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      09-05-2011, 06:49 PM   #1
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Gas stations in Canada

What gas station do your X3 like the best? Shell V, Esso better than others ? No difference? Not the Husky ethanol stuff though ?
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      09-05-2011, 08:34 PM   #2
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I use Chevron almost all the time, if no Chevron (say in AB), I would use Shell VPower as second choice. Fortunately, Chevron is available in BC, Wash, OR, and (I think) Calif. Esso 91 OK if have to. Never Husky.
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BMW's recommendation, in the US, is for Top Tier gasoline. If you check your owner's manual, it likely says the same in Canada. Top Tier gas stations in Canada are:

Chevron Canada
Esso
PetroCanada
Shell Canada
Sunoco Canada



For those of us in the US, Top Tier brands include many that I have never heard of. The current list is:

76 Stations
Aloha Petroleum
Chevron
Conoco
CountryMark
Entec Stations
Exxon
Holiday Stationstores, Inc.
Kwik Trip / Kwik Star
MFA Oil Co.
Mileage Stations
Mobil
Phillips 66
Quik Trip
Rebel Oil
Road Ranger
Severson Oil
Shell
Texaco
The Somerset Refinery, Inc.
Tri-Par Oil Co.
U.S. Oil

I refuel at Exxon/Mobil and Shell stations. I wish that Sunoco US were a TopTier participant, as I would get a small discount from a friend who owns a Sunoco station.

Last edited by 02420X3; 09-06-2011 at 08:26 PM.. Reason: Oops! I somehow left out Shell Canada. Sorry!
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You missed Shell in the Cdn list of Top Tier gas. There are 5 in Canada. Sunoco is only available in central/eastern Canada. But Chevron is not available outside BC in Canada (AFAIK).
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Shell I don't get discount. Coop has 3c off plus the royalty thing end of year. Esso 1.5c off. Costco has cheap gas but I only fill up my old Pathfinder there. Don't really go to Petro-Can and never go to Husky.
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US manual recommends BP.
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You missed Shell in the Cdn list of Top Tier gas. There are 5 in Canada. Sunoco is only available in central/eastern Canada. But Chevron is not available outside BC in Canada (AFAIK).
Oops! I did a cut-and-paste, so i don't know how I missed Shell. It's been corrected. Thanks for pointing out the error, and apologies to Shell Canada.
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US manual recommends BP.
In US only ever fill up at BP. In Canada, only Shell. They have the best fuel IMO. I wish we got 93 in MB though.
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      09-06-2011, 04:45 PM   #9
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Given that i have a fundamental problem with food stock as a fuel source for cars and only one top tier station (shell) advertises no ethanol in vpower i use it

Of course i think all premium fuels are sans ethanol; but they dont advertise so i dont assume
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Isn't Sunoco out of the retail gasoline business in Ontario? Are the Sunoco stations not rebranded to PetroCan now?
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I use Shell most of the time.....
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I went Gas Bar on my first tank....
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I use a Shell station that has ethenol free gas.
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