View Poll Results: Does it REALLY make a long-term difference for NORMAL everyday driving???
87 Octane
9
10.71%
93 Octane
75
89.29%
Voters: 84. You may not vote on this poll
93 octane vs. 87 octane
I belive its a myth that 87 is that much better than 91 +. Yes, the higher the better if you're racing but for gas milage and things, its not such a huge difference to where you have to swear your life on it.
for some reasons, ppl don't want to associate their cars with lower octane.
for some reasons, ppl don't want to associate their cars with lower octane.
Originally Posted by throbbing_Zon
AND IT'S COSTING ME $2.30 A GALLON!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate this ****ing state, this ****ing Bay Area, I hate it anymore, JESUS!!!
I don't know if he had anything to do with it, but the soon to be not a governor is a ****ing MAROON!!!!! Ok, i feel better now.
I don't know if he had anything to do with it, but the soon to be not a governor is a ****ing MAROON!!!!! Ok, i feel better now.
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Originally Posted by Z350Maniac
now this is not to get on anyone's case, but think of it this way.
The Z has a 17 gallon fill up usually for me. Gas in MI is INSANELY expensive ($1.90 for 87 and 2.10 for 93) right now (I KNOW in other states it is worse, but in MI gas usually NEVER goes above $1.90 for premium.) So everyone is going on about how they drove 20 miles from home to get gas at a $0.05 cheaper station than local ones. They also think I am NUTS for buying premium.
I actually have to explain to people that the penny pinching they're doing is LUDICROUS. The difference between 87 and 93 octane gas is $0.15. Now multiply that by say 20 gallons (easier roundoff) You're looking at $3.00 a week difference in gas (I use a tank a week, I'm conservative I guess.) WHOOP DEE DOO $3.00!!! people spend TWICE that much EVERY day on CIGARETTES in MI. WHY is everyone flipping out over the difference? I also have fun explaining to the people who drive the 20 miles for cheaper gas that the fuel they're wasting going out to the trip costs them the money they saved and the fuel they spend going home is a direct loss.
If people would only sit down and do the math life would seem simpler. Instead I get to hear coworkers CRYING about the price of gas while they're puffing away on cigarrettes (can anyone tell I'm an avid non smoker? I don't mind smokers I just think it's ironic how they consider their vice a necessity yet they b!7ch about gas prices.)
The Z has a 17 gallon fill up usually for me. Gas in MI is INSANELY expensive ($1.90 for 87 and 2.10 for 93) right now (I KNOW in other states it is worse, but in MI gas usually NEVER goes above $1.90 for premium.) So everyone is going on about how they drove 20 miles from home to get gas at a $0.05 cheaper station than local ones. They also think I am NUTS for buying premium.
I actually have to explain to people that the penny pinching they're doing is LUDICROUS. The difference between 87 and 93 octane gas is $0.15. Now multiply that by say 20 gallons (easier roundoff) You're looking at $3.00 a week difference in gas (I use a tank a week, I'm conservative I guess.) WHOOP DEE DOO $3.00!!! people spend TWICE that much EVERY day on CIGARETTES in MI. WHY is everyone flipping out over the difference? I also have fun explaining to the people who drive the 20 miles for cheaper gas that the fuel they're wasting going out to the trip costs them the money they saved and the fuel they spend going home is a direct loss.
If people would only sit down and do the math life would seem simpler. Instead I get to hear coworkers CRYING about the price of gas while they're puffing away on cigarrettes (can anyone tell I'm an avid non smoker? I don't mind smokers I just think it's ironic how they consider their vice a necessity yet they b!7ch about gas prices.)
premium here in the Dallas, Fort Worth area.
Originally Posted by Z350Maniac
now this is not to get on anyone's case, but think of it this way.
The Z has a 17 gallon fill up usually for me. Gas in MI is INSANELY expensive ($1.90 for 87 and 2.10 for 93) right now (I KNOW in other states it is worse, but in MI gas usually NEVER goes above $1.90 for premium.) So everyone is going on about how they drove 20 miles from home to get gas at a $0.05 cheaper station than local ones. They also think I am NUTS for buying premium.
I actually have to explain to people that the penny pinching they're doing is LUDICROUS. The difference between 87 and 93 octane gas is $0.15. Now multiply that by say 20 gallons (easier roundoff) You're looking at $3.00 a week difference in gas (I use a tank a week, I'm conservative I guess.) WHOOP DEE DOO $3.00!!! people spend TWICE that much EVERY day on CIGARETTES in MI. WHY is everyone flipping out over the difference? I also have fun explaining to the people who drive the 20 miles for cheaper gas that the fuel they're wasting going out to the trip costs them the money they saved and the fuel they spend going home is a direct loss.
If people would only sit down and do the math life would seem simpler. Instead I get to hear coworkers CRYING about the price of gas while they're puffing away on cigarrettes (can anyone tell I'm an avid non smoker? I don't mind smokers I just think it's ironic how they consider their vice a necessity yet they b!7ch about gas prices.)
The Z has a 17 gallon fill up usually for me. Gas in MI is INSANELY expensive ($1.90 for 87 and 2.10 for 93) right now (I KNOW in other states it is worse, but in MI gas usually NEVER goes above $1.90 for premium.) So everyone is going on about how they drove 20 miles from home to get gas at a $0.05 cheaper station than local ones. They also think I am NUTS for buying premium.
