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Originally Posted by DavyNM
only Exxon stations in my area have credit vs cash prices for gas. for premium, cash price is 10 cents off. I almost never fill up at that Exxon because that station is almost always empty. I stay away from stations like that because someone told me busy gas stations have fresher gas.(not sure how right that statement is)  |
A gasoline test done by a UK car mag found some same brand gasoline differences in the testing.
One explanation was -- at least with stations offering discount gasoline -- since the station depended upon low prices -- often the bulk gasoline while cheaper was at the lower end of the quality threshold.
The 2nd explanation was stale gasoline. Since this gasoline test used high octane gasoline which was expensive the turn over in the high octane gasoline could be slow. The recommendation was to buy gasoline from a busy station. A busy station was a good sign the gasoline was fresh(er).
As an aside I would fill up at a discount station and while fueling the car would look over at a Chevron gasoline station with gas prices in the range of $1 more per gallon at least for 91 which my cars used. The discount station was busy all the time. The Chevron station had cobwebs over its pumps...