Reader Poll: Gas pumping preference.

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Jun 24, 2008 | 05:40 PM

Orlando 4000S

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Reader Poll: Gas pumping preference.

Who shys away from the gas stations that have all 3 grades pumping through a single hose?

Personally unless I'm on extreme empty I go for the one that has a separate hose for each grade. That way I know that every drop was 93 octane.

This link shows 2 tenths of a gallon are left in the hose. So how can you calculate the profit made every time a "premium" customer pulls up right after a "regular" customer?

^^^ Never mind...it would wash when the next customer pays regular price for premium gas...<ul><li><a href="http://www.nbc4.com/consumer/16667938/detail.html">http://www.nbc4.com/consumer/16667938/detail.html</a</li></ul>

Jun 24, 2008 | 05:49 PM

Evol

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I don't.

Jun 24, 2008 | 06:10 PM

orblivious

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never thought about it, 1/5 a gallon not a big deal imo.

Jun 25, 2008 | 05:34 AM

TTinGables

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Not me. Although a Citgo near US1 had an interesting octane number

on each button on the pump I pulled up to (a one-hose pump, BTW), they read, respectively:

87.5, 89.5, 93.5

I figured they just didn't have the right stickers, and used those, since all the other pumps I could see looked like the normal ones without the extra half-octane.

Reminded me of Spinal Tap "But these pumps go to 11!"