What some of the things you will NEVER spend a premium on?

[squarecut1]

Bread

 

[Ken g6]

Software. I hardly ever pay for software, and if I do it's usually on sale or otherwise very cheap.

 

[ponyo]

Premium bottle water. I buy bottle water for the convenience. So no overpriced French or Fiji piss water.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Just released games.

 

[MustISO]

So many things:
1. Expensive restaurants
2. Brand new electronics
3. Games

I guess in general any category you could name I wouldn't buy the most expensive or premium item there was. So while I will buy a new car I won't spend more than 30K for a car and I don't tend to get all the options, just what I need.

 

[mmntech]

Just released games.

This. Especially since they started charging $70 again up here.

1. Gasoline (car doesn't need it)
2. Any bottled water (unless I'm travelling to another country)
3. "Organic" foods (zero proof they're better for you)
4. Software (Few instances where there isn't a good enough opensource alternative)

 

[momeNt]

Dude, I don't know whether this is a parody or whether you're really that stupid. The first paragraph is about the danger of spreading false information and then the 2nd paragraph is nothing except false information. An auto manufacturer CANNOT require premium gasoline. Period. End of discussion. It is illegal. Period. End of discussion. If you use ANY legally sold gasoline of ANY brand or ANY octane and something goes wrong they will most definitely be picking up the bill. For warranty purposes all legitimate gas sold through legitimate service stations is the same. If you grow a brain and actually learn what you're talking about you'll see that maybe the owners manual will say something like "Use only Premium 93 Octane gasoline..." the actual warranty will be worded like "premium 93 octane gasoline is suggested...." BMW or Mercedes or any other manufacturer has absolutely no choice in the matter and no legal ability to require customers to use certain grades of gas on any vehicle sold in the USA. It's a law. Period.

Try filling up with 85 octane fuel sold in Denver on a turbocharged engine and see how well you do when you make it sea level on that same tank.

Oh, maybe after the headache of getting your car towed, fixed, finding a way to make it to work, the manufacturer may be required by law to pick up the tab. But would you really sit here and try to argue that it wouldn't be WORTH it to not pay for the higher octane?!

You're so damn smart you're dumb!

 

[Meghan54]

Try filling up with 85 octane fuel sold in Denver on a turbocharged engine and see how well you do when you make it sea level on that same tank.

Oh, maybe after the headache of getting your car towed, fixed, finding a way to make it to work, the manufacturer may be required by law to pick up the tab. But would you really sit here and try to argue that it wouldn't be WORTH it to not pay for the higher octane?!

You're so damn smart you're dumb!

I've always wondered why some make such dumb arguments against something....like the one above.

Sure, fill up in Denver, CO and get the vehicle to sea level and you've got problems.

Fortunately, that turbocharged car that filled up in Denver on 85 octane gas won't have to subject itself to self-destruction because the driver will have filled up again. Sea level from Denver is well out of range of anything without something like a 50 gallon tank. Typical 15-24 gal. tanks on cars these days.....may not even make it out the state traveling west. And NE and WY aren't sea level, either. (20 gal tank times 30 mpg = 600 miles, and that's nowhere near sea level from Denver. Amarillo, TX is ~430 miles from Denver and has an elevation of over 3000 ft.)

Ignorant argument, momeNt.

 

[momeNt]

I've always wondered why some make such dumb arguments against something....like the one above.

Sure, fill up in Denver, CO and get the vehicle to sea level and you've got problems.

Fortunately, that turbocharged car that filled up in Denver on 85 octane gas won't have to subject itself to self-destruction because the driver will have filled up again. Sea level from Denver is well out of range of anything without something like a 50 gallon tank. Typical 15-24 gal. tanks on cars these days.....may not even make it out the state traveling west. And NE and WY aren't sea level, either. (20 gal tank times 30 mpg = 600 miles, and that's nowhere near sea level from Denver. Amarillo, TX is ~430 miles from Denver and has an elevation of over 3000 ft.)

Ignorant argument, momeNt.

Ever seen an RV towing a sports car?

So much effort typing and not enough effort thinking. Ill let you do the thinking on the above k? Might do you some good.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Try filling up with 85 octane fuel sold in Denver on a turbocharged engine and see how well you do when you make it sea level on that same tank.

Oh, maybe after the headache of getting your car towed, fixed, finding a way to make it to work, the manufacturer may be required by law to pick up the tab. But would you really sit here and try to argue that it wouldn't be WORTH it to not pay for the higher octane?!

You're so damn smart you're dumb!

