^^I ran costco fuel in the accord (2.4 NA), and g37 (3.7 NA). First time using it in a turbo car. Drive home was ~50 miles, didn't experience any misfires or other issues. All the costco's around here are very high volume. As a matter of fact, the one by the house says they get deliveries 3x/day.
The car hasn't seen over 4K rpm yet. I don't jackrabbit from a light, but I don't crawl either. I'm still smelling a bit of the burn off smell after parking. On the G that subsided after about 600 miles.
i dont know how you do it. i take off at 4000 rpm’s if i could gun it at every light, i would. thats discipline! the line at cosco for gas is waaaay to long in los angeles to get gas. not worth the wait
^^Old age. I just don't have the desire to race light to light any more. IMO all cars too slow anyway (see avatar) unless going for a real sportscar/something with 500+ hp. Regardless, all cars still lean the wrong way in turns.
So, I take my time getting up to speed. I also try to look far ahead and start coasting early if the light ahead is red. Riding bikes changed my driving habits. Always know your escape routes ahead of time.
What I do need is passing power to get around slow pokes on 2 land country roads. Speed limit 55, yet doofus ahead is going 50, braking each time the road curves slightly. Even on the more technical roads, I don't WOT out of corners. Just a moderate athletic pace.
i dont know how you do it. i take off at 4000 rpm’s if i could gun it at every light, i would. thats discipline! the line at cosco for gas is waaaay to long in los angeles to get gas. not worth the wait
I've never understood this. I've had people tell me "If I owned that car, I'd be getting speeding tickets every day!". Like how can you not control yourself?
Police are LOOKING for people speeding in residential and populated areas (cities). This is where most of the enforcement is, because this is where most of the hazard to other people is.
I've never understood this. I've had people tell me "If I owned that car, I'd be getting speeding tickets every day!". Like how can you not control yourself?
Police are LOOKING for people speeding in residential and populated areas (cities). This is where most of the enforcement is, because this is where most of the hazard to other people is.
Your name says no breaks?
Like the previous reply said, sometimes you just need passing power , and to be able to take off fast, not go 100 mph down the street. plus , if i wanted to Have a car with no power I would have kept my Kia forte an kia optima
Ouch that hurts. We are up to $1.50-$1.55 CDN a litre, so $6+ gallon. As long as I'm in ECO mode I can average 8.4L/100km. Combined driving ECO/Sport gets me around 10L/100km or 28mpg
I think getting the aem panel filters helped our economy .. last trip to Asheville we averaged around 28 mpg by actual calculation around 29. Something on the computer this weekend, after the filters, we cruised at 80+ and got 31 indicate and over 30 mpg over the same trip. Also just passed 15k miles!
Because of this thread, i've dived into why there are disparities... Looks like from my quick search, this is because many years ago, studies showed at higher elevations, 2 point lower octane had the same performance at lower air densities. So places like colorado etc... the refineries supplying these areas made gas at 85, 87, and 91 for the three levels and it was cheaper...
Modern cars now compensate for that so the lower octane just acts like lower octane and it's only the fact the policies haven't changed to force refineries to come back up to the 87/89/93 standards of most states... also, some places it's purely just a matter of just the extra cost of getting the higher grades in that they don't get 93...
Ah shucks. I've never seen it do this before: but I haven't put only three gallons in before (damned Chevron $5.79 for Premium). Apparently, a long coast (14 miles down Big Cottonwood canyon), after putting in a few gallons, messes with the MPG app.
