Gasoline Question

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

My 100% gas station blew up a week ago Saturday. Don't know what I'm gonna do now. [V]

That must be the station I seen all burnt out. It looked like a older station.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

My 100% gas station blew up a week ago Saturday. Don't know what I'm gonna do now. [V]

The S&S Market on 61st and 33rd West Avenue has 100 percent gas. It's a Shamrock station.

Thanks I will mark that station down along with the others. Next time I'm in "T" Towne I'll know exactly where to go for good fuel..[8D][]

[T Badd]

There's a Phillips 66 west of 129th E. Ave. and 31st St. that sells 100% gas. It's usually a few cents higher than their Regular (10% ethanol). The prices are usually comparable to the QT on the corner. Went up a few mpg on my 100mi/day commute once I stopped using QT gas.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by T Badd

There's a Phillips 66 west of 129th E. Ave. and 31st St. that sells 100% gas. It's usually a few cents higher than their Regular (10% ethanol). The prices are usually comparable to the QT on the corner. Went up a few mpg on my 100mi/day commute once I stopped using QT gas.

Indeed, I also go up in MPG's when I use pure gasoline plus my old heap runs much better and has more pep and pickup. I need to remember that Phillips 66 station, there's also a Phillips 66 truck stop at 166th street near I-44 (the old Bruces truck stop) The pumps there have no stickers as to what is in the gasoline.. The Shell Station on 11th & 129th and 31st and 129th don't sell 100% gasoline the pump stickers tell you all gas-grades are blended. Shell is normally said to be good gasoline. The Flying "J" Truck stop on 129th  has no pump stickers telling you what is in their gasoline but they do have some of the lowest fuel prices around. If they would only put stickers on all the pumps it would help out alot. Thanks.[B)]

[T Badd]

The Flying J (Conoco Truck stop at 129th and Admiral) now has 10% ethanol stickers on their pumps...but they had Regular for $2.89 this morning!  

I hate their pumps, though. They make you swipe your card...pause...input your ZIP code...pause...decline to use their fuel card (if you're not a trucker)...pause...THEN choose your grade and start pumping. I'm usually heading to the highway in a hurry most mornings, and it seems to make a quick pit stop take forever!

[AngieB]

sauerkraut -- if you move here will you stop referring to Tulsa as "T" Towne? [B)] []

[Conan71]

I had to go back to OKC yesterday on business.  After seeing gas at $2.92 on Saturday, it's anywhere from $2.95 to $3.09 yesterday.  That's an oddity about OKC vs. Tulsa on fuel pricing is that Tulsa seems to go blanket on price except for retailers of "100%", while you will see a variety of pricing all over OKC.

Might have to do with QT's semi-monopoly on the Tulsa fuel market.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

sauerkraut -- if you move here will you stop referring to Tulsa as "T" Towne? [B)] []

I have some Tulsa friends that call Tulsa "T" Town and they live there. Is that not a nick-name for the city of Tulsa?[]

[AngieB]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

sauerkraut -- if you move here will you stop referring to Tulsa as "T" Towne? [B)] []

I have some Tulsa friends that call Tulsa "T" Town and they live there. Is that not a nick-name for the city of Tulsa?[]

It just so out of date.

I guess it's OK if you're 87 years old. []

[Hoss]

I believe the Sinclair station at Admiral and Memorial (just east of the glasses store on the south side of Admiral; the old Gitngo) is advertising no ethanol, but they are charging a premium.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

sauerkraut -- if you move here will you stop referring to Tulsa as "T" Towne? [B)] []

I have some Tulsa friends that call Tulsa "T" Town and they live there. Is that not a nick-name for the city of Tulsa?[]

Only the stoners call it T-Town. [)]

[nathanm]

quote:Originally posted by Hoss


I think he's talking about MTBE; I don't think it's lawful to use it in OK anymore.  I know several people using kits to test gasoline that tests the purity of gasoline (i.e. how much ethanol/methanol is in it or any other additive) and the stuff here doesn't contain MTBE to my knowledge.

Even if they're not using ethanol or MTBE, the EPA requires they use some sort of oxygenate. What that would be other than those two, I don't know.

My old heap doesn't care whether it's burning 90/10 ethanol or "regular" gas. I get pretty much the same mileage either way, but I have a lead foot.

My new(er) heap actually sees a small mileage difference, oddly enough, as does my SO's truck. There's not enough difference to justify the extra cost in fuel and dollars to drive out of my way to a station that sells non-ethanol fuel and pay more for it.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

I believe the Sinclair station at Admiral and Memorial (just east of the glasses store on the south side of Admiral; the old Gitngo) is advertising no ethanol, but they are charging a premium.

Yeah the pure gasoline does cost more but you save money by getting better gas mileage. A gallon of pure gasoline lasts longer, and goes farther than a gallon of ethanol plus pure gasoline has more power. Ethanol is cheaper because it gets a government subsidy I believe. The QT stores in Omaha sell ethanol 10 cents cheaper than pure gasoline and they do sell pure gasoline all over in Omaha as the  "regular" grade and the pumps are marked, the middle greade or "plus" grade has the ethanol in it and is cheaper... Currently gasoline is $2.92 in Omaha and still over $3.00 a gallon in Columbus, Ohio. In Nashville, TN gasoline is still around $3.80 a gallon (or it was a few days ago)

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by nathanm

My old heap doesn't care whether it's burning 90/10 ethanol or "regular" gas. I get pretty much the same mileage either way, but I have a lead foot.

I drive a 1993 Oldsmobile 98 Regency Elite, the old workhorse 3.8 litre V6 GM engine.  I have been buying my gas at the Quicktrip at 31st & Yale for at least 10 years now, and have not noticed any significant drop in gas mileage.  But I have a "feather foot", coasting when all possible, and avoiding quick starts and wastefull braking.  In town, I get about 18 mpg with normal starts & stops.  On the highway, the old gal still gets about 30 mpg, even using the A/C.