[V8] Fuel Rant

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

Sorry, I was responding to something and realized, I'd gone off  
track,so I changed the header. Pretty sure I've posted this before,  
but since there are a lot of new people.... I need to back this up  
with the fact there are 3 refineries within "local" distance with me,  
and I know some refinery people...When it was ARCO(before  
BP)....".they" told me not to  buy ARCO  regular(which I would never  
do in the audi/saabs(required premium).....They made "regular" gas,  
then adjusted for octane.   Most of the stuff that would become"light  
waste" end's up in the regular tank(volatile's that are not   
marketable).  The "heavys"  end up in our roads/foofing/etc....Tank  
#2 has the "lighter gas".They add Toluene/light volatiles to adjust   
octane to make the higher grades.  It's against their interest to  
have to add more Toluene/light volatiles to make up for "lower  
grade"(toluene/light volatile's are pricy)(, and thus, the higher  
grade gas, is cleaner/better(come's off the top as it were).  That  
would be tank #2.....Just for the record..Tank #1 tak'e's twice as  
long to clean as tank #2....We're talking 100,000 gallon tanks)BP for  
instance ships to many different stations, and the end users add  
whatever additives they feel necessary(V-power/techron etc.......Not  
saying that BP is making fuel fo shell/chevron, but you get the  
picture......not sure at this point who's making who's stuff, as it's  
changed a lot in the last 10 yrs....For all of you, fresh Premium is  
all that matters, and the no-name place right out of the Holland  
tunnel, could easily be better than the Chevron in Pinedale  
WY?......You all know your Audi needs premium, but if you have a  
vehicle that says it could use regular....I'd suggest you use the  
midgrade.....Tom