Sunoco vs Other

[lurk3r]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: lurk3r

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: lurk3r

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
You, and your car, will not know the diff between any gas.

The only real difference is the stations and their pumps. If the tanks leak, bad filters, etc...

I had a friend that was a brand queen. Would only use 1 brand. So I told him when I used his car I filled it with another brand. Well he swore up and down his car was weaker, milage had dropped, etc... after he said that I gave him the reciept that came from the same station he always used. Then he tried to come up with another reason...


Gas is gas.

Wrong, just wrong, I mistakenly put the 87 in my tank last week, and there was a noticable loss in power, nearly a full second 0-60. The altima is rated for 87 octane, but mine performs noticalbly better with 89, 89-93 dosen't make any difference.

Just because YOU don't notice a differnce dosen't mean that noone will.

That is not rated by the quality of gas but the octane rating. Yes a lot of cars will perform better with higher octane gas. Of course a lot of cars do better with higher octane gas as the owner is to stupid to take care of their car properly and as such will not perform on the gas it was made for.

Also you do know that there is no 89 octane. 89 at stations is a mix of 87 and the high octane (92 or 93).

Quality =/= Octane rating.

Wow, now you've called me too stupid to take care of my car properly just because what I observe proves your opinions wrong, good argument!

For the record, all scheduled maintence has been done, and I've observed the same results on this car, (and most of my other cars) since it was brand new.

and no octane rating is not quality, but it does lead directly to more efficient combustion, the engine can advance the ignition farther, increasing the compression ratio at which combustion occurs, which produces more power and wastes less of the gas making the engine more efficient.

If you want to keep your head in the sand, enjoy yourself.

Just because you follow what is in the book does not mean it is working correct.

I was ASE certified and ran my own shop. So your single observation is not proof of anything, other then you do not know what you are talking about.

And failing at running your own shop is pretty good proof about your knowledge.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: lurk3r

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: lurk3r

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: lurk3r

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
You, and your car, will not know the diff between any gas.

The only real difference is the stations and their pumps. If the tanks leak, bad filters, etc...

I had a friend that was a brand queen. Would only use 1 brand. So I told him when I used his car I filled it with another brand. Well he swore up and down his car was weaker, milage had dropped, etc... after he said that I gave him the reciept that came from the same station he always used. Then he tried to come up with another reason...


Gas is gas.

Wrong, just wrong, I mistakenly put the 87 in my tank last week, and there was a noticable loss in power, nearly a full second 0-60. The altima is rated for 87 octane, but mine performs noticalbly better with 89, 89-93 dosen't make any difference.

Just because YOU don't notice a differnce dosen't mean that noone will.

That is not rated by the quality of gas but the octane rating. Yes a lot of cars will perform better with higher octane gas. Of course a lot of cars do better with higher octane gas as the owner is to stupid to take care of their car properly and as such will not perform on the gas it was made for.

Also you do know that there is no 89 octane. 89 at stations is a mix of 87 and the high octane (92 or 93).

Quality =/= Octane rating.

Wow, now you've called me too stupid to take care of my car properly just because what I observe proves your opinions wrong, good argument!

For the record, all scheduled maintence has been done, and I've observed the same results on this car, (and most of my other cars) since it was brand new.

and no octane rating is not quality, but it does lead directly to more efficient combustion, the engine can advance the ignition farther, increasing the compression ratio at which combustion occurs, which produces more power and wastes less of the gas making the engine more efficient.

If you want to keep your head in the sand, enjoy yourself.

Just because you follow what is in the book does not mean it is working correct.

I was ASE certified and ran my own shop. So your single observation is not proof of anything, other then you do not know what you are talking about.

And failing at running your own shop is pretty good proof about your knowledge.

And how did I fail?

You on the other hand came in and tried to tie a topic of quality with octane. You then tried to show your 1 case proves everybody else is wrong. The only fail I see is your postings.