And you're so dumb you're dumb. That is the most idiotic attempt at a comeback EVER.

If a car, any car, broke or broke down because it was driven in Denver at a measly 5,000 feet altitude the manufacturer of said car would be put out of business on the warranty repairs and the manufacturer would likely be prevented from importing their shitbox cars into countries that have a hill. Turbo cars run fine, they run fine in Denver and they run fine in Denver on regular unleaded gas. If they didn't it would be impossible to drive anywhere higher than sea level as the roads would be littered with useless rusting hulks.

 

[momeNt]

And you're so dumb you're dumb. That is the most idiotic attempt at a comeback EVER.

If a car, any car, broke or broke down because it was driven in Denver at a measly 5,000 feet altitude the manufacturer of said car would be put out of business on the warranty repairs and the manufacturer would likely be prevented from importing their shitbox cars into countries that have a hill. Turbo cars run fine, they run fine in Denver and they run fine in Denver on regular unleaded gas. If they didn't it would be impossible to drive anywhere higher than sea level as the roads would be littered with useless rusting hulks.

Darn, I expected more out of you.

 

[who?]

Amarillo gas is one octane number lower than sea level octane.
Dr. Oz says that he recommends sea salt because the regular stuff is treated with aluminum to prevent caking and bleached to make it really white.

 

[natto fire]

Try filling up with 85 octane fuel sold in Denver on a turbocharged engine and see how well you do when you make it sea level on that same tank.

Oh, maybe after the headache of getting your car towed, fixed, finding a way to make it to work, the manufacturer may be required by law to pick up the tab. But would you really sit here and try to argue that it wouldn't be WORTH it to not pay for the higher octane?!

You're so damn smart you're dumb!

Not sure what you're getting at, as the turbocharger will make up the deficit in atmospheric pressure on the charged side, so this hypothetical motor would have been designed to take 85 octane in the first place. It should also have a knock sensor and retard timing if it detects pinging. I guess this hypothetical engine could be configured as such that the waste gate never opens, in which case you would have 2.5psi more on the charge side at sea level, compared to Denver, but I can't think of any turbo setups off-hand that don't have a wastegate.

 

[squarecut1]

Just ride a bicycle guys

 

[alkemyst]

Just ride a bicycle guys

was this english? who are the guys you refer too and why own a crappy bike?

 

[MongGrel]

Soap.

 

[Ns1]

newegg same day service

 

[MongGrel]

newegg same day service

This too.

+1

 

[squarecut1]

was this english? who are the guys you refer too and why own a crappy bike?

How do I refer too someone?

 

[MongGrel]

Just ignore the source there in most posts.

 

[Murloc]

1. software, especially video games
2. gasoline, it's always 95 octanes (RON) for me, I don't see a reason to spend more for the 98.
Btw we got alpine passes and high villages like Davos and I've never heard about that car-breaking-down-when-driving-down-to-the-sea-from-denver thingy.
Plenty of tourists going up the alps and down to the sea all the time with all kinds of cars, mostly running on 95 gas.
3. toilet paper, I don't even like the pricey one.
4. bottled water, for economical and ecological reasons, unless I need it for portability or sanitary reasons.
5. organic food: a waste of money that is not even sustainable despite the marketing.

 

[ringtail]

wristwatch

the right choice takes an orgasmic licking & keeps ticking.

I toss that $100 timex and buy a new one when battery dies

don't want no girly-pretty jewelery on me. It'd be dangerous when traveling where people will kill you to take a gold watch

pretty jewelery is for girls ONLY

us men just need acceptably aesthetic function, not glitter & sparkle.

JEWELERY IS FOR GIRLS!

Rincon in the foreground and the Santa Barbara coast

 

[lxskllr]

I can't think of anything. I'm willing to buy most premium things on occasion, if not regularly. Well, sitting here looking at my computer, I guess I'd never buy a premium computer case. It's just a box to hold parts, and once it's together, you don't have to screw with it much. I see little point in high end cases.

 

[Sonikku]

Games. Why pay $60 for titanfall when I can get it for $20 now, a couple weeks later? That's like 66% off. No wonder gaming developers in general are hurting.

 

[shortylickens]

I can't think of anything. I'm willing to buy most premium things on occasion, if not regularly. Well, sitting here looking at my computer, I guess I'd never buy a premium computer case. It's just a box to hold parts, and once it's together, you don't have to screw with it much. I see little point in high end cases.

It makes sense if you open it a lot to upgrade. Either that or thumbscrews in your normal case. They help, a lot.