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What octane
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With your example, (assuming 20 MPG mixed driving), you would be over 35K miles in that year. While I do put close to that much on the little car, most probably don't. So most would probably see more like $120 over the course of a year. Either way, you are looking at a difference of around a penny a mile. Not exactly the budget buster some people seem to think it is...
I don't drive as much as my example would suggest either, the average gets severely skewed by stop and go rubbernecking highway traffic during the week, and lots of free highway cruising on the weekends. 20 - 25k miles a year. I guess for people who drive 70 miles a week instead of 70 miles a day, they should stop being cheap asses.
Then again, while it may only be $120 a year, any and every penny you can save these days is worth it, the way things are going. You could be earning interest on that money.
Gas isn't the only thing getting ridiculously expensive these days (food prices?). I'm betting a lot of people who buy these cars don't run them flat out WOT all the time, and probably don't need to run >= 91 to keep the things alive. Last edited by jnmartin; May 1, 2008 at 08:57 AM.
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Well i filled up yesterday i put 30 dollars worth of 101 octane gas which was at 7.69 a gallon then i put 15 of 91 got out of the gasoline station headed to the 110 fwy i wasn't even on for 2 minutes when i got pulled over for speeding i do notice a difference it pulls a little harder but that will be the last time gas is expensive and the ticket too
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I guess for people who drive 70 miles a week instead of 70 miles a day, they should stop being cheap asses.
Then again, while it may only be $120 a year, any and every penny you can save these days is worth it, the way things are going. You could be earning interest on that money.
Then again, while it may only be $120 a year, any and every penny you can save these days is worth it, the way things are going. You could be earning interest on that money.
Wasn't sayin' that it was a good idea one way or the other, just that the difference in fuel cost is extremely negligible compared to the total cost of ownership with depreciation, consumables, and insurance. Hardly worth considering.
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