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    Gas prices

    The sustancial amount of money saved is just ridiculous.

    The VX gas tank holds 22.5 gallons of gas at 4.05 is $ 91.12 the premium 22.5 gallons at 4.17 $ 93.82 now have the maths done & see how much money is saved.
    Dakar was just the begining.

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    well your premium and regular are much closer than mine.. the local gas station here the 87 is 3.79 and the 91 is 4.18. it saves about $8.50 per tank to use 87 octane

    lets say you get 17 mpg and fill your tank up with 20 gallons each time... you get 340 miles to a tank.. if you drive 15k miles a year.. you should fill up 44 times a year.. you would save yourself almost $350 a year using 87 octane

    to balance the cost.. your gas mileage would have to increase by 1.8mpg (a little over a 10% increase) by using premium.. very very doubtful you will see that kind of gain
    Last edited by etlsport : 08/07/2008 at 09:42 PM


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    Gas prices

    Oh yes for you the 87 octane works,there's also something overviewed,you might gas up you VX more time then me,i gas my VX twice a month;That's probably the difference n


    By the way ETLSPORT are up for the meeting july the next year some where in NY or NJ ?
    Last edited by Gussie2000 : 08/08/2008 at 05:00 AM

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    Thumbs up

    If you saved $8.50 for two tanks & then found three bucks in your living room cusions...you too could have the honor of "site supporter" below your user name...

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    or you could figure that higher octane would create less carbon and therefore could make your motor last longer.....
    whats the difference in 3 dollars per tank??? getting the smaller starbucks in the morning? or maybe one less beer at the bar?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pbkid View Post
    or you could figure that higher octane would create less carbon and therefore could make your motor last longer.....
    whats the difference in 3 dollars per tank??? getting the smaller starbucks in the morning? or maybe one less beer at the bar?
    That's right you got my point

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