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Originally Posted by sammyg2
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So let's say that took a week. then it was shipped to a distributor, and maybe it sat for another week. then it was delivered to the station, where it was mixed with gas in an underground tank that had been sitting there for a couple weeks, and it sits there for another week until you buy it.
That gas is nearly a month old when you filled up worst case scenario.
In your case making sure yo go to a high volume dealer is even more important.
Joe's fillin' station out on route 9 where they sell maybe 200 gallons a week is probably not the hot ticket.  |
I used to think some went a little over the top being afraid of bad gas. I had never had a problem until 2 years ago, I had filled up my 57 Merc with Super just before summer came to a close. The next spring, it ran horribly...gas had gone bad. I had never had this happen before and i have cars sitting over a year without a problem. I recognized that the station I go to sells very little super and it had probably be sitting around for a long time. Now, my last fill up before winter is regular and I toss in some sta-bil.