Why Brand Name Gas Is Rarely Worth the Extra Money   Photo by
Toshiyuki IMAI.  With gas prices where they are these days, you
may already buy your gas based solely on price, but those of you
that aren't probably should. It turns out that gas is one of the
worst offenders of brand marketing—they all try to convince you
that their gas is somehow different, when really the differences
are quite minimal:   [My] relative got a job working for one of
the largest oil refineries in the country. He told me that these
huge oil tankers from every oil company would come to fill up
with gas. Each company received its gas from the same supply
lines; meaning that there is absolutely no difference in the gas
as it gets pumped into those trucks.  The other amazing thing
that he told me is that (at the time), if a company wanted to
say that their gas contained special detergents that was good
for your car, they only needed to add one gallon to each oil
tanker!  What this means is that you can feel comfortable with
buying the c