Gas Guzzler

[Nastynotch]

Holy crap!

I just paid $3.07 a gallon for 93 octaine at Sunco this morning. And in a car that gets 18mpg, that hurts. Prices were like 2.30 a month ago.

It gets warmer and the pumps decide to take your buck. Whats wrong with this picture? Are people trying to skeet my hard earned dollar in a cheeky way through gas prices? Or is the world really running out of barrells?

 

[Scott&Nikki]

93 octane is $3.29 by me...

The answer to your question depends very much on who you ask. I had to do a research paper on that subject last year and you would be amazed at some of the stuff I have found...

 

[Lyndsey]

It's in the high $3's here

 

[Cricket]

Does your car require 93 octane? You could save some if you can run a lower octane, if you can. There is really no benifit in running a higher octane in an engine that isn't designed for it anyway.

 

[Ian S.]

Of course it goes up in the summer. It's vacation season. So people take nice long drives to their destinations. All the garage kept big liter engines, hit the road. Boats & jet skis hit the lakes and oceans. It's the time of year where everyone is in need of the octane and they know this.

 

[Nastynotch]

Does your car require 93 octane? You could save some if you can run a lower octane, if you can. There is really no benifit in running a higher octane in an engine that isn't designed for it anyway.

Naw its an 04 cobra. I Have to run a high octane to support the higher air/fuel ratio from the boost it puts out.

even the 88 mustang I use on more of a daily basis needs 93.

other wise the car pings around town


I hear alot of other people have it worse, so i wont complain

 

[gaparicio]

my 95 V8 Roadmaster with a corvette engine drinks about $70 every 2 weeks. It's a fun ride though so I don't really complain at all.

 

[Lyndsey]

Naw its an 04 cobra. I Have to run a high octane to support the higher air/fuel ratio from the boost it puts out.

even the 88 mustang I use on more of a daily basis needs 93.

other wise the car pings around town


I hear alot of other people have it worse, so i wont complain

Wow...you're 16 and have a Cobra? I take it your parents are very trusting

I don't understand why a 16 year old needs two cars though...

 

[Nastynotch]

Wow...you're 16 and have a Cobra? I take it your parents are very trusting

I don't understand why a 16 year old needs two cars though...

The whole car sence has been a hobby of my fathers. So when I told him I wanted a mustang he told me to start saving my pennys. I just so happen to hold a job a good job at CRTperformance (autoracing shop) and could make a nice down payment. Never the less the bank owns more of the cobra than I do. And ofcourse I only drive it when the weather permits. Thus I have the older mustang when the clouds fold over.