93 Octane Gas Stations

[Shanster]

Hi all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that Jake's Quik Stop on Brighton Ave in Portland, Maine (still) sells 93 octane fuel (and craft beer!). If others know of any other 93 Octane gas stations in Maine, feel free to post em up here and I'll update this original post with a running list. The search function is not working for me right now, otherwise I'd necrobump an old thread.

My two favorite liquids!

[The Fat Kid]

Have you tried apps like GasBuddy?

[Shanster]

Have you tried apps like GasBuddy?

Nope! Good to know. Thanks!

[Classy]

How do you find out what octane gas stations have through gasbuddy?
Prices are generally only reported on regular gasoline and often leave you guessing what the price will be on higher grades, and if they even serve that fuel.

[The Fat Kid]

How do you find out what octane gas stations have through gasbuddy?
Prices are generally only reported on regular gasoline and often leave you guessing what the price will be on higher grades, and if they even serve that fuel.

Did you try clicking on the price/station? It will depend on what data are reported by users, but clicking on one price/station shows me regular/mid/premium and usually diesel prices for that particular station. I don't actually use the app that often since I go to the same stations for 95% of my fill ups.

You guys should be able to add premium prices to any station, and then others will be aware of its availability.

[Classy]

Figured I'd revive this thread since I thought about this over the holiday week as I was driving to PEI, Canada.
I couldnt for the life of me find 93! ugh.. I was able to scrape by in ME but the story changed once I hit the boarder. I thought it was going to be the other way around based on what I heard here. I thought I would have more issues in ME vs Canada.
Anyway, I topped off with 93 at the start of the Airline in Maine. I stopped at the boarder, no 93. Stopped in Moncton, no 93. Stopped at every station I passed once I was close to the bridge to PEI. Absolutely no 93. I even asked the station attendant once I got to PEI if there was 93 anywhere on the island. He looked at me like I had a few heads and actually said " I have no idea what you are talking about."
At that station, I said Eff it, and filled all the way up with 91 and took on 60Litres! I had less than a gallon of fuel left! haha.

I'm not usually a 93 Nazi, but since my 93 tune, I have been more and more cautious. As the shop that installed my tune said that if I run 91 too much, my 93 tune will remap itself and turn into a 91 tune and not give me the same output until I get the 93 map reinstalled. (not sure how true this is).

Anyway, I swear I felt the loss of power with the 91. And I lost a lot of gas mileage running 91.

I have heard of people carrying and adding fuel additives to their 91 when they cant get 93. I might go this route. And I hope 2 tanks of 91 wont be detrimental to my tune..
I will have to do more research when I plan on going back..

[Shanster]

Figured I'd revive this thread since I thought about this over the holiday week as I was driving to PEI, Canada.
I couldnt for the life of me find 93! ugh.. I was able to scrape by in ME but the story changed once I hit the boarder. I thought it was going to be the other way around based on what I heard here. I thought I would have more issues in ME vs Canada.
Anyway, I topped off with 93 at the start of the Airline in Maine. I stopped at the boarder, no 93. Stopped in Moncton, no 93. Stopped at every station I passed once I was close to the bridge to PEI. Absolutely no 93. I even asked the station attendant once I got to PEI if there was 93 anywhere on the island. He looked at me like I had a few heads and actually said " I have no idea what you are talking about."
At that station, I said Eff it, and filled all the way up with 91 and took on 60Litres! I had less than a gallon of fuel left! haha.

I'm not usually a 93 Nazi, but since my 93 tune, I have been more and more cautious. As the shop that installed my tune said that if I run 91 too much, my 93 tune will remap itself and turn into a 91 tune and not give me the same output until I get the 93 map reinstalled. (not sure how true this is).

Anyway, I swear I felt the loss of power with the 91. And I lost a lot of gas mileage running 91.

I have heard of people carrying and adding fuel additives to their 91 when they cant get 93. I might go this route. And I hope 2 tanks of 91 wont be detrimental to my tune..
I will have to do more research when I plan on going back..

I've heard that disconnecting the battery can reset the tune back to its initial parameters when it was first uploaded to your car. Make sure doing so does not totally wipe out the tune (i think that used to happen with older tunes).

If you have tune switching capabilities like JHM and APR, disconnecting the battery will set the tune back to its default tune which is often "stock," so just go through the motions on your wiper stalk to re-engage the 93 tune. You don't actually lose the 93 tune. Some people set the default setting to the 93 tune so that when you disconnect to battery it always defaults back to your tune and not stock. Get me?

[essfour]

Oh man, I remember how frustrating it was to be stuck in NH/ME with nothing but 91 octane stations and a 93 specific tune and being forced to switch back to the 91 or stock program - counting how many times your engine light flashes to make sure you were in the right program... and my passengers thinking I was an insane person. I miss those days.

The search I do now is trying to find ethanol free 93 octane stations.. I know there are a few off of Rt.16 in NH, I feel like my MPG is significantly improved when running pure gasoline.

[wildcat333]

Sunoco on the Lee, NH, traffic circle has 100 !

93 for days around the seacoast of NH.

[Shanster]

Sunoco on the Lee, NH, traffic circle has 100 !

Is it unleaded? Would have to assume yes.

A friend of mine with a small little bush plane told me the 100 that is sold at small airports is not lead free but would run great in a car! Lol. Very illegal tho

[essfour]

Is it unleaded? Would have to assume yes.

A friend of mine with a small little bush plane told me the 100 that is sold at small airports is not lead free but would run great in a car! Lol. Very illegal tho

Ya the Sunoco in Lee is unleaded 100oct - I used to fill up there when I had my B8 S4 with the 100oct APR map!

100LL at airports is leaded (LL = Low Lead). It might run well in your car if you removed your catalytic converters. Like if you had a test pipe or headers on your car, then it'd be ok I think. Otherwise you'll destroy your cats/maybe cause other damage.

[northwoods1]

Big Apple on Cottage Road in South Portland has 93

[your daddy]

german cars = shell 93. look up top tier gas/tier 1 gas.

[wildcat333]

german cars = shell 93. look up top tier gas/tier 1 gas.

x 1,000,000

[dizzlesizzle]

Shell 93 is all i use...and they take my Stop and Shop points! just saved 40 cents per gallon

[WinterRunner]

german cars = shell 93. look up top tier gas/tier 1 gas.

Shell 93 for eva!