Gas Prices Poll

Brothers of brub and brap, this is your safe space.

At which point will you start driving less/buy a more fuel efficient vehicle

$4 a gallon
1
4%
$5 a gallon
4
17%
$6 a gallon
3
13%
$7 a gallon
2
8%
$8 a gallon
3
13%
$10 a gallon
0
No votes
Never FUK u
11
46%
 
Total votes: 24
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[user not found] wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 9:34 am Also I use Fuelly like a boss.

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I should get on this...
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[user not found] wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:00 am
Apex wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 9:59 am

I should get on this...
I've tracked every car I've owned, back to the Focus, from tank 1. A bit pedantic and OCD but helps track bad fuel if it happens and keeps track of trends.
Downloading the app now.
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Dang...I should track fuel economy for :lolol:

:truk: and :poorvette: are pretty bad.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:10 am
Detroit wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:09 am Dang...I should track fuel economy for :lolol:

:truk: and :poorvette: are pretty bad.
What's your real world empeegeez in the :truk: ?
According to the :truk: I'm getting 17.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:14 am
Apex wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:14 am

According to the :truk: I'm getting 17.
That's :notbad: at all.
Nope, 14% of my miles have had trailers in tow too.
I'll track with Fuelly starting at my next fill-up and see what that says.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:10 am
Detroit wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 10:09 am Dang...I should track fuel economy for :lolol:

:truk: and :poorvette: are pretty bad.
What's your real world empeegeez in the :truk: ?
The only real :math: I've done is on trips. Something around 18-19mpg all highway.

Real world with all the city and wheeling I do is probably in the 15-17 range.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Melon wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 9:17 am Lol @ People with high performance cars running 87 and bitching about gas mileage (Unless it's way lower than advertised on a new car)
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I used to track my GTI with Fuelly and was going to track the R too but their app is hot garbage on Android. I don't feel like fiddling through the app while at the pump.

R seems to do about 1-2 mpg worse than GTI.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 9:34 am Also I use Fuelly like a boss.

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No car calculator empeegeez here.
#metoo will post mine in a bit
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That was the main reason that I dismissed the STI. IS350 isn't far off either.
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I already made a change. But that was more because of the commute than prices. Full retard to commute 96 miles a day in a truk. So far in the 6 I've been averaging 36-38 on my trips to work. It's pretty ideal conditions with back roads and hills so a lot of coasting and averaging between 50-60 MPH. Overall I've averaged 34 for the first month with the car. Definitely satisfied with that mileage and still being decent to drive.
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dtraill27 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:47 pm I already made a change. But that was more because of the commute than prices. Full retard to commute 96 miles a day in a truk. So far in the 6 I've been averaging 36-38 on my trips to work. It's pretty ideal conditions with back roads and hills so a lot of coasting and averaging between 50-60 MPH. Overall I've averaged 34 for the first month with the car. Definitely satisfied with that mileage and still being decent to drive.
That's pretty :impressive: for not a tiny car.
Glad to hear it's decent to drive!
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max225 wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 2:51 pm
coogles wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 2:50 pm

:dat:

Costco membership paying for itself in gas, even though we don't drive much. $2.79 for regular, $3.29 for premium. The Shell stations nearby were $2.99 or a bit more for regular, $3.59 or $3.69 for 93.
I get exactly 10% worse MPG with costco... I don't know why but I tested it on 3 different vehicles and it is consistently shittier. Also... the lines are fucking long... ~10 min wait to fill up... and save $2-3
Costco is 10% ethanol.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 1:06 am
max225 wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 2:51 pm

I get exactly 10% worse MPG with costco... I don't know why but I tested it on 3 different vehicles and it is consistently shittier. Also... the lines are fucking long... ~10 min wait to fill up... and save $2-3
Costco is 10% ethanol.
I think Cali gas is everywhere ? No?
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max225 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 1:10 am
Desertbreh wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 1:06 am

Costco is 10% ethanol.
I think Cali gas is everywhere ? No?
I don't believe so. It has be be marked on the pump. The lower energy content explains the mileage. Tarspin was having these issues in his ARR.
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10% ethanol is pretty much everywhere.

