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After hearing about how Speedway or Citgo gas stations have crappy gas one too many times, I decided to rant about how gas gets from incoming crude oil tankers to the gas pump. I found a great article describing the process, which confirms all gas to all Michigan stations flow out of the same pipeline. The only differences are what additives each company adds to the gas before it gets to your tank. Stations that only put the minimum detergent additives required by law into their gas are still feeding you the exact same base gasoline that every other station provides. So while your fuel system may not be cleaned as well by lower cost gasolines, your engine is still running on the same fuel no matter where you fill up. Adding a $10 fuel cleaner bottle once a month will get you the same end result as high additive gas for possibly less cost. This shouldn't be confused with octane of course, which is dictated by your vehicle. Putting 93 octane in a car that requires 87 is just wasting money (and gas) as your engine won't be able to take advantage of the higher compression the higher octane allows for. With that my rant is complete.