---- Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> It really is all the same gas.  Up here (Sacramento), the fuel is pumped to
> a local distribution center through a pipeline from the Bay Area.  The fuel
> coming through that pipeline comes from many of the refineries in the Bay
> Area (Shell, Chevron, Tesoro).  It all gets intermingled in the holding
> tanks before it goes into the trucks for local delivery.  The additives go
> in when the truck is filled.  The additives, which nothing more than
> engine-cleaning substances, cost less than .01 cent per gallon and only
> equal a few parts per million.

and are there if at all, for marketing reasons.  mcneely

> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Old Volks Home
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Arco Lies!!!
> 
> Ah, it may come from the same oil, even the same refinery, but
> proprietary brand additives (as well as the Ethanol) are added at the
> time it is dispensed into the tanker truck before delivery to a
> designated station.
> 
> If BMW and Mercedes have approved of Chevron/Texaco's Techroline
> (Techron) for use in their autos, then that says a lot to me.  When I
> HAVE to use an independent brand, such as the local USA Gasoline
> station (never ARCO of course), I usually have a bottle of Techroline
> to toss in as well.
> 
> Union 76 (Unocal) went 'round and 'round with the legal beagles years
> ago about inappropriate use of their propritary additives other brands
> were illegally using.
> 
> In LA, ARCO's refinery is in Wilmington.  Chevron/Texaco's is in El
> Segundo, several miles away.  How can it be the same gas?
> 
> -- 
> Jim Thompson
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> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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> 
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> > Arco gas is exactly like all other gas in your area. It all comes from the
> > same pipeline and may have been manufactured by Arco today, Mobile
> tomorrow
> > or Conoco the next. The oil industry has been run this way since before my
> > Uncle retired from a Arco pipeline terminal near Buffalo NY 25 years ago.
> >
> > The only thing trucked in is the ethanol that's mixed with your gas.
> >
> > Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> > www.stir-plate.com
> > www.towercooler.com
> > www.kegkits.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> > Old Volks Home
> > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:56 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Arco Lies!!!
> >
> > ARCO is garbage gas anyway.  Engines run crappy after awhile unless I
> throw
> > some Techron in it.  I will only use "top tier gasoline, such as Chevron,
> > Union 76 or Conoco-Phillips 66.  No ARCO, Exxon or Shell for me.
> >
> > Just my opinion of course, YMMV
> >
> > --
> > Jim Thompson
> > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> > 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
> > Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012 oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> > http://www.oldvolkshome.com Find me on Facebook:
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> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I think anyone that watches TV has seen the rather dumb commercial by
> Arco
> >> with people celebrating the fact tha Arco no longer charges 35 cents to
> > use
> >> a credit card other than theirs at their gas pumps.  Well, it's NOT
> TRUE!!
> >> The 35 cent charge is still in effect, ran in to it both times I tried to
> >> use and Arco station to fuel on last months trip.  So I suggest we stay
> >> away from Arco stations in our travels.

--
David McNeely