Octane
08-27-2008 | 05:30 PM
#31
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From: LaMarque,Tx
i'm just saying,MOST people are not going to go out and a "performance" car trying to save gas. do i drive like an idiot??? no. do i baby my car??? very little. when it's open road and no cops or any traffic,i turn her loose. i do the occasional stop light thing also. i get great gas milage. how??? my ss isn't my daily driver. it comes out on the weekends.
08-27-2008 | 06:22 PM
#32
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From: Over here
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08-27-2008 | 07:42 PM
#33
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Joined: 03-31-2008
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From: CLEVELAND
Don't be cheap if you have the SS. Buy the good stuff, don't just try to get by with regular. Let's throw down a little chart for those who think it costs so much to fill up with Premium VS. Regular.
Using the Chevron by my house I can get 87 octane for $3.79. If I fill up 14 gallons at that price I pay $53.06
If I go reckless and put Premium (92 octane) in at $3.99 a gallon, 14 gallons I spend a whopping $55.86. That's a whole $2.80 more! Filling up 3 times a month, over 12 months, that's $100.80 more than filling up with 87. If you are telling me that you cannot spend 27.6 cents per day extra on Premium fuel, than please, sell your $24,000 HHR SS and get a Hybrid.
Get the good stuff, drive the performance car like it was meant to be, use the turbo and get over it!
Using the Chevron by my house I can get 87 octane for $3.79. If I fill up 14 gallons at that price I pay $53.06
If I go reckless and put Premium (92 octane) in at $3.99 a gallon, 14 gallons I spend a whopping $55.86. That's a whole $2.80 more! Filling up 3 times a month, over 12 months, that's $100.80 more than filling up with 87. If you are telling me that you cannot spend 27.6 cents per day extra on Premium fuel, than please, sell your $24,000 HHR SS and get a Hybrid.
Get the good stuff, drive the performance car like it was meant to be, use the turbo and get over it!
I use the turbo as soon as I key the ignition, thank you very much.
Like I said I called it like I saw it, and it is right here
08-27-2008 | 07:44 PM
#35
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From: CLEVELAND
That's a bit of a bigoted statement. There's only the good people (you), and the bad people (people who accelerate faster than you do). As for the self-righteous ones who sell their SUV to buy a hybrid (or other "economy car") and then claim their "greenness"... uh... you ain't any greener than the guy driving your old SUV. That vehicle didn't go away. It's still burning gas and emitting carbon. But you get to be self-righteous (read as "moral relativism") about you paying less for gas... under the guise of being "green." Just for you, I think I'm going to pour a gallon of gas on the ground the next time I fill up. That way, all your hard work at making this planet a better place (your "greenness") will be wasted in one fell swoop. Or... maybe just be a little more realistic about what you promote to others as "being green."
Except that you ARE breaking the law (at least in CA, and almost certainly in most other states).
I must have missed your scientific analysis of octane. Can you point me to it? Also, your assertion that a tune works with 91 octane means that an untuned engine doesn't benefit from 91 octane is a logical fallacy that confuses correlation and causation.
/that is all.
Except that you ARE breaking the law (at least in CA, and almost certainly in most other states).
I must have missed your scientific analysis of octane. Can you point me to it? Also, your assertion that a tune works with 91 octane means that an untuned engine doesn't benefit from 91 octane is a logical fallacy that confuses correlation and causation.
/that is all.
Everyone is good in my book if they drive an hhr.
That's why I am here.
08-27-2008 | 07:46 PM
#36
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Posts: 772
From: CLEVELAND
I know that I take the risk (major sarcasm here), but I am a big boy. I also took the risk by only changing my oil in my s10 every 3000 miles *2 or 3 or even 4. Still runs like a champ.
Last edited by Clevelandhhrss; 08-27-2008 at 08:25 PM.
08-27-2008 | 07:53 PM
#37
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From: SoCal
08-27-2008 | 07:54 PM
#38
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Joined: 03-31-2008
Posts: 772
From: CLEVELAND
i'm just saying,MOST people are not going to go out and a "performance" car trying to save gas. do i drive like an idiot??? no. do i baby my car??? very little. when it's open road and no cops or any traffic,i turn her loose. i do the occasional stop light thing also. i get great gas milage. how??? my ss isn't my daily driver. it comes out on the weekends.
It's just a commuter for me. No big deal. Just a car. I like it alot though.
08-27-2008 | 07:59 PM
#39
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Joined: 04-03-2008
Posts: 1,434
From: A state of L N F Performance
Yeah... attitude... All I said was don't be cheap and use the best gas you can get. I wouldn't want to buy an SS that ran on Arco regular, if that's swell with you then be my guest, your not hurting my car by doing that. Enjoy.
08-27-2008 | 08:16 PM
#40
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Joined: 03-31-2008
Posts: 772
From: CLEVELAND
That's a bit of a bigoted statement. There's only the good people (you), and the bad people (people who accelerate faster than you do). As for the self-righteous ones who sell their SUV to buy a hybrid (or other "economy car") and then claim their "greenness"... uh... you ain't any greener than the guy driving your old SUV. That vehicle didn't go away. It's still burning gas and emitting carbon. But you get to be self-righteous (read as "moral relativism") about you paying less for gas... under the guise of being "green." Just for you, I think I'm going to pour a gallon of gas on the ground the next time I fill up. That way, all your hard work at making this planet a better place (your "greenness") will be wasted in one fell swoop. Or... maybe just be a little more realistic about what you promote to others as "being green."
Except that you ARE breaking the law (at least in CA, and almost certainly in most other states).
I must have missed your scientific analysis of octane. Can you point me to it? Also, your assertion that a tune works with 91 octane means that an untuned engine doesn't benefit from 91 octane is a logical fallacy that confuses correlation and causation.
/that is all.
Except that you ARE breaking the law (at least in CA, and almost certainly in most other states).
I must have missed your scientific analysis of octane. Can you point me to it? Also, your assertion that a tune works with 91 octane means that an untuned engine doesn't benefit from 91 octane is a logical fallacy that confuses correlation and causation.
/that is all.
I am Brown..not green actually
I stated early on that I could care less about the price of gas. At my wage, I'm not feeling the pain. But many others are, and obviously my posts are for them.
I never said anyone was bad. I hope you all put as much gas into your HHRs as you like. Its your hhr and your money. You can use all the gas that I do not, I'm cool with that.
If your gonna spill a little gas for me. Spill it somewhere else than on the ground please.
I've helped build many many SUV's, trucks and cars. I took my check with a smile, regadles of the fuel economy of the cars I was building :)
My concern is with my vehicle and anyone else that want my opinion.
Lets say i do work hard to save a litle gas (i don't so i wont take credit), and a small amount of emissions, and keep a few pennies in my pocket. Is that a bad thing?
I'm not saving it for you....why waste it for me.
I won't waste time debating octane. My sticker saids 21-29 the small print saids a high of 34 can be expected on the highway. A reduction in power or mileage can be expected if I run lower than 91. Obviously I get a lot better than that, that is all the proof I need. I said n all my posts that I don't know about power, and don't care. But your a very educated peron (you mentioned some acomplishments in another thread) so I know that you just threw that last sentance in to get me wound up,.
