Top Tier gas....Do you use it?

[coltle6920]

Top Tier gas isn't a cureall for an older vehicle but it will help keep a clean engine cleaner.Over the last few years the price has become competitive enough that there really isn't any excuse to not use it if available.

My F150 is only 10yrs old but to breeze through emission tests is a blessing compared to what I went through with my last vehicle.

What say you?

 

[the ringo kid]

Nope, im about to just get back on the road, and I AINT-paying 40 cents a gallon more.

 

[coltle6920]

Nope, im about to just get back on the road, and I AINT-paying 40 cents a gallon more.

Sorry to hear that,Ringo. Around here it's the around the same price and even sometimes cheaper depending on the local competition.

 

[Zipdog]

Top Tier gas isn't a cureall for an older vehicle but it will help keep a clean engine cleaner.Over the last few years the price has become competitive enough that there really isn't any excuse to not use it if available.

My F150 is only 10yrs old but to breeze through emission tests is a blessing compared to what I went through with my last vehicle.

What say you?

Completly wrong.

 

[NYlakesider]

Top Tier gas isn't a cureall for an older vehicle but it will help keep a clean engine cleaner.Over the last few years the price has become competitive enough that there really isn't any excuse to not use it if available.

My F150 is only 10yrs old but to breeze through emission tests is a blessing compared to what I went through with my last vehicle.

What say you?

I live quite rural and top tear gas is not available up here. I would only use it in my Corvette anyway, my DD 4x4 and my wife's SUV just gets generic 87 octane.


What I do use in my Corvette is none ethanol high test. To me that is the most important criteria for this life long gear-head (now 71)

FWIW I get a few 5 gallon cans of none E, for use in all my two stroke toys and tools

 

[PatriotX]

While the base stock is fungible, the additive package differs substantially between producers.

I prefer Marathon, only because it's the last domestically-owned top-tier producer.


Please note, this is not a discussion of octane.

 

[italiansport]

My 27 year old Corvette calls for Premium but I use Regular unleaded in it most of the time. This car is driven less than 1000 per year and I doubt it makes much difference as I only fill it a few times.
Jim

 

[Arik]

Nope. My last car went over 300k on 87. That's all I use.

Also I've never seen 93 or 95 cost less than 87

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[kwselke]

I've always used what the vehicle owner's manual recommends. I've never owned a vehicle with an owners manual that recommended anything other than regular gasoline. If the engineers that designed the car do not recommend premium, why buy it? Gasoline is a commodity which is graded, if you do not need the higher grade why pay for it?

 

[walkin jack]

My F-150 is 12 years old with almost 99K miles on it and it still runs like it did the day I drove it off the lot with 11 miles on it. I may need it some day but I don't so far.

I don't think I'll ever buy another one though. I can't wear it out and I would like a new truck. Miss Pam says "What's wrong with the one you have now. I can't come up with a thing.

 

[regalsc]

My 27 year old Corvette calls for Premium but I use Regular unleaded in it most of the time. This car is driven less than 1000 per year and I doubt it makes much difference as I only fill it a few times.
Jim

If it calls for premium I would use premium. The engine might spark knock under a load with regular. I found this out when I bought my Buick equipped with a supercharger. It called for premium but I thought I would just use regular but it would spark knock with regular. Fourteen years later & using premium it still runs great.

 

[coltle6920]

While the base stock is fungible, the additive package differs substantially between producers.

I don't know about substantial differences but there are definitely minimum requirements to be able to be called Top Tier gas.

 

[coltle6920]

Nope. My last car went over 300k on 87. That's all I use.

Also I've never seen 93 or 95 cost less than 87

Top Tier gas has nothing to do with octane. It deals with detergents added to gasoline.If a gas station sells Top Tier gas then it applies to every octane sold there.

 

[Arik]

Top Tier gas has nothing to do with octane. It deals with detergents added to gasoline.If a gas station sells Top Tier gas then it applies to every octane sold there.

So how do you know it's top tier. We have 87, 89, 93. That's it. Nothing else to note anything about anything

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[coltle6920]

If you want to talk octane then start another thread. Top Tier gas is about additives in the gas to minimize deposits on the injectors,lifters and combustion chamber. It is a licensed and highly regulated product.

If you are interested then this might help...
Home | Top Tier Gas

The website lists every dealer that currently sells Top Tier gas.

 

[kwselke]

So how do you know it's top tier. We have 87, 89, 93. That's it. Nothing else to note anything about anything

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It's all about the supplements dude! Supplements bring a higher price than quantifiable attributes like octane levels. I only put natural, organic, gluten free gasoline in my tank; but I do toss in a bit more caffeine because you never know when the extra energy may be needed.

 

[ralph7]

Around here, most of the name brand stations are also top tier, so yes that is where I go, the prices are too close to go to some one-off foreign bearded guy's convenience store/station.

I am sorry to see some folks still believe the myth that premium fuel is better than regular.
If the manufacturer says to use regular, you are doing nothing but wasting your money buying premium, I don't care what your dad or grandad did.

 

[the ringo kid]

Sorry to hear that,Ringo. Around here it's the around the same price and even sometimes cheaper depending on the local competition.

If it were the same or closer to the same price? id use it.

 

[the ringo kid]

My F-150 is 12 years old with almost 99K miles on it and it still runs like it did the day I drove it off the lot with 11 miles on it. I may need it some day but I don't so far.

I don't think I'll ever buy another one though. I can't wear it out and I would like a new truck. Miss Pam says "What's wrong with the one you have now. I can't come up with a thing.

Tell her the same thing when she wants new shoes, clothes or a purse?

 

[Kanewpadle]

Top tier gas IS better. But if you use an additive regularly then it's a push.
Study: Top Tier Gasoline Worth the Extra Price - Consumer Reports

People seem to think that only a few major brands are top tier. They're wrong.