Where do you fuel up?

[ender]

Most of the time we fill up at Dillon's (Kroger in Kansas).  We always have $1.00 off per gallon since Dillon's in Manhattan gives 2x fuel points every day on groceries and 4x fuel points on gift cards every day.  So right now, we are paying $0.459 per gallon.  We fill up with the 35 gallon max (two vehicles) and it costs just over $16.

Sometimes (though not recently) we will fill up at Hy-Vee.  We watch their ads and when they are having good fuel points sales, we build up the fuel points.  At Hy-Vee, there is no maximum discount you can get up to the price of a gallon of gas except the last $0.009.  They have a 20 gallon maximum, so we pay $0.18 for 20 gallons (that is $0.18 total, not per gallon) when we fill up there .

My problem with Hyvee is that their savings on fuel-saver never are never more than the extra markup they have on their prices compared to other stores (Fareway, Aldis, Walmart, etc)...

[Davids]

Honestly wherever it is convenient when I need it. The difference between a couple pennies per gallon is really just a quarter per fill up. It is amazing how so many people will spend so much time trying to find the cheapest gas when a fill up will save them perhaps a quarter if they find a cheaper place yet they do not do the same thing on other things which would actually result in much greater savings.

[Purple Economist]

Most of the time we fill up at Dillon's (Kroger in Kansas).  We always have $1.00 off per gallon since Dillon's in Manhattan gives 2x fuel points every day on groceries and 4x fuel points on gift cards every day.  So right now, we are paying $0.459 per gallon.  We fill up with the 35 gallon max (two vehicles) and it costs just over $16.

Sometimes (though not recently) we will fill up at Hy-Vee.  We watch their ads and when they are having good fuel points sales, we build up the fuel points.  At Hy-Vee, there is no maximum discount you can get up to the price of a gallon of gas except the last $0.009.  They have a 20 gallon maximum, so we pay $0.18 for 20 gallons (that is $0.18 total, not per gallon) when we fill up there .

My problem with Hyvee is that their savings on fuel-saver never are never more than the extra markup they have on their prices compared to other stores (Fareway, Aldis, Walmart, etc)...

There are times when the fuel saver savings are worth it, but not always, though.  Like I said, it has been a while since we have filled up at Hy-Vee.  We do not shop at Wal-Mart or Aldi, but the fuel saver rewards make some things cheaper than Dillon's.

[JLee]

FWIW a friend of a friend recently had their new diesel truck shutdown and require a tow back to the local Chevy dealer. Turns out (according to the story I heard) that the diesel fuel he bought from WalMart had a high percentage of gasoline in it. Take that one with a grain of salt of course but that's what I heard. Local problem? One time problem? Lying dealership? I don't know.

The delivery person probably put gasoline in the diesel tank by mistake.  If Walmart did this on purpose to save money then I am sure the major news outlets would pick up on it.  A diesel engine can be destroyed with 100% gasoline instead of diesel.

I usually fill up at one of two major chains across from each other, but mostly I use them because they are generally cheapest along my route home.

I know someone that had the opposite happen.  She had a rental van and had to fill up in New Jersey, the land of you-don't-pump-your-own-gas.  The genius at the gas station put diesel in the van and killed it.

That shouldn't  be possible...the filler nozzle on a diesel pump is generally too large to fit in a gasoline vehicle.

[ketchup]

FWIW a friend of a friend recently had their new diesel truck shutdown and require a tow back to the local Chevy dealer. Turns out (according to the story I heard) that the diesel fuel he bought from WalMart had a high percentage of gasoline in it. Take that one with a grain of salt of course but that's what I heard. Local problem? One time problem? Lying dealership? I don't know.

The delivery person probably put gasoline in the diesel tank by mistake.  If Walmart did this on purpose to save money then I am sure the major news outlets would pick up on it.  A diesel engine can be destroyed with 100% gasoline instead of diesel.

I usually fill up at one of two major chains across from each other, but mostly I use them because they are generally cheapest along my route home.

I know someone that had the opposite happen.  She had a rental van and had to fill up in New Jersey, the land of you-don't-pump-your-own-gas.  The genius at the gas station put diesel in the van and killed it.

That shouldn't  be possible...the filler nozzle on a diesel pump is generally too large to fit in a gasoline vehicle.

Well, I wasn't there and don't know all the details, but I know she had to call for a new rental van and load an entire vanload of gear into the second van at the gas station before continuing on her trip.