What type of gas do you use? With poll

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What grade of gasoline do you use?

  • Cheapest (87)

  • Plus (89)

  • Premium (91)

  • I pass gas


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bobdole369

Diamond Member
Dec 15, 2004
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Dumbass people use premium because they think their car will "like it" or that its a "treat".

Only high-performace cars with fairly advanced timing and/or higher compression ratio benefit from premium fuel. It describes the fuels anti-knock properties. There is no benefit to using more than you need, and if you are one of the aforementioned dumbasses, you likely think it improves your gas mileage.
 
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PM650

Senior member
Jul 7, 2009
476
2
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87 for the '89 volvo....it's just a shame they don't make 67 or I'd use that.
 

bignateyk

Lifer
Apr 22, 2002
11,288
7
0
Times are tight... i've had to switch to regular in my daily driver:

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Koing

Elite Member <br> Super Moderator<br> Health and F
Oct 11, 2000
16,843
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97 v power
99 tesco premium

~ 119p per litre!
 

LTC8K6

Lifer
Mar 10, 2004
28,520
1,576
126
Shell Nitrogen enriched 87 only. I drive miles to find a Shell.

Shell doesn't even put much of the "nitrogen enrichment" in the lower grades of fuel...you need to buy V-Power to get any real nitrogen enriched cleaning benefits...

Shell V-Power contains the highest concentration of our Nitrogen Enriched cleaning system, a unique, patented improved formula exclusive to Shell.
 

zanejohnson

Diamond Member
Nov 29, 2002
7,054
17
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regular....

in texas we have 93 octane for premium...dunno why..had to run it when i had a turbo eclipse..