| I have family that works for Sunoco. Awhile ago I posted some information that was outdated. I talked to my family members that work for Sunoco. Here's the deal. You don't really *know* what kind of gas you are getting from a gas station. So if you go to Exxon you *might* get Exxon gas or you might get Generic gas. When you own a station, if you want a brand associated with it (ie Exxon, Shell, etc) you are under contract to buy X amount of gas from them. So they might be required to by 55% of their gas from Exxon. The other 45% can be generic. So they can charge you more for the brand name when you could be getting generic gas. There are a few stations that buy soley their brand gas. However, there aren't a whole lot of those and you can't tell. Even if you see an Exxon tank pull up, it could still be Generic gas in the tank. So what do you do? Basically find a gas station where you get good gas mileage and then stick with it. If it's sporatic mileage, then they might be using several distributors. Don't worry about the quality. If Citgo starts to run out of gas in their tanks, they might be pulling from Sunoco. So potentially you could be getting Sunoco gas at your Citgo station. Now in the late 70's early 80's it was different. I had posted that information earlier and it's outdated. Before it used to be stricter....meaning you actually got Sunoco at a Sunoco gas station. Also, keep the following in mind. Even those these stations are required to buy X amount from their brand, they don't always do. They might buy 35% of their gas from Exxon instead of the required 55%. So what is Exxon going to do? Are they going to pull their name from their station? Most likely not, because they are still selling gas to that station. A lot of people are worried about getting water in their tank from cheap gas. This is an urban legend. There is no water in gas. Where water comes in to play is when the tank gets condensation. Water is heavier than gas, so it sinks to the bottom. The gas gets pulled from the bottom of the tank plus some height. The heigh is to keep you from sucking in water and dirt. You can get water in the tank when they fill up the tanks because it stirs the dirt & water up. You can also get it when the tanks have built up enough water and haven't been cleaned.
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