do you go to the same place, cheapest price, closest to your home/work?
I always try to go to the same gas station.
I always try to go to the same gas station.
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I try to go to the same place every time, or at least the same "brand". However, since I always wait until my fuel gauge is on practically past the "E" and the car says I have 0 miles left on my tank, I will usually go to the closest one I can find.
In upstate NY, there is a chain called Cumberland Farms. If you sign up for their 'club,' I get 10 cents off a gallon every time.
The GetGo (Giant Eagle's gas, a regional grocery store like Winn-Dixie or Stop 'N Shop) down by the marina. Not only do I get discounts for their fuel perks program, but it's 100% gas because the boats' small engines can't deal with the up to 15% ethanol additive. Cheap(er), sometimes free, gas plus more power and better fuel economy.
I'll usually do the closest to me when I'm running low but has the cheapest. Depends where I am, if I'm in a certain area I can get ethanol free for fairly cheap but if I'm in another area and know I won't be near a better station for a while I'll fill up there.
The closest place happens to be the cheapest place (99% of the time), so it's the place I fill up every time. All of the above.
Usually any opposition to Citgo is because they're owned by Venezuela and that's where their oil comes from. It's much better to buy gas from the other chains who get their oil from Saudi Arabia, where everyone is free and there's no severe human rights violations, oppression, gender apartheid or women getting stoned to death for being raped.
I choose option E: I buy the cheapest that is the closest to where I am, which is usually the same station.
Luckily, the station just down the street from my house is one of the cheapest in the area, so I rarely have to choose. Otherwise, I just pull off, see who is the cheapest in that spot, and go there (unless I know that they are all wildly exorbitant, like some stations around the city).
Luckily, the station just down the street from my house is one of the cheapest in the area, so I rarely have to choose. Otherwise, I just pull off, see who is the cheapest in that spot, and go there (unless I know that they are all wildly exorbitant, like some stations around the city).
A combination of closest and cheapest. I tend to not run on fumes (really start looking at a quarter tank), so I use GasBuddy to find the best prices on my route.
Luckily my 20-mile one way commute offers a variety of ways to get there. I can take the freeway or I can take two completely different routes (one due W then S, one due S then W) all of the same length +/- 1 mile or less. So I scope out which gas station is cheapest - including no credit card fees. I love my cash back and I almost never go to a station that charges a fee for credit.
Luckily my 20-mile one way commute offers a variety of ways to get there. I can take the freeway or I can take two completely different routes (one due W then S, one due S then W) all of the same length +/- 1 mile or less. So I scope out which gas station is cheapest - including no credit card fees. I love my cash back and I almost never go to a station that charges a fee for credit.
Yes, but Citgo is directly owned by the government of Venezuela. I prefer to buy from an American gas company, so at least there's less money going to the middle east (and Americans get a cut).