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SGilbert

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Location
South Bend, IN
RV Year
2018
RV Make
Thor
RV Model
Axis 25.2
RV Length
26
Chassis
Ford E450
Engine
Ford V10
TOW/TOAD
2006 Honda CR-V
Fulltimer
No
Very interesting! 
Luckily, our 2 favorite stations are Costco & Kroger.
However, our favorite motorhome station is/was Love's Truck Stops (mostly due to dog runs)
; Speedway is also out! (It's big around here)

 
In Canada, Safeway has switched to Shell gasoline.
 
We usually use Love's or Kroger. The only problem we had was with a Love's in Norman, OK. Cut the gas mileage by 20%.
 
For engines that sit for long periods of time not running, I'm all about filling with the no ethanol dead dinosaur juice - its usually not Top Tier, mostly unbranded. Top Tier fuel - yes, I heartily recommend it 99 percent of the time - Chevron, Shell or Exxon, usually. But I don't like cleaning carburetors and fuel injection systems from the damage that the ethanol causes in attracting moisture out of the air.

I will readily pay the nearly one dollar extra per gallon that the no ethanol fuel costs because overall, I don't use that much. And my generators, weed eaters, chain saws, lawn mowers and old cars all thank me.

Rick
 
That article is nothing but hogwash. Since I started driving in 1978 I've always used whatever gasoline was cheapest at the fuel station I happened to be. It didn't matter if it was 7-11, Kroger, Circle K, Rebel, or any other mon & pop fuel station. Even fuel at a store in the middle of nowhere while hunting.
People who think their vehicle runs "better" on top tier gas are just deluding themselves and paying extra $$ for nothing.
 
That article is nothing but hogwash. Since I started driving in 1978 I've always used whatever gasoline was cheapest at the fuel station I happened to be. It didn't matter if it was 7-11, Kroger, Circle K, Rebel, or any other mon & pop fuel station. Even fuel at a store in the middle of nowhere while hunting.
People who think their vehicle runs "better" on top tier gas are just deluding themselves and paying extra $$ for nothing.
Eau contrare'!
I've been driving since 1962; 16 years before you.
I've had bad gas & watered gas 3 times. 1 cost me several thousands due to having to discount a car I was selling just to get it sold. Another, I needed to get towed by the Coast Guard after having paid well over $1 more for gas at a marina. The last was a cough & sputter episode 8-10 miles to the closest gas station to 'refresh' the bad gas!
 
Eau contrare'!
I've been driving since 1962; 16 years before you.
I've had bad gas & watered gas 3 times. 1 cost me several thousands due to having to discount a car I was selling just to get it sold. Another, I needed to get towed by the Coast Guard after having paid well over $1 more for gas at a marina. The last was a cough & sputter episode 8-10 miles to the closest gas station to 'refresh' the bad gas!
That has more to do with how much traffic the station gets and consequently how often they're changing out their inventory than if it's "top tier".
 

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