Is Premium Gas Worth Premium Price?

In these days of soaring gas prices, you may be tempted to switch from premium to regular gas. A good way to save money, or something penny-wise but pound foolish? Money reporter Stacy Johnson files this premium report.

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[Iriatv]

I wish they would use the old glass top gas pumps so I could see 5 gal and not rely on the digital readout.

[ALLINFUNXDXDLOL]

The thing that puzzles me here is when the gas truck comes to fill up the tanks at the station I only see one hose going into one hole, so how does it get to be premium do they ad a quart of high octane to 2000 gallons of gas or is there another method to this madness?

[wajeh77]

i used to use regular on my taurus now the fuel system now needs to be cleaned because it left harmful deposits behind....

[MrGizmo757]

The higher the octane the slower it burns and the higher the flash point. The higher the compression of an engine the more rapidly fuel combust. that is why a higher performing engine such as an engine with a shorter stroke and higher compression like you would find in a BMW roadster require higher octane to slow the combustion to maintain maximum efficiency. if you put 87 octane in an engine made for 93 you can actually damage the engine over time from to violent of a burn in the cylinders

[MrGizmo757]

@yumyumluckycharms Duh! the higher the octane the slower the burn. you will loose power though if your engine is tuned to run on 87 octane and you run 93. higher compression engines such as short stroke High output engine like you find in BMW's for example need the higher octane and the slower burn because the higher compression makes the fuel combust more rapidly. you put 87 in a car that is tuned for 93 you can actually damage the engine over time from fuel detonation.

[crazzzzy420]

my 98 corolla lovessss regular gas and its fast u all need a cold air intake 2 make ur car go fast stock keeps it from sucking a lot of air and Premium is bs wast of money it is regular gas dey want ur money

[bpurdy305]

This is bull shit, I own a 2011 tacoma and when I use 91 over 87, my gas milage is 1-2 miles to the gallon better, and my truck tows trailers way better. The media and the government is full of bullshit. Premium is totaly worth the extra 15 cents a gallon.

[ih8suvz]

I use 91 in my 98 200SX SE-R. It's only $.20 more than regular and my car runs good too. I'm in California and 91 is the most we can get here.

[yumyumluckycharms]

Lies... Using regular 87 gas on the Tahoe I was getting 12 mpg... Then tried 89 octane and I was getting 16 mpg!

[891trigfoot]

that's why british have higher octane due to a lot of turbo cars offered there, where in america factories mostly offer natural aspirated engines which only benifit from 91octane or less.lucky british wankers.lol