Shell Premium Plus Gas?

[Moparsmitty]

Have you guys heard anything about this. It sounds more like a marketing gimmick to me than actually making a better grade of gas. Most gas stations only have two underground tanks (regular and premium with mid grade being a mix of the two at the pump) so if this is an actual different grade of fuel are they going to install more tanks and pumps? If they really wanted to sell a better grade of gas they would take the ethanol out of the existing gas.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/05/31/shell-gas-premium/28254983/

 

[wannadrag]

Nothing new here,i can go to any gas station here in central WI and buy 91 or 92 non ethanol gas.

 

[Budnicks]

Sounds like it will replace the existing Premium gasoline they have now,
just NEW with an anti-wear/anti-water additive...

Sounds like it has a lubricant in it
{maybe like the old Marvel Mystery Oil top cylinder lubricants or Lucas fuel additives}

That was the 1st I've heard of it too

Maybe trying to get an edge on the market, for performance cars that are out today,
owners to buy their Performance Premium gasoline from Shell...

Like the old "Tiger in the tank" adverts from Union 76 years ago

Marketing for sure, the rest will be seen, if it actually is just a ploy or something really good...

 

[coronet340]

The article says nothing about octane rating. Maybe is just the leftover 93 we dont use here!:headbang:

 

[fratzog lover]

Another way to separate you from your money.

 

[1967coronet]

I hauled fuel for 5 yrs. On the gasoline side of things you had {A} premium} grade, { N} regular no lead} and { E } alky to get your 90/10 we picked N & E off the load computer and it would mix in 10% alky along with the N or regular. At the pipeline you would see several tanks lined up ,
Independents , BP , Texaco , Conoco , ect we were all loading the same fuel from the same storage tanks , all of us headed to different stations. Gasoline is traded each day on the market, we all loaded the cheapest fuel as per our dispatchers instruction from several suppliers during the day that could change several times. But ............ its still flowing from the same storage ,just different owners during the course of the day.
Texaco would sell BP fuel , BP would own and sell Shell ect.
Its all the same fuel guys.

Also , bigger volume stations forecast sales when ordering a load of fuel , when the transport shows up and the stations 90/10 tank will only hold 5,000 instead of the 6,000 gal they ordered guess were the other 1000 gal of 90/10 ends up. Its not leaving on the transport.

Last thing, When you pull in to buy fuel if you see a transport off loading do not buy fuel because the underground tank is stirred up, water ect is now suspended in the tank for awhile.

 

[Bruzilla]

Like the old "Tiger in the tank" adverts from Union 76 years ago.

Put a tiger in your tank was Esso (now EXXON) gasoline.

 

[70beeper]

I had also heard all the fuel came out of the same storage tanks & the different brands would put their propriatory additives in at the rack as the trucks were loaded. And were hindered with 91 octane as premium in California.

I hauled fuel for 5 yrs. On the gasoline side of things you had {A} premium} grade, { N} regular no lead} and { E } alky to get your 90/10 we picked N & E off the load computer and it would mix in 10% alky along with the N or regular. At the pipeline you would see several tanks lined up ,
Independents , BP , Texaco , Conoco , ect we were all loading the same fuel from the same storage tanks , all of us headed to different stations. Gasoline is traded each day on the market, we all loaded the cheapest fuel as per our dispatchers instruction from several suppliers during the day that could change several times. But ............ its still flowing from the same storage ,just different owners during the course of the day.
Texaco would sell BP fuel , BP would own and sell Shell ect.
Its all the same fuel guys.

Also , bigger volume stations forecast sales when ordering a load of fuel , when the transport shows up and the stations 90/10 tank will only hold 5,000 instead of the 6,000 gal they ordered guess were the other 1000 gal of 90/10 ends up. Its not leaving on the transport.

Last thing, When you pull in to buy fuel if you see a transport off loading do not buy fuel because the underground tank is stirred up, water ect is now suspended in the tank for awhile.

