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From: Steve Sobol on 10 Jun 2010 02:22 In article <784d8a65-f699-4559-9e32-7dd891b24e28 @c10g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>, jgrove24(a)hotmail.com says... > Anyways, I'd boycott Exxon Mobil which screwed AK fishermen and > basically skated away with a Supreme Court cut > in damages. And Exxon had to BUY MOBIL in order to get a "clean name" > for retail stations. How many "Exxons" are left in states like CA ?? A few; not very many. I recall one in Riverside County along I-215 and one in the West Los Angeles/Beverly Hills/Culver City area. -- Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA sjsobol(a)JustThe.net
From: bugo on 10 Jun 2010 02:26 "The Real Bev" <bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hup4sc$2qb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 06/09/10 07:28, Scott in SoCal wrote: > >> The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> said: >> >>>OK, there's one of those across from the other Arco station I use. I >>>don't >>>know its brand either, but I'll try to remember the brand and the price >>>next >>>time I pass. My guess: 20 cents difference. I've never understood why >>>people >>>will pay 20 cents a gallon more for the same thing in the same place. >> >> It will be interesting to see if the difference is really that huge. > > Don't hold your breath, it may be weeks... > >>>> Speaking of Costco gasoline: I used to drive past the one on Grant in >>>> Tucson pretty regularly; the gas station part was right next to the >>>> street and clearly visible. I can't recall a time when that Costco gas >>>> station was NOT completely packed with people waiting to pull up to a >>>> pump. Are the ones in SoCal crowded like that? >>> >>>Yes, unless you go early in the morning (6am to 9:30am). I've also hit >>>one >>>that was near-deserted at 5:50, when the store closed at 6:00. >> >> That might explain why some people pay 20c/gallon more to avoid >> waiting. Also, if they're not members of Costco, they don't have that >> option anyway. > > Not my problem. We all make choices, and mine is to be a Costco member > and to fill up at non-crowded hours. All it takes is a little > forethought. The membership itself is worth it, the gas is just lagniappe. > >>>> Also, last time I checked, Costco does not sell "Top Tier" gasoline, >>>> nor can they. According to them, "Costco cannot currently do this as >>>> we buy from a variety of refiners and distributors around the country >>>> and do not own our own truck terminals where the additives are blended >>>> with the fuel." Now, you may argue about the added value from a Top >>>> Tier gasoline vs. the standard tier fuel that Costco sells, especially >>>> if you drive an old pickup truck, but for me it's an added bonus. >>> >>>What makes it 'top tier' besides price? >> >> Cleaning additives. > > If you clean the crud off your cylinder walls you might then need a ring > job -- > or worse. Cheap gas is cheaper. > >>>The '88 Caddy is perfectly happy with Costco/Arco regular. >> >> Does it have a curburetor? :) > > No. Fuel injection. I know NOTHING about FI except that it's not a > cArburetor. Probably throttle body fuel injection. Caddys might have had multipoint FI in 1988 but few if any other GM engines used it that early.
From: US 71 on 10 Jun 2010 06:22 "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote >> >> Do you have BP stations? I don't think we have those in SoCal; at least I >> don't remember seeing one. > > Yep. All the old amoco ones. > MOST of the old Amoco. If you're talking Chicagoland, most went BP, a few changed brands, a small handful went independent
From: Steve Sobol on 11 Jun 2010 10:40 In article <ri0q06pr480nqo79o208jqjbtn4s8s978g(a)4ax.com>, scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com says... > > Last time on rec.autos.driving, Steve Sobol <sjsobol(a)JustThe.net> > said: > > >> Clearly more data is called for. > > > >Right, because I have no clue what I'm talking about. > > Ever heard of "Confirmation Bias," Steve? It's very real, and we all > suffer from it. If you're honest, you'll have to admit the possibility > that your casual observations of price may have been subject to this > sort of perceptual filtering. Sure. Everyone is, including you. By the way, I didn't have the chance to check near my house, but at Nisqualli Road x Hesperia Road yesterday evening, 3.09/gal at the Chevron, 2.87/gal at the Arco. There isn't always a huge difference, but at this intersection, more often than not, it's at least 10c/gal. -- Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA sjsobol(a)JustThe.net
From: AZ Nomad on 11 Jun 2010 13:23
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:45:54 -0400, necromancer <Zidane's_Last_Red_Card(a)worldofnecromancer_no_spam_no_way.org> wrote: >...Please do get together and go ahead with your boycott of BP >stations. I'll be sure to patronize the BP stations that you are The only person you'll hurt with such a tactic is the individual station owner. It won't affect BP one bit. The only way you can avoid buying BP gas is to stop buying gas altogether. It's a commodity item and all sources are pooled together. |