This way I can brag about paying $4.00 a gallon before most people

3/1/2011 11:18:19 PM

3/1/2011 11:19:35 PM

Looks like it went up another $0.10 overnight. Now seeing $3.50 in quite a few places.

3/2/2011 8:15:07 AM

3/2/2011 8:17:30 AM

Seeing $3.39 around here

3/2/2011 8:25:08 AM

$3.45

3/2/2011 8:36:53 AM

i get 115mpg

bring on the $5/gallon gasoline

3/2/2011 8:38:29 AM

What kind of car gets 115 mpg? Or are you rollin on a scooter?

3/2/2011 8:40:36 AM

110cc scooter

but hey, it goes 60mph! it's not quite a liquor cycle

3/2/2011 8:42:11 AM

i need to get some gas today too ... sucks

3/2/2011 9:16:55 AM

3/2/2011 9:18:34 AM

Yay. Figures I am in desperate need of fuel today so waiting it out is not an option.

3/2/2011 9:57:39 AM

Waiting it out is an option... if you don't have to fill up for 6+ months.

3/2/2011 12:12:17 PM

I'm glad it went up like $.09 lastnight

3/2/2011 4:13:53 PM

I saved like $3.49 in gas today by buying a $6 car wash?

3/2/2011 4:15:05 PM

Damn. It cost me $5 to go premium.

3/2/2011 4:20:13 PM

I get mad even on days that i don't buy gas

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

3/2/2011 4:20:18 PM

I too run premium.

3/2/2011 7:59:05 PM

3/3/2011 3:27:12 PM

damn turbo

3/3/2011 7:56:04 PM

Quote :

"but hey, it goes 60mph! "

In all my life, I've never met a scooter I didn't pass. i.e. never seen one going more than 40

3/3/2011 8:14:34 PM

Most of them are 50cc. Ricky's is 110cc and I think fuel injected.

3/4/2011 1:21:34 AM

I saw $3.49 on the way home.

It was nice knowing you all.

Not really though.

3/4/2011 1:30:00 AM

What I paid to fill up this evening...

Sir, this place is full of cockbiters, choads, dicksmacks, assholes, whores, and cunts. If you find that you do not enjoy this experience, kindly remove yourself from the premises.

3/4/2011 1:36:02 AM

I thought this thread was about premium accounts on tdub...

3/4/2011 2:20:33 AM

Yay 4.01

4/12/2011 10:06:20 PM

you can thank your local Democrat governor for that. proportional gas tax ftl

4/12/2011 10:11:54 PM

I remember when I thought premium was expensive. ooh rah diesel.

4/12/2011 10:17:01 PM

http://www.piaggiousa.com/scooters.html#!s=overview/bv-tourer-500

max speed 99mph

4/13/2011 7:46:13 AM

^ at only 55-60mpg and $6400, i'd rather buy a motorcycle...though a 500cc scooter is sick in its own way

track (a dutch company: http://www.dieselmotorfiets.nl/) makes an 45hp 800cc I3 bike that runs on diesel/PPO with a CVT, so it can get 112mpg and tops out at about 110mph

it's also $27,000





i'd ride it

the aprilia mana 850 has a CVT and they claim 76hp, but 50mpg is pretty bad



[Edited on April 13, 2011 at 8:11 AM. Reason : aprilia]

4/13/2011 8:05:54 AM

I am happy with my 55mpg R1200R which I don't ride nearly enough.

4/13/2011 8:52:43 AM

93 octane is up to $4.01?

FML

4/13/2011 12:37:58 PM

Its was lastnight and this moring. S.saunders st

4/13/2011 2:34:21 PM

I love living by the lowest gas prices in Raleigh

4/13/2011 4:12:39 PM

just filled up for $3.999/gal at the shell off of beryl rd.

was even cheaper at the one at western/marcom.

weird... s. saunders is usually considerably cheaper...

4/13/2011 4:44:39 PM

I've never read on craigslist


"Selling car because regular gas fucked up the engine"



The whole premium only thing seems like a myth to me.

4/13/2011 5:58:57 PM

^ I'll spare you from a technical reply. If the owner's manual says use premium, then use it.

I think I paid around $3.90 for premium when I filled up in Raleigh a few days ago.

4/13/2011 6:19:09 PM

^^^today it was 3.999
^^trust me you can fuck some shit up if you don't run what you're supposed to.

4/13/2011 6:47:21 PM

^ and ^^

I respectfully disagree with both of you. Modern engine management systems are more than capable of handling lower octane gasolines. Sure, performance might be a little less...BUT in almost all circumstances, you won't incur damage to your engine. If you have performance mods, then that's a whole new ballgame. For this exercise, we'll assume you don't.

Will your mileage suffer? Possibly some. Then it'll be up to you to decide whether or not to run premium; the whole thing becomes an argument in economics.

And if your car wasn't specifically optimized for premium, you're definitely wasting your money.

In this day and age, there's enough thought in the design process to protect the car (and its owner) from a lot of stupidity.

There is, however, a handful of cars where this isn't true. Most of you can't afford them.

[Edited on April 13, 2011 at 6:56 PM. Reason : blah blah.]

4/13/2011 6:55:32 PM

$3.99-$4.09 for most places around Charlotte. BJs has $3.92.

4/13/2011 6:58:11 PM

Quote :

"The whole premium only thing seems like a myth to me."

it isn't

in other news, i only got 100mpg on this past tank...not sure what's up with that

4/13/2011 7:51:53 PM

Quote :

"I respectfully disagree with both of you. Modern engine management systems are more than capable of handling lower octane gasolines. Sure, performance might be a little less...BUT in almost all circumstances, you won't incur damage to your engine. If you have performance mods, then that's a whole new ballgame. For this exercise, we'll assume you don't."

I see what you are saying but if the car has a factory turbo (some guy's wife's Vdub) I would not run it on 87 continously.

I have tried running 87 octane on my Infiniti but the gas mileage suffers and I save no money

4/13/2011 8:05:08 PM

*ping*

4/13/2011 8:37:11 PM

It makes me lol when people think the difference between regular and premium is only detergents.

4/13/2011 9:26:36 PM

had to put a tank of 87 in my bike when i ran it out at some podunk station in the sticks, that's all they had

definitely noticed a performance/mileage hit. it wasn't night and day, but i noticed it and i wouldn't want to do it when i didn't have to. then again the thing ain't exactly stock

on the plus side, just rejetted my carb and, in addition to a crapton more power, went from getting about 100 miles out of a tank (before reserve, about 30mpg) to 120 and still climbing haven't even dialed it in completely right just yet but i'm hoping to hit 150 (45-50mpg) when it's 100%. Aftermarket intake jet kit was trash.

this 110mpg mess is ridiculous though...something that can do 60mph and get that kind of mileage should be essentially mandated. "Any licensed citizen of legal age must own a superscoot before legally purchasing a 4-wheeled gasoline vehicle"

[Edited on April 13, 2011 at 10:46 PM. Reason : asdf]

4/13/2011 10:46:01 PM

4/13/2011 10:58:59 PM

Quote :

"I see what you are saying but if the car has a factory turbo (some guy's wife's Vdub) I would not run it on 87 continously."

One exception to the rule...engines under boost need a little more margin...but not so much if they're not driven hard.

Knock sensors are often not fast enough.

4/13/2011 11:05:11 PM

$4.10 a gallon. gimme a break

5/6/2011 2:00:05 PM

5/6/2011 2:10:25 PM

Thanks erica

5/6/2011 3:00:16 PM