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To: LindyBill who wrote (212964)	7/22/2007 9:04:47 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 794035

not true in old days. the most important thing you can do is make sure you are getting a good additive package to save your engine big time problems. i believe standards were mandated for additives about 15 years ago. When this happen some of the majors which has a policy to beef up additives dropped the additional additives and just blended to meet gov regulations. why, seems oil companies didn't have to market gasoline any longer, no need to give away beach balls, glasses etc. demand for their products was no longer a problem. Now if your not the type of person who keeps a car for years you should care about what kind of gas you put in the engine. you will be trading it in long before problems build up.

To: LindyBill who wrote (212964)	7/22/2007 9:25:08 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 794035

I have always believed that all the "hoo-haa" about various brands of gas were "marketing." Here's the difference between minimal standards and top tier.. toptiergas.com Here are the technical details.. toptiergas.com And here are the gasoline retailers who sell the good stuff.. toptiergas.com To someone who trades their vehicle in for a new one every couple of years, what they put in their tank doesn't matter. If one plans to keep driving it until the "wheels fall off", it does. EDIT: One last detail and I'll leave it at that. Modern engines that are well maintained can easily go more than 200,000 miles before any major repairs are needed. My Jeep, which I bought new, has 187,000 miles on the clock and the engine is still as tight as the day I bought it. It's had nothing but the best gas and oil and apparently it likes it.. :-)