Whenever I am on an Iowa beer run I go there.
I think you mean Atherton's Phillips 66 who's claim to fame is that the Atherton family is the longest franchise owner of a Phillips 66 in the world. I think they are grandfathered out of being held up to current Phillips 66 franchise standards which means the place is kind of a dump. I seriously doubt they have the "best gas."Coyote wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 2:02 am I was told by some one in the know that Etherton Phillips 66 (2900 W Broadway in CB) had the cleanest gas in the metro. Whenever I am on an Iowa beer run I go there.
It has to be close enough or you pass close enough to matter. Have memberships and fill up at both when I an near and need gas. Where I live it is not someplace to make a trip to just for fuel.Omaha Cowboy wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 11:58 pm Great responses thus far
I am mildly surprised no one has mentioned Sam’s or Costco yet.. Many people I know say gas price is one of the main reasons they pay for a membership...
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If it's the incident at Fantasy's I'm thinking of, a Sapp Brothers delivery driver didn't properly lock down a cap to an underground tank, and rain water got in. It wasn't intentional. I was working for the company at the time when that happened.Silverspoon wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 9:41 pmTypically not watered down since thats totally against the law, but I do remember Fantasys getting busted for that in like 2008 locally. Either way, you get what you pay for. If you want your fuel system to wear down, and in turn your engine wears down, then buy the cheap |expletive| that everybody in this area except for a BP station will sell ya.skinzfan23 wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 7:16 pmI have always wondered if that was true. I used to hear that gas at places like Tobacco and phones for less was "watered" down.Silverspoon wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 6:55 pm I only go to whatever BP Im closest to when I need to fill up because BP fuel is the cleanest you can get in our region, and every other gas station in the area sells the exact same fuel as the others ie Kwik Shop, QT, Hy-vee. BP is the only fuel that comes from their plants alone, and the rest available around here come from the other place, and is lower quality.
I was working for Fantasys shortly before that, and we had complaints from most of the locations of the same type which led me to believe it wasnt a Sapp Bros issue at all.jessep28 wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 1:33 pmIf it's the incident at Fantasy's I'm thinking of, a Sapp Brothers delivery driver didn't properly lock down a cap to an underground tank, and rain water got in. It wasn't intentional. I was working for the company at the time when that happened.Silverspoon wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 9:41 pmTypically not watered down since thats totally against the law, but I do remember Fantasys getting busted for that in like 2008 locally. Either way, you get what you pay for. If you want your fuel system to wear down, and in turn your engine wears down, then buy the cheap |expletive| that everybody in this area except for a BP station will sell ya.skinzfan23 wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 7:16 pmI have always wondered if that was true. I used to hear that gas at places like Tobacco and phones for less was "watered" down.Silverspoon wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 6:55 pm I only go to whatever BP Im closest to when I need to fill up because BP fuel is the cleanest you can get in our region, and every other gas station in the area sells the exact same fuel as the others ie Kwik Shop, QT, Hy-vee. BP is the only fuel that comes from their plants alone, and the rest available around here come from the other place, and is lower quality.
Your friends probably never realized that eventually they were stealing watered down gas.GrandpaaSmucker wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 2:56 pm Used to be a little gas station across from the TV towers on 72nd called the Moon Station. I think that is what it was called. I was friends in High School with a couple of guys that worked there. They told stories all the time of how they would steal gas and then dump 5 gallon buckets of water into the tank to replace it. When the Moon Station first opened it was a full service station with attendants dressed like go go girls. That only lasted a couple of years as it did not go over that well.
Unless Karen Spaustat was driving around in her yellow BMW diluting tanks at night, I think that people were still getting used to $2+ gallon gas, and finding any reason to complain. Barring another conspiracy to tamper with that equipment, the store's Veeder Root system would have detected water in the tanks.Silverspoon wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 4:28 pm
I was working for Fantasys shortly before that, and we had complaints from most of the locations of the same type which led me to believe it wasnt a Sapp Bros issue at all.
... I wouldnt put it past John. He was a crooked business man. He ripped off every front counter employee that worked for him on every check with his car wash bonuses.jessep28 wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 5:18 pmUnless Karen Spaustat was driving around in her yellow BMW diluting tanks at night, I think that people were still getting used to $2+ gallon gas, and finding any reason to complain. Barring another conspiracy to tamper with that equipment, the store's Veeder Root system would have detected water in the tanks.Silverspoon wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 4:28 pm
I was working for Fantasys shortly before that, and we had complaints from most of the locations of the same type which led me to believe it wasnt a Sapp Bros issue at all.
But not all of them had gas.What about the Circle K? Excellentmrsticka wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 4:49 am I wish 7-Eleven was still here in Nebraska. If they were, I'd go there for gas.
I miss those Pina Colada Slurpeesmrsticka wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 4:49 am I wish 7-Eleven was still here in Nebraska. If they were, I'd go there for gas.
Could be that not that many forum members have memberships to those places?Omaha Cowboy wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 10:04 pm With gas prices on the rise recently, I remain mildly surprised at how little Costco or Sam’s have been mentioned for primary fuel purchases...
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