In fact, here there's stations that sell "pure gas" for off-road use only. I.E. lawnmowers and whatnot. My gas yard equipment ran like :poop: after a year of 10% ethanol, but now on pure gas they run great.
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I think Cali gas is everywhere ? No?
I don't believe so. It has be be marked on the pump. The lower energy content explains the mileage. Tarspin was having these issues in his ARR.
:dat:

Ours isn't marked here but I know that Shell 91 or higher is ethanol free and most others aren't. Buying it costs an extra few cents per litre so I pick my poison accordingly. Usually get the ethanol free stuff if it's avail.
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I concluded that the ethanol which was about 10% of the mixture would be like a 30-50 mile difference in range. Car definitely runs better on non-eth fuel
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[user not found] wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 12:39 am
dtraill27 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:47 pm I already made a change. But that was more because of the commute than prices. Full retard to commute 96 miles a day in a truk. So far in the 6 I've been averaging 36-38 on my trips to work. It's pretty ideal conditions with back roads and hills so a lot of coasting and averaging between 50-60 MPH. Overall I've averaged 34 for the first month with the car. Definitely satisfied with that mileage and still being decent to drive.
I took a 2017.5 6 GT to Longuysland and back for Mazduh training on Tuesday. Averaged 36.5 MPG round trip. :impressive:

225+ miles and I only used a 1/3 tank.
I'd have burned through the whole tank of premium in that timeframe :notbad:

Have you driven the 6 with the turbo?
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4zilch wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 2:36 pm

We've had 45 years of oil left for the last 35 years. Not saying we won't run out at some point, but the whole XX years left is a bit tiring.
:dat: poor estimates PLUS new sources that we 'couldnt get to before'. We won't ever run out of oil in any practical sense. We will fry the earth way before that.
There is more oil out there that we haven't found, that's for sure. Problem is the easy hits are basically all known at this point, so extraction will get more difficult and costly.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 12:39 am
dtraill27 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:47 pm I already made a change. But that was more because of the commute than prices. Full retard to commute 96 miles a day in a truk. So far in the 6 I've been averaging 36-38 on my trips to work. It's pretty ideal conditions with back roads and hills so a lot of coasting and averaging between 50-60 MPH. Overall I've averaged 34 for the first month with the car. Definitely satisfied with that mileage and still being decent to drive.
I took a 2017.5 6 GT to Longuysland and back for Mazduh training on Tuesday. Averaged 36.5 MPG round trip. :impressive:

225+ miles and I only used a 1/3 tank.
Today since I was stuck behind trucks most of the way doing the speed limit of 45 I got 39.6. I don't have any regrets picking it over the Accord. Need to do a full update in my thread
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:42 am

I'd have burned through the whole tank of premium in that timeframe :notbad:

Have you driven the 6 with the turbo?
Yeah, it's awesome. I hope Mazda gives it AWD.
Is it traction limited? I haven't seen much on these but it seems 1st gear is either limited or just a long gear?
Would be fun if they threw that in the CX5 or 3.
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Tarspin wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 7:04 am I concluded that the ethanol which was about 10% of the mixture would be like a 30-50 mile difference in range. Car definitely runs better on non-eth fuel
Concur. During my recent road trip to Minnesota I found several stations selling 91 E0 for "recreational use" as noted on the nozzle. I noticed an immediate improvement and believe I could easily get 500 miles on a tank of it on the highway. In fact, the last time I filled up on that trip was just before crossing into Wisconsin back on 5/12, about 200+ miles from home and I'm still on that same tank today.

I hate that about E10. It might burn a little cleaner but you have to burn more to go the same distance as E0 so are you really putting out less pollution per tank?
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