Premium vs Regular MPG: A 34-Tank Test

[El Chorizo]

What a great write-up, thank you so much for the time and effort put into this. I've linked to it on our FB group and I'm about to link to it from our sister site as well.

 

[southernLC]

What a great write-up, thank you so much for the time and effort put into this. I've linked to it on our FB group and I'm about to link to it from our sister site as well.

So what’s the verdict? That you can run 87 octane in the LC?

 

[Nuke]

So what’s the verdict? That you can run 87 octane in the LC?

According to the photo of the filler door, a confirmed yes.

 

[cruisemtb]

According to the photo of the filler door, a confirmed yes.

If I understand @cvx5832LC ,he made and added that sticker himself, it isn't actually an official sticker, is that correct?

 

[cvx5832LC]

So what’s the verdict? That you can run 87 octane in the LC?

That's my conclusion for now. There is an efficiency loss, but how much of that can be attributed to winter gas? Beyond the scope of my data, unfortunately. The MPG difference is also within 1.7% of each other, and that could also easily be variances in my driving for the season.

Someone pointed out a bigger than $0.38 variance between premium vs regular in their parts. In those cases, the savings are bigger.

 

[cvx5832LC]

If I understand @cvx5832LC ,he made and added that sticker himself, it isn't actually an official sticker, is that correct?

Welcome to Nuke's humor

 

[Nuke]

Now I AM confused! However, that does not take much...

 

[NoMe cruiser]

$1.00 per gallon difference for me to fuel with nitro+ which is 93 octane.