[Shotimes] Gas

[Rick Glass]

I forgot the most important part.....I've spent $440 so far this year on 
gas....running premium, that would be about $480....I save about $120-150/yr 
running 87.

Rick Glass
    '96 Rose Mist 72k, cam failure....almost mine
    '99 SF  68k
         Flowmasters
         Kirk'd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Glass" <cmysho@comcast.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Gas


>I have always run 87 in all of my SHO's, no ill effects....some will argue 
>about ping, or spark waste, or whatever else...but at $2.39/gal here....I 
>couldn't afford to drive, $2.19 is kicking my ass pretty good.....
> oh, and my SHO's have all gotten slightly better mpg on 87 than on 
> 93.....but not ususally on the 1st tank.
> I say run 3 tanks of 87 and evaluate the performance, mpg, and throttle 
> response...if you feel you are losing something, go back to premium.
>
> Rick Glass
>    '96 Rose Mist 72k, cam failure....almost mine
>    '99 SF  68k
>         Flowmasters
>         Kirk'd
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doug Copeland" <doug.copeland@gmail.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:37 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Gas
>
>
>> Somehow gas prices seem to increase faster than my paychecks do.  Gas
>> in my town went up like $.20 in the past week or so, and it's driving
>> me crazy. Yesterday when i was at the pump i noticed that the
>> difference from regular (87) to mid grade (89) was $.10 a gallon as
>> normal, but the difference from mid (89) to premium (93) was $.14
>> instead of the normal $.10 a gallon. Any clues on why the variance?
>>
>> Also, i know people have talked about this before, but i can't
>> remember the outcome.  Is there a noticeable difference between using
>> regular or mid grade and premium.  I've always put premium in my SHO,
>> but that's just because i was told to.  I know somebody in the past
>> said they ran regular and it ran fine, but i was wondering what other
>> people were using.  Sometimes when i go to the pump i get the urge to
>> save my self that little bit of money and pump the cheaper stuff.
>>
>> Doug
>> 95 mtx
>> 168k (and rising too fast)
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