Citgo gas for the old iron - Page 2

Thadd McNamara · July 4th, 2009

Just a quickie...Citgo is the Venezualan nationalized gas company. I can't think of any reason to buy it.
My wife was a dedicated Target shopper until she discovered that the company(target) is pouring huge amounts of money and support into Hammas and the Taliban...Man life was simpler when I was a kid

simplyconnected · July 4th, 2009

Rawja, I don't think they read the snopes post.
Maybe we should all run out and spend as much stimulus money on Communist Chinese goods from Wal*Mart as we can, to clothe our children and stock our homes. Oh wait, we've been doing that for many years. That's why all our factories are in the orient, now. Unemployment in Detroit is America's highest; FIFTEEN PERCENT and rising. We're saving money, now!

70 Electra · July 4th, 2009

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Originally Posted by old-tank

...So, since Citgo is the only gas that is 'real' ...

Willie,
Why do you say (or how do you know) that Citgo does not have 10% ethanol? Since there is no requirement to label the pumps for "up to 10%" ethanol, I'm curious as to how you are able to be confident this brand has zero alcohol.

Thanks,
Greg

old-tank · July 4th, 2009

Greg
The other local gas is labeled 10% and I asked the station owner who asked his supplier and was told no alky was present.
Willie

LINC400 · July 8th, 2009

I used to avoid any station with gas that contained ethanol. Initially it was places like Quickiemart or Speedway. However, many years ago even Mobil, Shell and even Citgo added ethanol. There has not been a single place in Chicago or the suburbs where you can buy gas without ethanol for many years. It doesn't seem to bother the '94 Buick much, but the '70's Lincolns ran worse and got worse mileage.

I take that back, the '94 Buick just had to have a rather expensive fuel system cleaning not long ago. It only gets name brand gas and is floored frequently, so there should have been no carbon or other build up.

old-tank · July 8th, 2009

As I stated earlier, the 10% ethanol sold locally is probably because of price. In other areas it is mandated for pollution control. On my recent trip to the BCA national meet in Colorado Springs half of the fillups were 10% ethanol with gas mileage of 13.8-15 mpg vs 15.5-17.8 with the good stuff. In the past before ethanol I routinely got poorer economy from gas around major metro areas, especially if dispensed from vapor recovery nozzles. Gas with 10% cannot be avoided when traveling, but while I still have a choice locally it will not be 10% ethanol.
Willie

Rawja · July 9th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Thadd McNamara

My wife was a dedicated Target shopper until she discovered that the company(target) is pouring huge amounts of money and support into Hammas and the Taliban...

That's gotta be one of the craziest things I've ever heard. It's so crazy in fact that I can't even find one looney out there on the internets making that assertion. I don't mean any disrespect, but WOW! Sometimes a little credulity is in order. Tell your wife to go back to Target, I hear they're running a sale on burkas this week.

Given the choice I'll take Citgo over the rest of 'em. Lesser of the assorted evils IMO.

Everything in metro NYC has been 10% ethanol for a long while now, no choice. It apparently is better for the air, but it is annoying to pay more for less, though 'round here we're used to it.

Dan Cook · July 11th, 2009

All that about the Target stores is BS too. It's on Snopes somewhere.

Dan

wings · July 12th, 2009

The only other thing that is BS on this subject is the " I have trouble using food for fuel " thought. If you ever took the time to understand the beauty of ethanol by visiting a plant sometime you would get the full picture. Here in Nebraska they are everywhere and they are important part of our economy. By the way farmers are the only ones saving this country right now, being the last ones to make a truly American product. It's hard to outsource growing corn and beans.

As the ethanol is made, just as in beer or whiskey, there is a steaming hot sweet mash left over after distilling. That product is then sold to cattlemen and feed to create BEEF. Last I checked that was food. Nothing is wasted, clean fuel is made, the cattle love the product and the corn when grown cleans the air using carbon dioxide .

old-tank · July 12th, 2009

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Originally Posted by wings

The only other thing that is BS on this subject is the " I have trouble using food for fuel " thought. If you ever took the time to understand the beauty of ethanol by visiting a plant sometime you would get the full picture. Here in Nebraska they are everywhere and they are important part of our economy. By the way farmers are the only ones saving this country right now, being the last ones to make a truly American product. It's hard to outsource growing corn and beans.

As the ethanol is made, just as in beer or whiskey, there is a steaming hot sweet mash left over after distilling. That product is then sold to cattlemen and feed to create BEEF. Last I checked that was food. Nothing is wasted, clean fuel is made, the cattle love the product and the corn when grown cleans the air using carbon dioxide .

I will ignore you until you google "food vs, fuel" and become informed.
Willie