[Shotimes] Gas

[Donald Mallinson]

I have used nothing but 87 in all my cars for years.  The only time I 
put in some premium is when I know I will be very heavily loaded in high 
heat, or am racing.  A little extra octane doesn't hurt when you are 
full throttle a high percentage of the time, usually on hot days.  But 
other than that, straight 87 works just fine.  Some might say even the 
little extra premium for racing isn't needed, but it makes me feel 
better, and if there is any possible performance downside, I don't care, 
I like my pistons better than the .001% power difference if that.

As for prices, I really do believe that in times like this when prices 
go up all the time, that stations and chains take advantage and just 
raise them till business drops off.  Why else to explain that prices in 
my area have changed 30 cents some weeks up AND down, when the price of 
crude has been pretty consistent, and has been going up all the time.

My wife's horses are starting to look better for short trips, but their 
emissions and feed requirements mean I will keep my cars a while longer!

:)
Don Mallinson

Doug Copeland wrote:

>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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