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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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I use 93 octane. I usually get my gas at a Hess station not to far from my house, its cheaper there than any other gas station around where I live.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by riko540
I use 93 octane. I usually get my gas at a Hess station not to far from my house, its cheaper there than any other gas station around where I live.
I have a Mobil gas station 1 mile away from my house, but Hess 93 octane FTW! American gas!!! And it's always cheaper than Mobil, so that always helps.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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Shell V-Power 93 octane.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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haha i use 93 and i am a 2.2l........tune called for it lol
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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i use 93 as well and the tune does run much better on it. tried 87 once post-tune and never looked back, it's like cancer now, avoid at all cost.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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93 sunoco.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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i only use shell v-power and chevron gas, both 93 octane... best quality imo.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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whatever is cheap.

I prefer when the building is run down and they have a piece of tape that someone wrote "push here" on when the machine gets old and wore out.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 08:01 AM
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whatever is cheap.

I prefer when the building is run down and they have a piece of tape that someone wrote "push here" on when the machine gets old and wore out.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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I use 94 from the Husky, mid grade is 92 and reg. is 89
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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93 from whatever reputable company that does the least price gouging that's near where I'm at. So basically anything but BP.
Why not BP. Political or quality of gas? I use BP 91, it is AMOCO Gold. I always used AMOCO years ago when it was called "white" gas. It was unleaded but could be run in cars without problems even before cars were set up for unleaded gas.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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holy crap this many posts and everyone so far using the correct gas for their car?

*doubletake*
This one time, at band camp, I ran diesel.

I keed, 93 from Shell or 94 from Husky, I never have looked into the ethanol(I think) that Husky uses as an octane booster and if there's any downside to it.
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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93....usually from Chevron. I try and avoid places that buy oil from Venezuela, even though they tend to be a couple cents cheaper.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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I use 91 from sunoco because they have 10% ethenol and we all know the more of that **** the crappier your car runs and more shitty the mpg's
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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i use shell. mostly because of the air miles... and theres 5 of them with in 3-5 min from my house 2 of them just down the road each way. never use less the 91 in mine
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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I am using 89 Octane with 10% I figure its about to snow here and I am not racing anyone. We do have 1 gas station that has CONCO 93 octane and another that has BP 92. I use the 92 in my Buick because I do not get any knock(which makes me believe it is higher than 92) than when I use the 93 octane from the other gas station. I hve to use 91+ for my buick because of the chip and modds that are on it. So I use 89 in the winter and 92 in the summer for my SS/TC.
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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i have been putting 87 in my sport. how much of a difference will there be if i use 93?
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 04:34 PM
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hahaha omg there cobalts guys, putting the highest octane gas isnt worth it
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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hahaha omg there cobalts guys, putting the highest octane gas isnt worth it
i guess premium breaks his bank. get a better job than dood.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by brickloaf
hahaha omg there cobalts guys, putting the highest octane gas isnt worth it
Take an SS/SC or SS/TC, throw some 87 in there and go do a bunch of wide open throttle pull's. Then tell me how your car is doing.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by brickloaf
hahaha omg there cobalts guys, putting the highest octane gas isnt worth it
you fail. and obviously, like most people, you don't understand what octane is, and how it affects your car.

2.2 use regular if you want.

if you have a 2.4, or especially a 2.0 and use regular but are not tuned for it you're an idiot. you're getting LESS GAS MILEAGE with your regular gas, which makes the "savings" not even worth it. you're better off using what the car is designed to run on.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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i buy 93 from shell. its right by my house.
or in ohio i get 89 or 93 from marathon right across from my house.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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can anyone explain why the hell Jersey gas is dirt cheap and they pump your gas for you? thats insane
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 06SS ALL DAY
can anyone explain why the hell Jersey gas is dirt cheap and they pump your gas for you? thats insane
i don't question it. it was pretty damn expensive for a while. a few months ago it was over 50 to fill up. now i fill up for about 17
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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its cheap because im pretty sure they have oil reserves from many years ago that they can pull from.
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