Pure Gas Stations

mcconned · Post by **mcconned** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:44 am

I cannot vouch to the accuracy and/or validity of this information but thought I'd post anyhow. It's a listing of station with pure gas. Pure gas as in no ethanol!

http://pure-gas.org/

minicoopers43 · Post by **minicoopers43** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:54 pm

I didn't see it on the list but Hy-Vee in Lee's Summit off Ward just got a gas station last month and it has pure gas.
http://goo.gl/maps/ArhJR

mcconned · Post by **mcconned** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:15 pm

Reading the website closer, it appears they depend on the "subscribers" to post the info. It's a good basis to start with.

BLUGOOSE · Post by **BLUGOOSE** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:56 pm

The Hy Vee across from St Lukes on Barry Rd just opened their gas station and it too has non ethanol Hi-test. Yes!!!

Minidave · Post by **Minidave** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:34 pm

Yes, but is it "Top Tier" gasoline?

davester · Post by **davester** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:31 am

Minidave wrote:Yes, but is it "Top Tier" gasoline?

I think I would rather burn Hy-Vee premium 91 octane non ethanol than the QT premium 91 with ethanol (which is a "top-tier" gas).

Counterfit_Mini · Post by **Counterfit_Mini** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:28 pm

I get worse gas mileage running the gas from hy-vee than I do running gas from QT.

davester · Post by **davester** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:27 pm

as I understand it, not all Hy-Vee's have non-ethanol premium gas.

Counterfit_Mini · Post by **Counterfit_Mini** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:24 pm

The hy-vee I got it from said it had no ethanol in it... It's the one on englewood.

davester · Post by **davester** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:46 pm

I'm going to fill up later this week with Hy-Vee's prem gas. I will let you know what mileage I receive in about two weeks.

I filled up today at Hy-Vee with prem, non eth.gas. Using QT, I received 32.8 MPG @ an average speed of 35.2 MPH. I filled the tank with 12.136 gal. of fuel today. I will check in with new totals when I need fuel again.

Counterfit_Mini · Post by **Counterfit_Mini** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:08 pm

Dang I wish I got 32 MPG

DA MINI · Post by **DA MINI** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:12 pm

Counterfit_Mini wrote:Dang I wish I got 32 MPG

Drive like an old man!

davester · Post by **davester** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:42 pm

DA MINI wrote:
Counterfit_Mini wrote:Dang I wish I got 32 MPG

Drive like an old man!

Who you talking about Willis?

davester · Post by **davester** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:33 pm

davester wrote:I'm going to fill up later this week with Hy-Vee's prem gas. I will let you know what mileage I receive in about two weeks.

I filled up today at Hy-Vee with prem, non eth.gas. Using QT, I received 32.8 MPG @ an average speed of 35.2 MPH. I filled the tank with 12.136 gal. of fuel today. I will check in with new totals when I need fuel again.

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Well, I finally filled up with gas again. Although I only drove local and very ,very little highway miles. The results are these ---
30.9 mpg, avg. speed 29.5 I used 9.0 gal of fuel---
If I had been on highway, the mileage would have been improved.
Yes Bob, old man driver

Minidave · Post by **Minidave** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:00 pm

So, your mileage went down?

davester · Post by **davester** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:22 pm

Yeah, as I said it was all stop and go. This test was really worthless for MPG. I still maintain non eth. is better for the engine. I'm sure you have read the postings on Motoring Alliance concerning this topic.

kgreen66 · Post by **kgreen66** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:32 pm

Hy-Vee in Liberty added a Gas station/convenience store. Their Premium gas contains no ethanol.

Minidave · Post by **Minidave** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:27 pm

davester wrote:Yeah, as I said it was all stop and go. This test was really worthless for MPG. I still maintain non eth. is better for the engine. I'm sure you have read the postings on Motoring Alliance concerning this topic.

Yes and I agree in general.......

Clubby Clutch · Post by **Clubby Clutch** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:00 am

Not really trying to beat a dead horse, but......

Would the QT 91 be better than a BP 93? or vise versa considering QT is top tier? Since taking ownership, I have only used QT 91.

Minidave · Post by **Minidave** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:38 pm

IMHO, it doesn't matter one whit what brand you use. I put anything and everything in mine (even regular a couple of times) , and it's never caused a hiccup......it's more important that the gas is fresh and doesn't have water in it.....so buy from a good high volume source, and you'll be fine.

My 2¢ and worth exactly what you paid for it!

Hagar46 · Post by **Hagar46** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:59 pm

I use 91 at QuickTrip most of the time. But I do use 93 at BP when I go to the race track!

ksminiman · Post by **ksminiman** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:33 pm

Funny that this has showed up. We just had a HyVee gas station go in on 23rd street in Lawrence which I recently figured out has the pure gasoline. I had been running cheaper gas in my 06 MCS for a couple of years and then read about Top-Tier gasoline and switched to running QT exclusively in my car. I have noticed that over the past year my fuel mileage has slowly dropped dramatically (from 30+ MPG hwy to sub 28 MPG hwy) and could not figure out why. I figured it had to do with changing the roads I traveled and installing a 15% pulley. WRONG! It was in fact the gasoline choice! I can prove it all day long. I make the K10 run back and forth to Lawrence all the time and after recently putting in the HyVee E0 gas, I noticed my 30+ MPG highway mileage has magically returned. I have plenty of data which shows that I will typically get better gas mileage traveling to Lawrence from KC rather than the other way, however, this past weekend I put the cruise at 80 mph and averaged 31MPG from Lawrence to KC with HyVee gas in the tank, my girlfriend and all our stuff (lots of stuff). I filled up at the normal QT in Stanley and drove home again putting on the cruise control to 80mph. With only myself and my stuff (much less stuff) I averaged 24MPG traveling in the more efficient direction!

Moral of the story: Top-Tier gasoline is bogus. I am sorry but when presented with the decision of paying the same amount for a bunch of ethanol in my fuel (Top-Tier detergents) or paying for raw gasoline ("cheap gas") I will chose the non Top-Tier gas from now on.

On a side note: Minidave, I dont remember whose class it was, but we purchased gasoline from all over KC metro area and tested it for ethanol. Our results showed that most gas stations in the metro had over the 11% ethanol limit. Some showed as high as 14% ethanol. You might see if you can find that test kit for some fun fuel experiments. Food for thought.

Hope this helps everyone.

Hagar46 · Post by **Hagar46** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:51 am

My highway gas mileage varies drastically based on the direction and force of the prevailing wind; this is quite obvious due to aerodynamics of the MINI. Driving to CA across west TX with a headwind, I got 24 mpg. Driving back 3 days later across TX with a tailwind, I got 54 MPG. I don't think the kind of gas had anything to do with it. Seems like a long term test is in order, maybe.

boxer · Post by **boxer** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:40 pm

WOW! And the saga continues...

Clubby Clutch · Post by **Clubby Clutch** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:27 pm

WOW! And the saga continues...

Hahaha! I got my question answered. The general concensus is that Top Tier gas doesn't really matter. What's more important is that the gas is ethanol free.

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