Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

> In article <tZWdnay8U4UzV53VnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>But then, if it has a good additive package to keep the engine clean
>>>(that's what Top Tier is really all about) and the fuel cost per mile is
>>>no more than Shell
>>
>>that depends on calorie content. and the only way the layperson can get
>>any handle on that is to keep accurate records of consumption over the
>>same route in long term testing - just like you say.
>
>
> yep. Although, given that it's regularly 15 cents/gallon cheaper than
> other gas, I don't think I'd waste my time spending a few months
> tracking the Hess gas cost/mile.
>
> There's a reason it's cheaper. The fuel company in question has made a
> marketing decision to appeal to those too dumb to understand anything
> beyond "look, it costs 15 cents/gallon less to buy!".
>


An interesting note on Hess...

I attended the national Studebaker meet in South Bend, Indiana in 2002
when average fuel prices were around $1.20 per gallon. At the time, a
gas war in South Bend had prices closer to $1 per gallon and at the end
of the meet I decided to fill up before going on the RI.

Well, the gas war had ended and prices were in the mid $1.20 range
except for Hess which was around $1.10. As I drove by, the line at Hess
was too long so I just paid the higher price a little further down the road.

When I returned to Texas, I read of the woes of many meet attendees who
had serious fuel problems with the Hess gas.

Sometimes cheepah ain't bettah...

JT