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| From | Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: [OT] I won! |
| Date | 2015-08-26 23:40 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d47139F6en1U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (17 earlier) <pKCdncwiJpdYKEHInZ2dnUU7-L-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <d444gdFf3ikU1@mid.individual.net> <fNydnc2AfdIsQUHInZ2dnUU7-X-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <d445icFf3ikU2@mid.individual.net> <GNqdnUufxKCl2EPInZ2dnUU7-eudnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:01:11 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2015-08-25 17:38, Lloyd Parsons wrote: >> On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:22:57 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: >> >>> On 2015-08-25 17:20, Lloyd Parsons wrote: >>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:36:53 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2015-08-25 13:36, Lloyd Parsons wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:47:02 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2015-08-24 23:26, Lloyd Parsons wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:36:26 -0400, JF Mezei wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 15-08-24 21:10, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> To save a whopping ~$24 in gas per year, I suppose... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Average tank size about 45 litres. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Current average price in Montréal: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regular: $1.27 Premium: $1.41 >>>>>>>>> (source stat canada: >>>>>>>>>> http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/ >>>> econ152f- >>>>>>>> eng.htm >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Fill up costs difference: $6.30 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unless you fill up only 4 times per year, you will end up >>>>>>>>> spending more than $24 for premium in a year. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I use premium and put 10 gallons of gas in or thereabouts every >>>>>>>> other month. So each fillup costs me $3 more or $18/year. Of >>>>>>>> course a trip or two can change that a bit. >>>>>>>> But I have a performance tune on my Encore that requires at least >>>>>>>> 91 octane. I get better performance overall and a little better >>>>>>>> mileage. >>>>>>>> worth it to me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The difference in mileage is less than 1%. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> which doesn't change a thing and is incorrect. My highway mileage >>>>>> with regular and standard tune is dead on 33. With the Power Tune >>>>>> and Premium gas it is about 35.2 or about a 6% improvement. But >>>>>> the performance is much better. >>>>> >>>>> You would have to run through about 10 tanks of gas of each kind in >>>>> similar conditions to establish the difference. Which would be < >>>>> 1%. >>>> >>>> >>>> OK, you do that crap, I"ll continue to enjoy driving my car and not >>>> spending much on gas while doing it. :) >>> >>> You're absolutely delusional if you believe you're getting more than >>> 1% >>> mileage improvement from premium gas. >> >> >> bullshit. It isn't just the premium gas, it is the new tune I put in >> it. You know you can do that, right? > > Even greater self deception. Enjoy the illusion. no 'illusion' involved, just very simple math. -- Lloyd
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