3800 Shell Gas Station?

[LeeGTP]

Anyone ever notice in the South West Surburbs that all the Shell gas station has been closing up on 53, I know Mainly in Lisle,Woodridge, Bolingbrook, etc My car seems to run better with V-POWER ) oh well Its BP Ultimate for now

Lee

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[preussenGTP]

V-Power 93 works good in my GTP

I really miss Speedway's 104 octane for $4.40 a gal - - all the 104 pumps are now replaced with that Flex-fuel sh*t! :jerkoff:

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Preussen, go to 127th and Cicero, that Mobil had 100 octane for I believe $4 a gallon last time I was there.

 

[preussenGTP]

Preussen, go to 127th and Cicero, that Mobil had 100 octane for I believe $4 a gallon last time I was there.
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I'm gonna definitely check that one out - SpeedPass FTW! B)
Thanks dood

 

[thebullfrog]

My car seems to prefer BP actaully.
I can get Sunoco 100 Ooctane at my work (Meijer) Not sure the cost though.

 

[Toasty]

Anyone ever notice in the South West Surburbs that all the Shell gas station has been closing up on 53, I know Mainly in Lisle,Woodridge, Bolingbrook, etc My car seems to run better with V-POWER ) oh well Its BP Ultimate for now

Lee
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you're post isnt quite making sense... are you talking about missing gas stations or missing vpower from the stations?

the shell on 53 in bolingbrook is opened again... went through a remodel cuz the convenience store is now a circle K

 

[thebullfrog]

He's saying the stations are closing up. He's bitching because it means he cant get V-power anymore. Makes perfect sense to me. Except BP is better.

 

[Royalgtp]

Anyone ever notice in the South West Surburbs that all the Shell gas station has been closing up on 53, I know Mainly in Lisle,Woodridge, Bolingbrook, etc My car seems to run better with V-POWER ) oh well Its BP Ultimate for now

Lee
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YEah Lee, I have notived that too. The one near downtown Naperville and the one in Lisle just closed up and got knocked down in 1 week......weird..

 

[chipmonk212121]

Amaco Ultimate FTW

 

[bikrboy128]

Amaco Ultimate FTW
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eh i think its only 91 octane...not sure though

 

[Toasty]

some new legislation on fuel stations/storage tanks went through awhile back, hence the reason you see stations being torn down completely and rebuilt, or at least digging out the tanks and replacing them. I suspect that some of the stations you see go down and not come back were not worth re-investing the money into, so they just closed up shop instead.

but anywhoo, it's hard to judge without seeing the property weather or not they will be rebuilding when the weather warms or not.

But then again, it could be just a business strategy, as it seems the remaining shell stations will all have circle K convenience stores rather than the shell branded ones.

 

[Royalgtp]

That legislation for new tanks to be put in was around the year 2000????????

 

[thebullfrog]

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Amaco Ultimate FTW
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eh i think its only 91 octane...not sure though
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It's 93. I use it all the time.

 

[MIKES3]

You guys think BP is better than Shell?

 

[Sinister Drag Designs]

dont remember where i seen it posted but it was said the the v-powers cleaning agents actualy heat up more then normal fuel while being burnt.
last i recall we run high octane fuel to lower combustion temps. dont know if it would be noticeable of a temp increse. i still use it but always try to make it to a BP first.

 

[thebullfrog]

Yeah, both the DSM and my GTP seem to run a little better on BP. The GTP it's hardly noticable. The DSM on the other hand runs like I dumped race gas in it compared to Shell. I still use Shell a lot, but I generally try and go to BP.

 

[Toasty]

That legislation for new tanks to be put in was around the year 2000????????
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could be that it was that long ago, but typically they have x amount of years to be in compliance.

... just in the past couple years, near me there have been oh, 4 or so stations completely tear down then rebuild, and at least 2 close up shop.

it also tends to be a rather saturated market.