Fuel Economy

[marcus]

Originally Posted by stuffy

hey marcus, i also noticed an improvement in fuel economy when using a tank of premium gas.

i made the same 600 km round trip on two weekends, one with premium gas and one with regular.

the premium tank was 41 mpg with poor traffic conditions, the regular tank was 36 mpg with better driving conditions.

i know they say it doesn't make a difference, but that has not been my experience.

you got it. the question is is it worth the extra money for premium gas to get the extra mileage? also i put premium only because the engine runs quiter on it specially during acceleration....but be ready once other sees this we gonna get jumped.. with "oh premium dont give us better mileage and stuff" hehehe good luck!

[voodoo22]

Originally Posted by marcus

you got it. the question is is it worth the extra money for premium gas to get the extra mileage? also i put premium only because the engine runs quiter on it specially during acceleration....but be ready once other sees this we gonna get jumped.. with "oh premium dont give us better mileage and stuff" hehehe good luck!

Do you use Shell gas? Shell puts no ethanol in their premium, but up to 10% in their 87 octane, so you should see an increase in mileage with Shell premium even if there is no performance difference for our cars when going with a higher octane.

I can't stand this 10% ethanol crap. Keep the corn for popping.