hypeiv

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Today on the way home from lunch with 3 co-workers in a ford expedition. We stopped to get gas and the price was 1.99 for regular and 2.17 for premium. I made a comment that my car only took premium and my co workers started ragging on me about how unpractical my car is (the other 2 guys drive 2 seater pickup trucks and they never put anything in the bed... about as practical as a 2 seater Z IMHO). They were saying they would never buy a car that required premium gas and that its such a waste... I then noticed the expeditions computer was showing 12 miles per gallon... at 1.99 thats almost $.17 a mile !!!... I sit around 18 or 19 which gives me $.12 a mile (with 93oct)... one guy was claiming his pick up gets about 15 but thats still $.13 a mile (with regular)... so I don't feel so bad about paying a little more for premium now.

arlingtonz

yeah but what sucks is that crude keeps rising and it is only going to get worse, wish i still have my 5 MT Integra, got almost 30 to the gallon on regular. oh well, there is nothing like the rush of torque

TAZBomberman

anyone NOT get premium gas for their Z ... ?

2004z

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2.17 for premium?!

Wow, that's cheap!!!

hypeiv

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I bet 87 octane in the Z would drop you 2 miles per gallon at least negating any advantage of using it. Not to mention your car would be slower... juk

hypeiv

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yea we can't complain in Texas... its never anywhere near the national high.

LIdrew

Yeah, I'm paying 2.35 in NY right now, but I drive my corolla most days, so it's OK. Suggestion: Get a 4 cyl beater car, corolla, civic, etc for cheap and drive that to save on gas and keep the miles low on the Z. I paid 1500 for my 95 rolla and it gets insane gas mileage and NEVER premium gas. It paid for itself already.

hypeiv

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Owning 2 cars not an option for me b/c insurance for under 25 is psycho when you add a second car.

But I only drive about 10 to 12k miles a year so I am only spending $54 more a month for my Z's gas vs something that got 30 mpg on regular. There are many reasons I want a second car... but gas isn't a major one it would just be a nice side effect to offset the extra cost of insurance and maintance.

RED HOT Z

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HOLY SH#$T i pay 2.50 a gallon

10-35

$2.59 a gallon here. I didn't buy it for economy.

hypeiv

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I did... price was cheaper than the g35c... also less maintance than a used vette.

RNL323

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There's a Shell station here in San Francisco that has 2.75 for 91!!! Luckily I found a Chevron for 2.44.

The problem is demand is high for oil and there isn't an increase in production. Oil futures closed today at a new high... $56.46

350fanatic

on average its about 2.40-2.50 in the bayarea..

i was in san francisco the other day and saw a gas station wit a premium price of $3.29

BigMoeTaki42

Ouch, its nowhere near that high here in good ol' fort wayne, I think it's around 2.13 now. I also get 20 mpg on my Z driving all city, so I don't think that's bad at all.

Armitage

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Gas in Jersey just went up recently... on my home last night, saw Premium for $2.07. A week ago it was around $1.97 for premium.

ranger5oh

welp... my STi gets even worse gas mileage... gas prices suck.

Armitage

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AWD? Turbo? Gee I'm suprised.

Masterfulks

I pay about 2.10 as of last week when I filled up. I tend to average about 24 mpg.

Hmm if I had another car that got 30 mpg that would give me an extra 6 x 20 = 120 miles per fillup. So at 20 gallons that would put me 4 gallons ahead of the Z per fillup which is about 8 bucks. So my 2nd car at 600 miles per tank at a rate of 50 miles round trip per day would last me 12 work days. So 12 work days for about 40 bucks.

My Z gets about 480 miles per tank for about 9.6 workdays of driving.

1050 miles per week

Z= 1050miles per month /24mpg= 43.75 gallons needed at 2.10 a gallon = 91.875 bucks

2nd car = 1050miles per month /30mpg= 35 gallons needed at 1.90 a gallon = 66.5 bucks

91.88 - 66.5 = 25.38 savings per month for buying another car. $304.56 per year.

Then there's added insurance cost, but then I'd have a lot less miles on my Z.

Man I just wasted too much time on that...

ryce4u

Here in Shreveport, Louisiana, it was 1.97 for preminum a few weeks ago and i was still complaining about the high prices. But then it went up to 2.17 last week.. guess i shoulda kept my mouth shut

FairladyZ

Yep my car is a gas "guzzler", thus the reason for the $1000+ gas guzzler tax the orginal owner had to pay. My tank is smaller than the 350Z so that will make up for a little.