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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 08:20 AM
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about $35 dollars here
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 08:24 AM
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cost me ~$37.50 to fill up this morning. 11.2 gallons at $3.35 for 93 octane.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Apr 29 2007, 11:55 PM
Not the best idea, because then you always have "old" gas in the tank.
ummm, once again something i never thought about

so its best to run untill im close to empty?
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Apr 29 2007, 11:55 PM
Not the best idea, because then you always have "old" gas in the tank.
and how is "old" gas bad again? Is it like old milk? Does it go sour?
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Apr 30 2007, 03:55 AM
Not the best idea, because then you always have "old" gas in the tank.
that's not true.

whatever gas is in the tank, gets swished around.

it's not as though the gas stays in "layers"....
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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uhhhh...... its not like i let my car sit everyday.. its my daily to an from work, it sees roughly 18 miles a day 5 days a week

and every week im filing the rest back up

is it in any way going to ruin soemthing further down the road?
if so then ill let my tank go untill i go 2 bars left, no biggie
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Old May 1, 2007 | 08:49 AM
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Well took a 16ft moving truck from Ohio to AZ this weekend. About 70 dollars to fill up with regular unleaded... 2k miles at 10 miles to the gallon...yea....

But anyways about 35 to fill up with 91 here and about 77 to fill up with 100 octane.
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Old May 1, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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45- very rarely close to 50. but then i live in california. just came from the city of vallejo the other day to find out high grade 76 (POS gas) was 3.99/gal
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Old May 1, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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Since when is 76 gas POS gas? You not like the decor of the gas stations or something?
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