 

[Oldtimer]

Best overview I've ever heard - regarding what's going on at the pumps (from someone who really should know the inside scoop). While some folks are still tossing moth balls in their tank,
an oldtimer (older than me, lol) approached me the other day and said, I should be adding a cup of diesel fuel per tank of gas, and that I would be surprised, just how much better the old
hot rod would start.... Not only that... the plugs and exhaust system would stay clean as a whistle... Any comment?

 

[Richard Cranium]

It would be a "back to the future" improvement if they would just get the ethanol out of gasoline.

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

There are a few gas stations in Erie, PA selling non-ethanol fuel. It would be nice if they started two hours south in Pittsburgh.

 

[bee71]

Ditto on getting rid of ethanol altogether.

 

[Budnicks]

Put a tiger in your tank was Esso (now EXXON) gasoline.

IIRC it was used similarly for Union 76 here,
1961-1969 promos IIRC, Sparkle Corps Union 76 Service Stations,
I have an old sticker somewhere, I actually worked at one in Antioch...
I don't remember we didn't have Esso stations in Concord Ca,
SF East-Bay Area when I was growing up...

Not sure we had Exxon {affil. of Esso} even until much later years mid 70's maybe

I could be wrong, wouldn't be the 1st time either & won't be the last...LOL

 

[MOPOWER871]

Any non ethonal fuel in n.y.?

 

[ws23jrt]

Ditto on getting rid of ethanol altogether.

I agree. Trying to turn food into fuel has turned out to be a huge bust on all fronts.

I worked on a new construction of an ethanol plant a few years back and learned that their is a net loss for everyone involved when doing this.

If one only used ethanol (for example) to produce ethanol and get it to market there would be a loss.

The gov. addition of tax payer money per gal. to make it work is the only thing that moved investors to make the plants.

These realities about a bad decision being made speak to us that we hire/vote for the wrong folks to help all of us in the long run.

Where are the leaders that are smart and think on their feet? Leaders that put a stop to stupid thinking as a way to the next election?

History shows that important changes are made only when their is no other choice. We need to feel the heat until it burns very hot before we all get it --again--.

Such is the way of natural selection.---Lemmings do this efficiently.

 

[Bruzilla]

I found a station selling ethanol free gas near me using this website http://www.buyrealgas.com/ I found it to be pretty accurate. The gas costs about .35 more, but a tank lasts a longer so it balances out.

I've always been suspicious of gas dealers since I lived in southern Maryland. An outfit named Birch Oil delivered all the gas to all the stations in the area, and I would see the same Birch Oil delivery trucks go from an Exxon, to a Shell, to a Texaco, etc., and I know those trucks may have had multi grades but not multi brands in them.

 

[Runner 68]

I found a station selling ethanol free gas near me using this website http://www.buyrealgas.com/ I found it to be pretty accurate. .

Real accurate there Bruz. There aren't even gas stations where it marks them in my town. It marked a brewery and an oriental grocery store.

 

[Photon440]

Best overview I've ever heard - regarding what's going on at the pumps (from someone who really should know the inside scoop). While some folks are still tossing moth balls in their tank,
an oldtimer (older than me, lol) approached me the other day and said, I should be adding a cup of diesel fuel per tank of gas, and that I would be surprised, just how much better the old
hot rod would start.... Not only that... the plugs and exhaust system would stay clean as a whistle... Any comment?

I think that would be a bad idea. Not that a cup in a whole tank would do much, but diesel is designed to detonate. It has between 15-25 octane and would lower your tank's rating. True, it has a little more energy than gasoline for the same volume but a more likely car to benefit would be a low compression econobox that is designed for low octane gas in the first place. Do a search and you'll find a lot of people who claim that it improves mileage, and a lot of other people who have tried it and had problems with plug fouling, pinging and smoke.

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Real accurate there Bruz. There aren't even gas stations where it marks them in my town. It marked a brewery and an oriental grocery store.

Are you saying that the brewery is ethanol free?

 

[Lelo 500]

Around here 91 octane, ethanol free gas is called marine grade gas.

 

[Canyon707]

leaded 112 blue Sonoma Raceway 9.19 gal I do like the color and of course what it does.