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Old 04-16-2007, 12:47 PM
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Im getting ready to take a road trip from St. Louis and going to gulf shores, i run 93 just was wondering if it was a big deal to run the cheap **** or not
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Honestly just keep running the 93, my car runs better and gets better MPG's on Premium
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the cheap stuff i thought burned off quicker, so it would prolli make MPG worse i would think.
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Well, I would consider moving down to 91 octane, possible 89 in a pinch, but no way would I ever run 87 octane in my car. Ever.
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i dont think youll notice the difference.....in money.....if you run the 93..youll get better mpg....but will cost the same as if you ran the crappy stuff thats cheaper
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yep i run the best they have. Best we have in my town is 92 i believe so i do all my gas business thereOn a road trip when i had my '00 GTP the worst i ran was 89 and i didn't get on the gas. I had a small pulley and some other mods and didn't want it to go BOOM from Knock Retard(KR)
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Thanks guys, ill just run 93, seems to be the best consensus for her
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I'd just continue to buy the highest grade you can find while on your trip.....93 octane isn't available everywhere.
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^^^ yea im wondering when those other states are going to come out of the dark age...
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im paying around 2.95 for 93 right now, what you guys paying? i hear May is suppose to be pretty expensive 3.40 or so for the cheap ****
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im paying about 10cent more then that
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93 is well past $3/gallon in northern IL now.

Run anything 91-93 octane, on the stock tune these will yield the best results (power and MPG wise).
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last time i wnt to chi town it was pretty expensive, that was when i was getting 10 mpg on my dodge though too
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3.05 here in FL
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3.20 here in gainesville, fl for 93. I've been running 89 lately just because I have very little money left in the bank from what I saved up from last summer before I left for school.
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Damn thats expensive, im not looking forward to the prices when i get down to AL for vacation
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you can run cheap stuff, I have ran it before even with my mods just to see if i could and it does fine but will not idel worth a crap. but on the hight way you will be fine. not the best thing for the car i am sure pulls some timing thats it.




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