I actually have to explain to people that the penny pinching they're doing is LUDICROUS. The difference between 87 and 93 octane gas is $0.15. Now multiply that by say 20 gallons (easier roundoff) You're looking at $3.00 a week difference in gas (I use a tank a week, I'm conservative I guess.) WHOOP DEE DOO $3.00!!! people spend TWICE that much EVERY day on CIGARETTES in MI. WHY is everyone flipping out over the difference? I also have fun explaining to the people who drive the 20 miles for cheaper gas that the fuel they're wasting going out to the trip costs them the money they saved and the fuel they spend going home is a direct loss.
If people would only sit down and do the math life would seem simpler. Instead I get to hear coworkers CRYING about the price of gas while they're puffing away on cigarrettes (can anyone tell I'm an avid non smoker? I don't mind smokers I just think it's ironic how they consider their vice a necessity yet they b!7ch about gas prices.)
bottom line in the ,manual it says use premium gas, recommended right , and you have a sports car right,........with a high compression engine , .....i mean is there any question that you would be doing a service to your car if you just bought better quality food for it .
Originally Posted by cracka350z
i smoke...but thats budgeted in...this jump of gas prices wasnt! so i can ***** about it because i really wasnt ready for it. soooo....gtfo
Oh and yeah I would take free 87 octane fuel over the premium any day, but if I was paying for both I would use the premium, and I do today.
Originally Posted by the bluez33
i find the fact that this is even a question in here embarassing to the 350Z community. 
please go spend the extra few dollars for premium. otherwise, you got the wrong car. the Honda scene is elsewhere
please go spend the extra few dollars for premium. otherwise, you got the wrong car. the Honda scene is elsewhere
the blue z33--->
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To make you all Jelous: I only fuel 100 Octane, avalible at most gas stations here in Sweden. The lowest we have is 95. 
To make you all happy again: 1 Gallon of 100 Octane costs 7.20$... 95 octane is like 6.70$...
400% of which is tax... 
/Roger
To make you all happy again: 1 Gallon of 100 Octane costs 7.20$... 95 octane is like 6.70$...
400% of which is tax... /Roger
15000 miles per year / 20 mpg = 750 gallons a year
Premium runs about 20-30 cents more
.3 x 750 = $225 a year (less than $20 a month)
If that breaks you... you are driving the wrong car.
Premium runs about 20-30 cents more
.3 x 750 = $225 a year (less than $20 a month)
If that breaks you... you are driving the wrong car.
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[QUOTE=Roggan]To make you all Jelous: I only fuel 100 Octane, avalible at most gas stations here in Sweden. The lowest we have is 95.
To make you all happy again: 1 Gallon of 100 Octane costs 7.20$... 95 octane is like 6.70$... 400% of which is tax...
/Roger[/QUOTE
first, lol. . . second, why do europeans tax gasoline so much? How do politicians justify a 400% tax on anything?
To make you all happy again: 1 Gallon of 100 Octane costs 7.20$... 95 octane is like 6.70$...
400% of which is tax... /Roger[/QUOTE
first, lol. . . second, why do europeans tax gasoline so much? How do politicians justify a 400% tax on anything?
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From: Hoover, Alabama
Originally Posted by hypeiv
15000 miles per year / 20 mpg = 750 gallons a year
Premium runs about 20-30 cents more
.3 x 750 = $225 a year (less than $20 a month)
If that breaks you... you are driving the wrong car.
Premium runs about 20-30 cents more
.3 x 750 = $225 a year (less than $20 a month)
If that breaks you... you are driving the wrong car.
'nuff said.
---kinda makes you wonder why Cali. only has 91 octane, yet they are so rediculous with emissions. Theoretically, higher octane = lower emmisions.
I've been using 93 octane over 91 octane.. haven't since thrown a misfire code. (Been running for about 4 months on 93 octane, prior i used to see the code about once a month..sometimes more).
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The higher octane you use, the more timing you will get from the ECU, but only if you ask for it (WOT runs). Refer to the big long ECU thread Sentry65 started. At least that's what I gathered from it anyway.
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[QUOTE=Z23]
Hehe well you tell me?! They tax everything that is not "good" for you or the enviroment insanly, like booze and gas both have somewhere around 400% tax... I guess there is some reason in that but its still WAYY TOO MUCH!!
/Roger
Originally Posted by Roggan
To make you all Jelous: I only fuel 100 Octane, avalible at most gas stations here in Sweden. The lowest we have is 95.
To make you all happy again: 1 Gallon of 100 Octane costs 7.20$... 95 octane is like 6.70$... 400% of which is tax...
/Roger[/QUOTE
first, lol. . . second, why do europeans tax gasoline so much? How do politicians justify a 400% tax on anything?
To make you all happy again: 1 Gallon of 100 Octane costs 7.20$... 95 octane is like 6.70$...
400% of which is tax... /Roger[/QUOTE
first, lol. . . second, why do europeans tax gasoline so much? How do politicians justify a 400% tax on anything?
/Roger
Originally Posted by xephiron
Exactly, I use 93 on ANY car... slightly cleaner, slightly better gas mileage.
'nuff said.
---kinda makes you wonder why Cali. only has 91 octane, yet they are so rediculous with emissions. Theoretically, higher octane = lower emmisions.
'nuff said.
---kinda makes you wonder why Cali. only has 91 octane, yet they are so rediculous with emissions. Theoretically, higher octane = lower emmisions.
I am interested to see how the Z will handle 87 octane but I am not willing to try it out. I think I remember reading a thread in the street racing forum about a guy who was losing to his friends SRT-4 then he found out the Z recommends high octane gas, once he switched he started beating the SRT-4.
Last edited by hypeiv; Aug 30, 2005 at 07:02 AM.
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