Jus-A-CMax Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Laughs on me fellas ;) Tonight, we are once again driving from San Fernando to Mammoth Lakes and being that I put in 40 miles since my last fuel up (all of yesterday), I thought I would top Max's gas tank again before I leave. I looked at the Trip1, says 40 miles, 0.8 gallons consumed - ah ha - I can at least get a gallon in there. Cool. Paid the gas at Costco, it was $3.95 for 91RON started...and then stopped. 0.3 gallon. Huh? As usual, I top it to the quarter (long story) and damn well overfilled it. So this was not anywhere near the 0.8 reported... Now, I know I will get a earful from my CFO for the $1.50 gas on the business card - but at least i have a full tank, well, lest the 0.1 gas I consumed to drive back. :runaway: Silly? You betcha but I set a personal record of the smallest tank up ever in my driving history - $1.50 to tank up. PS....the sub story here is that 40 miles on that piddly amount of 0.3 gas, that still awes me. And fuelly REFUSED to accept my tank up. PS2 Broke 5000 miles on the odo, I should not be :happy feet: but what the hell, it's Friday :rockon: have a great weekend :) roninsd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoBro2 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Some of us are old enough to remember when a couple of bucks worth of gas was 5 gallons or more... pomtrey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Gas was 79 cents when I started driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptjones Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I saw .25 cents in 1969, that's scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtorres Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I remember $1.19 in CA in the early 90's when I first started driving. I'd easily fill up my '90 Ranger's tank for $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wamba2000 Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 My dad ran a filling station back through the mid 1960's (yes I am old) and the lowest I recall was during a "gas war" that the pumps were set at $0.20 and 9/10ths.Using an inflation calculator, that converts to $1.46 in 2013 money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted February 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Its $4.73 here at Mammoth for 91ron, shocker. Gas is going up though but no more silly <1gal top up. Got laughed at by the CFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoBro2 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Who sells 91 RON? In North America it is more common to use Anti-Knock Index (AKI), which is the average of the Research Octane Number (RON- the octane rating used in most of the rest of the world) and the Motor Octane Number (MON). 91 RON = about 87 AKI, which is the normal octane rating for regular unleaded gas here in the midwest. Are there retailers marking their gas pumps with RON octane ratings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Ooops that's what we use in Aus. Thanks for the clarification :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtberman Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Sorry for jacking this thread ... And God Forbid we talk about gasoline. However... this thread implies that folks may be buying 91 octane Costco fuel for a new C Max. Please accept my apologies if I'm mistaken about that. If true, however, it's worth mentioning that it's a bad idea (mainly financially) to run the incorrect fuel, which would be anything higher than 87 in your C Max. Especially a low quality version of it. For those interested in running "the good stuff" in your new baby, don't go to a cheap gas place and buy premium. Instead, buy the proper fuel (87 octane) and buy a better quality fuel. A high quality version of the fuel your car is designed to use costs a lot less than buying the wrong fuel (premium) from a low quality vendor, and is better for your car and your wallet or purse. Check out the engineering section of Road and Track or visit www.toptiergas.com for information about fuel quality. JAZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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