From: "Mark" 

BP has been advertising that they're "Beyond Petroleum" but it
sounds like they're also "Beyond Persia"  I don't want
to stick it to the Arabs though, so that's not a selling point, rather I
want the Arab leaders to be toppled so their people can enjoy the profits
from their oil, and I think we're well on the way to that 

I'm not biased against the no-name guys from a quality point of view as I
always knew it was the same stuff, but I think (with absolutely no solid
scientific evidence) that the engine runs better if you feed it the same
stuff each time and there's no way to know which brand the no-namers are
pumping at any given time. 



"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> Most people prefer the brand name, not thinking that the non-brand name
> might be selling brand name gas.  I'm like that to because sometimes the
> non-brand name guys get a "special deal" somewhere of some not so good
> gas.
> I really don't care whether its shell one day and Exxon or BP the next.
>
> Although BP is 100% non-mideast oil I just found out.  So if you want to
> stick it to the Arabs go BP.
>
> Because of the bias against non-brand name gas, the only way they can make
> it these days is if there isn't any competition (i.e. extremely small
> town)
> or if they have the right corner where business is almost guaranteed for
> the
> gas and the related convenience store.
>
> Gary
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:431cea11$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Again not true.  You can have an independent station and sell gas under
>> > your
>> > own label.  You buy your gas from the same wholesaler that the name
> brand
>> > guys buy from.  You might buy shell gas one day and Exxon the next
>> > time.
>> > You just won't sell it under the brand name shell or Exxon.
>>
>> I can count on one finger how many stations like that are still in
> existence
>> in NJ. There used to be hundreds and hundreds of them (I never used them,
> I
>> like having the same brand and grade of gas consistently in the engine)
>> before the first embargo, less of them after and even fewer after the
> Carter
>> shortage; then the big guys must have gotten tired of the buzzing around
>> their ears and made them go away somehow.
>>
>> But yes, you're right, the day they got their delivery, would determine
>> which big name mix they got.
>>
>>
>>
>
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