Ouch says the wallet
I pay roughly $60 for half a tank of 89 octane, about 13 gallons. I never let it drop below half. My grandpa says its bad for the poor fuel pump in the dodges to starve them lower than an eighth of a tank.
We are at 99.9 for 87 gas in my town. There's a price war between two gas stations. Good for us! It's gone from 119.9 to 99.9 in 3 days.
Full tank (25 gallons(I'm guessing I had at least 1 gallon in the tank)) of 89 octane when i bought my truck ran me $132, so $5.28 per gallon in Canada.
Just be lucky you guys in America haven't hit that price yet. It's a killer.
We are at 99.9 for 87 gas in my town. There's a price war between two gas stations. Good for us! It's gone from 119.9 to 99.9 in 3 days.
Full tank (25 gallons(I'm guessing I had at least 1 gallon in the tank)) of 89 octane when i bought my truck ran me $132, so $5.28 per gallon in Canada.
Just be lucky you guys in America haven't hit that price yet. It's a killer.
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IM lauging at all of you, You having Nothing to complain abought, My 2500 Takes 135 LT or 35 gallons, long boxs have larger tanks.. (not sure imperial or metric) And I use the good flue ie 93 octane that runs abought a $1.30 here in Calgary.
If I were to use 87 octane Im hitting $135.00 ... that might get me a week in city driving on crap 87 octane..
My soultion was a 280.00 a month Elantra that will go a month on city driving ( to and from work ) on 53 LT ...
on the + side side I can gt close to a 1000 km highway out of that 135 lt tank if I drive at 100 KM per hour and use 93 octane, I love Cheveron in BC, 94 octane and the hemi runs mightly on that!! ...
If I were to use 87 octane Im hitting $135.00 ... that might get me a week in city driving on crap 87 octane..
My soultion was a 280.00 a month Elantra that will go a month on city driving ( to and from work ) on 53 LT ...
on the + side side I can gt close to a 1000 km highway out of that 135 lt tank if I drive at 100 KM per hour and use 93 octane, I love Cheveron in BC, 94 octane and the hemi runs mightly on that!! ...
Last edited by cyclone429; Dec 3, 2012 at 10:57 PM. Reason: w
There's 3 gas stations in Dauphin Manitoba that are at 99.9. They kept trying to undercut each other, but no one wants to go lower than 99.9. As far as I know, it's only a local price war.
I went to the next town over, about 30 minutes away, and it was 119.9.
I went to the next town over, about 30 minutes away, and it was 119.9.
That's the cost for driving the power. I got a brand new Scion that gets 58 mpg on my trips to work. The gas saving alone pays for the vehicle, but that stopped after about 3-4 months. I missed the power and the feeling of driving the full sized truck. Went right back to driving the truck to work. Why live if you are not enjoying the ride?
I am lucky in that I live maybe half a mile from work. In the summer I walk most often. In the winter I take the truck. So gas really isn't that big of an issue for me anyways.
If we need to go somewhere, we take my girlfriends Ford. Even though it's all-wheel drive, it still gets a solid 36 MPG highway.
If we need to go somewhere, we take my girlfriends Ford. Even though it's all-wheel drive, it still gets a solid 36 MPG highway.