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detroiter · 06-19-2009, 12:31 PM

Sinclair is still around?

I'm not sure about anyone else but here in Michigan, we have a few gas stations with the name "Firebird", they should be avoided like the plauge.

I don't think I've personally used Valero in my vehicle but used it all the time in my old jobs company van. Never really saw anything bad from the use of their gas.

1stToyota · 07-10-2009, 11:23 AM

3rd tank of Valero got me 43.6 mpg

YarisOwnersDad · 07-10-2009, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by detroiter

Sinclair is still around?

I'm not sure about anyone else but here in Michigan, we have a few gas stations with the name "Firebird", they should be avoided like the plauge.

I don't think I've personally used Valero in my vehicle but used it all the time in my old jobs company van. Never really saw anything bad from the use of their gas.

I was very pleasantly surprised to learn a couple years ago during my vaction in Idaho that Sinclair stations can still be found out West. I remember Sinclair being one of the major brands of gasoline from my childhood days, and I thought that all of the Sinclair stations became "Arco" stations sometime in the 1970s.

We "old people" like to find at least SOME things from our younger days to be still around.

Tom

Altitude · 07-10-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by YarisOwnersDad

I was very pleasantly surprised to learn a couple years ago during my vaction in Idaho that Sinclair stations can still be found out West. I remember Sinclair being one of the major brands of gasoline from my childhood days, and I thought that all of the Sinclair stations became "Arco" stations sometime in the 1970s.

We "old people" like to find at least SOME things from our younger days to be still around.

Tom

Sinclair still in Colorado :) and they still have that green dinosaur statue!

Yaris Hilton · 07-10-2009, 03:22 PM

Yeah, I remember the Sinclair dino well. And the Esso "Tiger In Your Tank" tails.

MadMax · 07-10-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Yeah, I remember the Sinclair dino well. And the Esso "Tiger In Your Tank" tails.

It's still Esso in Europe!

07-10-2009, 11:23 AM	#2
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06-19-2009, 12:31 PM	#1
detroiter Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,238	Sinclair is still around? I'm not sure about anyone else but here in Michigan, we have a few gas stations with the name "Firebird", they should be avoided like the plauge. I don't think I've personally used Valero in my vehicle but used it all the time in my old jobs company van. Never really saw anything bad from the use of their gas.

07-10-2009, 03:22 PM	#5
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	Yeah, I remember the Sinclair dino well. And the Esso "Tiger In Your Tank" tails.