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"Tim" <T&L.RemoveThis@askme.net> wrote in message
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> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.

I just filled up my supercharged (requiring 91 or higher octane) Bonneville
too. She had around half a tank, and it cost me $40 (Canadian) because the
station had run out of regular, and was selling the 91 octane for the same
($1.242) price
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"80 Knight" <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Tim" <T&L.RemoveThis@askme.net> wrote in message
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>> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.
>
> I just filled up my supercharged (requiring 91 or higher octane)
> Bonneville too. She had around half a tank, and it cost me $40 (Canadian)
> because the station had run out of regular, and was selling the 91 octane
> for the same ($1.242) price
>

When I had a '92 Park Ave Ultra with a supercharger, I ignored the
"required" minimum octane and just threw 87 octane in it. I used 86 if I
was by the reservation and they had cheap gas that day. Never had a single
problem using the cheap stuff. I put a quarter of a million miles on that
car and it never complained once about cheap fuel.

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"Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE DeleteThis @alltel.net> wrote in message
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>>> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.
>>
>> I just filled up my supercharged (requiring 91 or higher octane)
>> Bonneville too. She had around half a tank, and it cost me $40
>> (Canadian) because the station had run out of regular, and was selling
>> the 91 octane for the same ($1.242) price
>>
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> When I had a '92 Park Ave Ultra with a supercharger, I ignored the
> "required" minimum octane and just threw 87 octane in it. I used 86 if I
> was by the reservation and they had cheap gas that day. Never had a
> single problem using the cheap stuff. I put a quarter of a million miles
> on that car and it never complained once about cheap fuel.

I'll admit, that with gas prices at there current level, I usually do use
87, but I couldn't resist filling it up with the premo, seeing how it was
the same price.
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On May 14, 1:38 am, "80 Knight" <nos... RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote:
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> >>> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.
>
> >> I just filled up my supercharged (requiring 91 or higher octane)
> >> Bonneville too.  She had around half a tank, and it cost me $40
> >> (Canadian) because the station had run out of regular, and was selling
> >> the 91 octane for the same ($1.242) price
>
> > When I had a '92 Park Ave Ultra with a supercharger, I ignored the
> > "required" minimum octane and just threw 87 octane in it.  I used 86 if I
> > was by the reservation and they had cheap gas that day.  Never had a
> > single problem using the cheap stuff.  I put a quarter of a million miles
> > on that car and it never complained once about cheap fuel.
>
> I'll admit, that with gas prices at there current level, I usually do use
> 87, but I couldn't resist filling it up with the premo, seeing how it was
> the same price.

Just an opinion, but I've started using only the "good stuff" in my 07
Malbu SS. At only a quarter a gallon more (4.25 vs 4.00 in NYC), the
difference in performance and mileage seems to justify its use. I
think in the near future, "regular" gas is going to be phased out
anyway.
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"Tim" <T&L DeleteThis @askme.net> wrote in message
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> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.

We went to visit friends last night and had about a quarter tank, so wanted
to fill up
on the way home. First station we passed, Shell, had no gas at all. I have
seen this
frequently lately.

We finally found one but gas availability has not been a problem here for a
long long
time.
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Just an opinion, but I've started using only the "good stuff" in my 07
Malbu SS. At only a quarter a gallon more (4.25 vs 4.00 in NYC), the
difference in performance and mileage seems to justify its use. I
think in the near future, "regular" gas is going to be phased out
anyway.

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That would make an interesting observation over time. A good comparison of
genuinely documented mileage with 87 compared to premium gas would be worth
the read. I had thrown premium in my '92 and never noticed any performance
difference. I have a fairly heavy foot and like to feel the push into the
seat of a car, but I never noticed any significant difference with different
fuels. I recorded the mileage for every tank full of gas, and I never saw
any remarkable difference with different gas. I'm a believer that it really
takes documented evidence, because we are subjective creatures, and left to
our own devices, we will tend to perceive what we want to see, in any given
situation, absent documented evidence.

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"Ted" <the_busmaster.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
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> >>> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.
>
> >> I just filled up my supercharged (requiring 91 or higher octane)
> >> Bonneville too. She had around half a tank, and it cost me $40
> >> (Canadian) because the station had run out of regular, and was selling
> >> the 91 octane for the same ($1.242) price
>
> > When I had a '92 Park Ave Ultra with a supercharger, I ignored the
> > "required" minimum octane and just threw 87 octane in it. I used 86 if I
> > was by the reservation and they had cheap gas that day. Never had a
> > single problem using the cheap stuff. I put a quarter of a million miles
> > on that car and it never complained once about cheap fuel.
>
> > I'll admit, that with gas prices at there current level, I usually do
> > use
> > 87, but I couldn't resist filling it up with the premo, seeing how it
> > was
> > the same price.
>

Just an opinion, but I've started using only the "good stuff" in my 07
Malbu SS. At only a quarter a gallon more (4.25 vs 4.00 in NYC), the
difference in performance and mileage seems to justify its use. I
think in the near future, "regular" gas is going to be phased out
anyway.
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I visit www.bonnevilleclub.com quite often, and the members there swear by
the 91 octane in the supercharged models. They say exactly what you did,
that you get more power and better mileage by using the 91 fuel. In
Ontario, 91 is around 11 cents a liter more expensive then 87, so I usually
use the 87.
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"Ted" <the_busmaster.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
I
think in the near future, "regular" gas is going to be phased out
anyway.

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You mean the gas that 90%+ car on the road use? What will replace it?
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Maybe a trifun http://www.trifun.com/

I wonder how that would do in snow.


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> Tim wrote:
>> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.
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> Will your next vehicle be a Vespa?
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> think in the near future, "regular" gas is going to be phased out
> anyway.
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> You mean the gas that 90%+ car on the road use? What will replace it?


Havent you read the posts ? Water is going to be our next great fuel
expansion...;>)

Seriously, I cannot see the demise of "regular".
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On May 13, 7:07 pm, "Tim" <T... RemoveThis @askme.net> wrote:
> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.

You could have saved 18% or so by converting to E85. I just did it on
my car. E85 is 25% cheaper here. The mpg is 15% less.

No the savings is not 10% but more. Do the math: (gallons E85 per
dollar) per (gallons per dollar gasoline) is 4/3, or 33% greater. So
you save 33-15=18%.

I converted using a pulse stretcher in the electrical line to the fuel
injectors. That lets the fuel management system increase the flow of
fuel. Details on request

Ben
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On May 17, 8:40 pm, Uncle Ben <b....TakeThisOut@greenba.com> wrote:
> On May 13, 7:07 pm, "Tim" <T....TakeThisOut@askme.net> wrote:
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> You could have saved 18% or so by converting to E85.  I just did it on
> my car.  E85 is 25% cheaper here. The mpg is 15% less.
>
> No the savings is not 10% but more.  Do the math: (gallons E85 per
> dollar) per (gallons per dollar gasoline) is 4/3, or 33% greater. So
> you save 33-15=18%.
...
Sorry, did it too fast. It is 13%: (1- 0.15)/(1- 0.25) = 1.133 or
0.133 greater.

Ben
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If you did it in Canada you'd put even more.
If in England......you would have to apply for loan:)


"Tim" <T&L.TakeThisOut@askme.net> wrote in message
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> Today I put allot of money in my 98 GMC Jimmy. I filled the gas tank.
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