My car has always been fuel efficient, that is nice.
$20 used to almost fill it all the way less than a year ago, I get about 340 miles of range on a full tank, I had about 140 miles left so I went and just filled $20
That put me at 260 miles of range now when $20 used to get me like 300 on its own.
But then it seemed like I was back near 140 way too fast, didn’t go anywhere but around town a bit for like 3 days.
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I'm sure the octane is fiddled with, we're probably not getting the quality we think we are.
Yeah, I’m wondering now do I pay the premium for premium gas? Or ethanol free?
My tank used to fill up at about $20 to $30 but just the other day when I filled up it was about $50.
Yeah it’s crazy, I did $35 the other day and that didn’t fill mine, granted I only drive a midsized sedan.
I have a Prius.
If I’m cooked then I know everyone else is fried.
I have to use Klarna just to pay for my gas.
Yeah I have an Hyundai Elantra, it’s a reliable car which is a blessing but it should not cost that much in gas to run it.
I've always used premium only, even in my boongers (cheap car), as it's better economy and better for your engine. I think ťhey change the goal posts on the octane rating when it suits.
Yeah I’m probably gonna use premium now, but they probably lying to us about that too
My wife burnt out the valves in one of her cars, Nissan said it was probably down to her using 91 basic shit instead of 98 premium.
Damn that’s no good, I still owe money on this one so I want to keep it in decent shape, even though it is old.
$20 to fill it all the way? i pay $120 for a full car wtf????
Yes my car is very efficient, but it isn’t $20 anymore.
well yes, driving around town will use a lot more fuel than cruising on the highway. especially if its lots of little trips. so your range will plummet, and it will be calculated on a rolling average so hit the highway for a bit and your range prediction will go up
I always log my fuel usage each fill (ex-truckie, just a habit) and there's always ups and downs depending on many factors. but the average has been constant and I've owned it from new so not even increased consumption as it aged.
that's their usual position, but its a bit of a load of crap.
burnt out valves are usually caused by carbon build up creating hot spots. combine this with the wrong fuel which burns as they're still open and it will burn them out.
but usually the initial carbon build up is caused by a lot of low speed city driving. take it for a good blat every now and then and run a cleaner through it regularly and it really shouldn't be a major issue.
i mean, you should use the octane rating its designed for as that minimises the potential, but in today's nanny state they can't say your driving style part of the problem and if you thrash the arse off it occasionally it'll be fine!
