For all you SF bay area guys, the Unocal 76 station on Almaden expressway is no longer selling 100 octane. I heard the Redwood city station might be next. Is this a new trend? Will we have to start storing 50 gallon drums in our garages(yikes!)?

 

Down south too! My local Union 76 source still has the sign but has no pump! Viva Las Vegas, a 103 pump on every corner!

R

 

It is very hard to find in Arizona too!

 

I heard the same thing Mike. The 100 is going away. I do my part to keep the Redwood City place in business.

 

Yes indeed I heard the same thing

 

I found out that one can legally keep up to two 55 gallon drums at one's residence and the price per gallon is sub $3.00 for 103 octane VP. I am still double checking if it is truly legal. The thing is, if it were legal would I want 110 gallons of gasoline sitting in my garage. The weight of gas is appr. 6lbs/gallon. That would make each drum ~330lbs + drum weight, thats a lot to move from the bed of my truck...sheesh, the things we would consider for our passion!

 

Aarggh!

 

The story behind the Almaden 76 is that they began taking delivery of their gas (non-100 octane) from a distributor other than Unocal 76 directly. In response, Unocal (or whatever the official name is here) has refused to supply them with 100 octane.

I understand there is 100 gallons left in their reserve, as of this moment. When it's gone, it's gone and they don't think they'll get any more.

Viperbob - what's the address of the 100 octance station in Redwood City so we can help you keep the place in business?

Dan

 

One thing we could do, which would be quite a sight, is to get everyone or most of everyone meeting at Carlsen's on 1/31 to drive down and get some gas or at least show up in force to show them there is a market for 100octane in this area.

The station in Redwood City is located here:

975 Woodside Road, Redwood City CA
650-364-9620

 

Not only that, but you need to also consider how much you drive your Porsche b/c the gas goes bad after a month or so.

 

According to the VP rep, an opened drum that is properly resealed(as in a proper pump added to a new drum) will last 2 years. A smaller canister, if properly sealed, will last 6 months.

 

Anyone know if theres a Sunoco station selling GT100 in the bay area?

 

That is a bit of an exaggeration. Gas stored properly can last much longer than that.

source: http://www.leesracing.com/articles/a5.html
Street gas can be stored up to six months without additives if the storage container is air tight(not plastic) to prevent volitiles boil off...

Edit: More pertinant info for street gas
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/ethanol/storinggas.pdf

 

Got some 100 Octane today. Now I know what an SUV owner feels like!

 

The Unocal on Woodside Road now has VP100 at the pump. Still $4.19/gal