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I recently noticed that mine went back up a little so I figured they are back to summer formula. Makes you go Hmmm!
The price of diesel is what burns my bum!!!

Shaun Van Ramen wrote:...The price of diesel is what burns my bum!!!

No doubt. I just filled up at the PetroCan at Mtn Hwy. Two cents a litre more, will see how the mileage looks after this tank. I've talked with Bassnailer and Tonka and they both have noticed poor fuel economy. Tonka has gone to Chevron, will see how that turns out. Typically I should be getting 8.5 kilometres per litre, this Winter it has been like 7 to 7.5 at best.

Falco.

I have bad experience with PetroCan's diesel. Husky's here is at 1.45. I think they just switched to summer diesel. Doesn't matter too much; I use about 200ml of 2 stroke oil every tank.

Another factor for me is that I use AWD môde from October to basically March. And the wàrm up time causing the poor mileage in winter.

I used to work with Mike, haha!

I get, as near as makes no difference, the same fuel economy, no matter where I fill-up. I do try to stick to places that are frequented and avoid Esso's biodiesel, but Husky, Shell, PetroCan and Chevron all seem to get the job done when mixed with Petrolabs and some 2-stroke oil. The biggest gain in fuel economy came recently when I pumped up my tires from 37 front, 32 rear to 45 front, 40 rear and brought my fuel economy from 14L/100km to 12.5L/100km.

I drive a old swb paj and recently started buying diesel out in the valley instead of the husky by my house. Been getting 50-75 more km per tank. A tank now lasts me 450 to 475km.

The Husky oil refinery is in Alberta, right next to the Saskatchewan border. Maybe they truck the diesel to BC from there?

About 10 years ago my wife worked as a temp at Coastal trucking here in Dartmouth NS, they truck fuel through the Maritimes.
There aren't many refineries or fuel depots in NS, sometimes trucks from another service station company will go fill up at the ESSO refinery.

Some of the smaller fuel retailers are selling the same stuff, they buy it wholesale at local refineries and fuel depots. Maybe the individual service stations add their own additives, not sure.
It seems as if the big oil companies met and decided to set up refineries, one per province, and divvied up the territory that way rather than competing for markets because it costs millions to set up refineries.
They may be trucking some from province to province but that would cut their profit margins.

Irving wouldn't buy their fuel at ESSO, they have their own refinery in St. John, NB and fuel depot in Dartmouth NS. They truck it around and we see their trucks all the time.

There are not many Shell service stations in Atlantic Canada.
Shell doesn't have a refinery anywhere near here, maybe they truck it from Montreal where they used to have a refinery?
When I type Shell refinery in Google Maps all I get is one refinery in Puget Sound, BC.
In NS the Shell stations are all along the Trans Canada highway, from the border to Halifax.

Ultramar had an oil refinery in Dartmouth NS, but it closed some years ago (they took provincial government money, stayed open for a while, then closed -- in the media they reported it as a breach of contract). Now it's just a fuel depot.

The Canadian Tire Gas+ stations probably get their fuel from ESSO here, maybe from other local refineries depending on where they are.
Loblaws ("Atlantic Superstore" here, LOL) probably do the same. Same thing with Sobeys gas stations.

I guess the trick in BC would be to figure out who buys from the Shell refinery? Shell stations for sure, but there may be local independent retailers who like to compete on price.

I clicked "other" only due to the fact that I do not buy diesel (gassers unite!) from any of the above. That said, I tend to consistently return better mpg with Chevron petrol.

josh