Bobby57
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I thought I would share my evaluation of Chevron gas as I compared it to other Top Tier 93 octane fuel that I regularly use. I mostly fill with Mobile, and sometimes with Sunoco and Exxon, this mostly being a function of the fact that there are a lot of Mobile stations around me. There are not many Chevron stations around me, but on four occasions within the last same number of months, I found myself with a near empty tank and in the vicinity of a particular Chevron station where I filled up with their 93 octane. Notwithstanding my inherent skepticism of corporate representations of their products, I came away from this with a very positive impression.
My subjective perception is that Chevron gas gave me a decidedly increased pull, and I am very clear that it increased my MPG by at least 4, to around 26/27 MPG (different days/different wind?), as per the objective onboard computer's instrument cluster read-out FYI, I evaluated this on a stretch of I-95 between Kanner Highway in Stuart Florida and Cross Town Parkway in Port Saint Lucie Florida (fairly flat terrain, as is typical in Southern Florida) using cruise control set to 72 MPH. There were some occasions where I had to very briefly slow down to get around traffic, but I still consider my observation to be fairly valid given my four test runs. BTW, my numbers might be lower than yours as a consequence of engine and fuel delivery modifications I have made, so the delta of 4 MPG might be more meaningful than the absolute values.
I have yet to do the calculation of whether the pricer Chevron gas with its increased MPG is cost effective as compared to the other lesser-priced Top Tier fuels. I might get to this in a second round of evaluation where I would visit a number of other stations at the same time and in the same vicinity, what given gas price sensitivity to those two factors.
Anyway, I thought I would throw this out there, for whats its worth to others, and to perhap elicit comments from others who have done similar evaluations.
My subjective perception is that Chevron gas gave me a decidedly increased pull, and I am very clear that it increased my MPG by at least 4, to around 26/27 MPG (different days/different wind?), as per the objective onboard computer's instrument cluster read-out FYI, I evaluated this on a stretch of I-95 between Kanner Highway in Stuart Florida and Cross Town Parkway in Port Saint Lucie Florida (fairly flat terrain, as is typical in Southern Florida) using cruise control set to 72 MPH. There were some occasions where I had to very briefly slow down to get around traffic, but I still consider my observation to be fairly valid given my four test runs. BTW, my numbers might be lower than yours as a consequence of engine and fuel delivery modifications I have made, so the delta of 4 MPG might be more meaningful than the absolute values.
I have yet to do the calculation of whether the pricer Chevron gas with its increased MPG is cost effective as compared to the other lesser-priced Top Tier fuels. I might get to this in a second round of evaluation where I would visit a number of other stations at the same time and in the same vicinity, what given gas price sensitivity to those two factors.
Anyway, I thought I would throw this out there, for whats its worth to others, and to perhap elicit comments from others who have done similar evaluations.
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