What about Marathon gas?
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From: Dexter, MI
What about Marathon gas?
Marathon gas is common in this neck of the woods. It is advertised as having STP added to it. Their web site says its great (what else would we expect?). I know some of you have praised Chevron and Texaco, but they are not available in this area. What, if anything have you heard or experienced with the Marathon brand of regular, unleaded?
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I've always had good results with Marathon gas no matter where I find it. That's all that
I would use when there was a station close to my house, but then the station had a fire, closed down and became a Mobile dealer. Now I have to go farther away to find it. But yes, Marathon is good stuff.
I would use when there was a station close to my house, but then the station had a fire, closed down and became a Mobile dealer. Now I have to go farther away to find it. But yes, Marathon is good stuff.
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The base gasoline arrives at most points in the upper mid-west via only one or two pipelines [yes, I'm aware that they have a large refinery in the detroit area] and each companies propriatary additives are blended after the gasoline arrives in, say, Greenbay or Duluth. Marathon even has a storage facility in Pasadena, Tx., and a Refinery in Texas City, I do believe, even though there isn't a Marathon station in the greater Houston area, or even in that state that I've ever seen. My father hauled gas from the Detroit facility all over the state for decades. That is where your fuel comes from, and it's as good as Shell, BP, and Exxon/Mobil.
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i use BP and before that tecico, but we no longer have texico stations around, they all moved south. Ford recomends BP, thier in bed together I would say is the biggest reason ford recomends it. We just happen to have a BP station in our small town. I think all the name brands are good, I never had gas problems no matter what brand I use. I want use citgo because of that fat head in South America getting the revenues to MF us with. Marathon, BP, shell, texico are all good in my opinion. When I was a kid, there was a million different name brand gas stations like philips 66, sincliar, sohio, 76 and so on, there's only a few now.
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Wendell, which devil is better: Hugo Chavez, or the terrorist-supporting OPEC?
We're stuck either way.
I use BP, Mobil or Road Ranger (local to central/northern Hellinois) for the most part, because they're 'on the way' so to speak. Truck likes Shell too, but it's not as handy to get to.
We're stuck either way.
I use BP, Mobil or Road Ranger (local to central/northern Hellinois) for the most part, because they're 'on the way' so to speak. Truck likes Shell too, but it's not as handy to get to.
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My buddy used to drive an 18 wheeler that delivered to the stations. The additives are put in when they fill his truck. Small station owners will not put in the additives to try and keep the price competitive to the bigger stations. Additives run 4-5 cents per gallon for the station owners.
No matter where you buy your gas put fuel system cleaner in. Do it more when buying from independent stations. Pull you air cleaner off and see how the brown residual is building up. I use cleaner about 8 to 10 tank fulls and each spring I use a spray intake cleaner.
No matter where you buy your gas put fuel system cleaner in. Do it more when buying from independent stations. Pull you air cleaner off and see how the brown residual is building up. I use cleaner about 8 to 10 tank fulls and each spring I use a spray intake cleaner.
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There isn't any option better, but I know that citgo is owned and run by fat head. As for the over seas oil, it may come frome our buddies in Iraq or Kwait, don't know for sure. I know we don't buy oil from Iran. A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush, I know where citgo oil comes from, 70% of the oil we use comes from over here, so it could be mexican, canadain or even american from a alaska, the gulf or texas. However, citgo comes from fat head.
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Wendell, I'd rather buy from a fathead than from someone who wants to take mine off for their religion.
Anyway...
Follow the link for info on crude oil and petroleum imports:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html
Anyway...
Follow the link for info on crude oil and petroleum imports:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html