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I'm at my folks house and my father has a Costco card but he's not in town for a while. I can get on his plan but it might be a really ridiculous to try to figure that out. BJ's is offering a membership for $25 right now but I want to use it for gasoline mostly. What do you think about the BJ's gas would it be okay to use, or is it like that shitty 'panjeet special' crap that you see in a lot of places?

I'm at my folks house and my father has a Costco card but he's not in town for a while. I can get on his plan but it might be a really ridiculous to try to figure that out. BJ's is offering a membership for $25 right now but I want to use it for gasoline mostly. What do you think about the BJ's gas would it be okay to use, or is it like that shitty 'panjeet special' crap that you see in a lot of places?

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I’ve heard that there is no difference at all between different brands of gasoline. They are all refined and sent through pipelines and end up the same distributors. The only difference is the additives that some places add to their gas.

I have no source, I read the article years ago.

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I read the same article. The difference is what fuel cleaner they claim to add to the gas. The tests showed that the amount of additive the average fillip gives is less than a teaspoon for a 10 gallon tank anyway, so they're all literaly the same

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I talked to a guy that drove trucks to haul gas around to the stations and he pretty much said the same thing. That trucks for all the stations get the gas from the same place and some of them have a negligible amount of additive they put in.

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I figured. I'm only going to be in the area for the next 6 weeks and then I'll be taking off I can't imagine filling up six times is going to damage my engine or the borrowed cars engine or fuel filter. But you never know. Gas is almost a dollar cheaper at Costco for high octane. So that adds up especially with an engine that drinks it.

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Worked with a programmer for gas pumps, he said the same. In fact he pointed out a pipeline location where all the trucks go to fill. It's just a small bottle of detergent/whatever each adds.

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AFAIK, Walmart and Costco use American petroleum products only, so none of it comes from foreign sources.

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Why is it that everybody who thumbed up BJ's on here has been jewed. I might feel more comfortable if Anticlutch or Theo chimed in.

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Because the rules are made up on the fly.

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Revolving rules seem to work best. At least we don't know where we stand.

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The primary difference in gas between sellers is the additive formulations they add to their product.

It use to be based on the storage tanks. Some would get a little water in them.

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I'm at my folks house and my father has a Costco card but he's not in town for a while. I can get on his plan but it might be a really ridiculous to try to figure that out.

Protip: have the member buy a Costco cash card. Then anyone with the card can shop at Costco as long as you use the cash card to pay for part of the balance. For gas you'd probably need to pay for it all from the cash card so would need a larger amount. Apparently they are reloadable.

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I would be using my father's account it would be giving me the one my mother used to use. He's got a 2% cash back on it but obviously I can't use his credit card nor do I want to. Actually unless he wanted me to but that's kind of weird.

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The one that has . .

. BJ's doesn't list this, and other sites state that theirs is not Top Tier. Easy choice, go with Costco for sure.

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Yeah I never go to Tyrone's towing and gas unless it's absolutely only gas station anywhere for a hundred miles that's a great way to completely blow up your vehicles engine. I usually will buy citgo or shell or Chevron.

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I would figure anything with BJ in the name would be better...

I get more gas from Costco but then again they have a food court.

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I'm going to Costco. My father sending me the extra card. But it's my mother's card but screw Costco they ruined my town so I'll use it and not care.