golfguy

anyone notice that esso is selling premium 91 octane gas for 6 cents over the price of regular instead of the typical 11 cents? i'm guessing esso is trying to phase out 89 octane as it's also the same price as 91.

any insights into what's going on here? gas companies used to try to justify the 11 cent upcharge for higher cost of producing premium gas.

Zookie

lol no maybe they just ran out of 89 so they are selling the 91 at 87's price... it has happend many times before... i have filled 91 for the price of 87 at the Esso near my place because they seem to run out of 87 and 89 all teh time.. atleast once a month...

Turbodan

I was told yesterday that they are phasing out the 89

Dale Gribble

esso sells premium and supreme at regular price all the time when they run out of regular

golfguy

if i remember correctly, there are multiple esso stations selling premium at +6 cents and it's been that way for the last month or so.

99three

I noticed it as well. Sunoco in Markham actually has Ultra94 at Premium (91) prices.

Nape75'911T

the GTA has been converted to Ethanol Regular unleaded, most are selling the 10% blend.
There was no premium ethanol available at most places, so if you purchased premium you were getting conventional regular. This lead to an issue with blender pumps making mid-grade fuels.....so most are phasing out the mid (89), and just selling regular (E10) and premium (conventional).

Jaak Lepson

Sunoco 94 has 10% ethanol ... bad for some of the P-cars. Shell 91 is the only one without ethanol added. Look at the pumps some time and check the content of ethanol.

Also, the oil industry has a glut of product at the moment and are trying to reduce their stocks .... guess we conserved too much!

Turbodan

In this months Provinz, John Adam says he got much better mileage while in the us because there gas doesn't have ethanol like sunoco 94. I use the 94 in all my cars and am considering switching. I remember a few years ago that shell's gas actually was harmful to most cars. I can't remember why but they said prolonged use caused some type of damage to engine. anybody know what I am talking about?

Jaak Lepson

That was to fuel gauge sending units (GMC) and that chemical was removed years ago. Both my LR & 951 run on Shell 91 ... gives me the best milage & performance.

b5audia4

There was also a report in the Star from within the last couple of years saying Esso had the dirties gas.

Jaak Lepson

It had the highest sulpher count ... that level is now down due to federal regulations.