Gas prices about to raiseFollow

Oh neph. Take your head of yer *** for maybe one minute.

The tank size doesn't really matter; what matters is the mileage. I can only assume a truck with that kind of capacity gets under 20mpg.

Yep. F-150 here. 15-18 mpg. 20 miles to work 1 way. Luckily it's all highway. I will be able to save a mile or two per gallon soon when I go get my bed cover, but until then, ouch.

Gbaji's should have a new title it should be gbaji the nitpicker.

I basically said everything you said just forgot the word regular. I digress, It is more expensive to run a larger block truck on regular unleaded gas than it is to run the cars that usually require higher octane. For this reason alone, I own a Ford F-250 Fx4 and it gets about 9 miles to the gallon because it runs on regular unleaded NOT diesel. If it used diesel it would get 20ish.

The bigger engines for the most part never require higher then 87/89 octane fuel. With a few execptions some of those being the Hummer H2 reccommends you use a higher octane of 89/91. so Gbaji you once again are wrong.

See I said F-250 a model mostly universal Dodge is Ram 2500 and Chevy is just 2500. Those were the models I was reffering to which have diesel and non-diesel engines. I said unleaded gasoline because diesel is NOT unleaded it still contains lead thats why if you are a ****** and fill your car up with diesel you will ***** up your car.

It seems there are a few people here whom don't either A. read the whole post B. Don't understand it or C. Don't know jack sh*t about trucks and just pretended they do with some long banterous bullshyte

So basically what you're really saying is that folks who don't own a diesel engine are going to be crying... Yeah. That was *soooooo* clear from your original post. Um... was anyone *not* talking about non-diesel fuel? Way to go with the irrelevant statment...

I read your whole post in the context it was written. It's not my fault that what you said made no sense whatsoever.

Um. And no. You are wrong. While a whole lot of idiots *think* that their high performance turbo sports engine must need premium gas (higher octane) in most cases they don't. The octane rating determines the rate of burn of the gas mixture. The *only* reason to purchase a higher octane gas is in larger cylinder engines where the physical size of the burn chamber can cause uneven burning of the fuel. This can lead to all the gas not burning off during the prime compression period of the stroke causing "knocking" of the engine (secondary burn basically). That *only* happens in larger engines, not smaller ones.

Typically, big V8 engines in luxury cars and trucks need premium. Again though that's dependant on the engine. You are correct that most trucks can get by without, but that's not due to size of engine but tuning and use of the vehicle itself. Work trucks are typically tuned for lower rpm and higher torque instead of the other way around. Go get a big V8 caddilac or buick and you'll need premium to keep the engine running properly at high rpm. Your typical 6 cylinder 2.8 or 3.1 liter engine most definately does *not* need premium, nor do you gain *any* benefit from purchasing it.

Who? Varus?

Silly! Varrus owned Texaco at one point, why would he bother wasting his time working at his gas stations when he could be at the neighborhood courts polishing his free throws.

$3.09 in Cincinnati now.

$3.19 in Michigan as of 9am EST

Anyone read about Hubbard's Peak? I read a really good recap of it through Fark last year but can't seem to find it. I read it a long time ago but it was basically about the end of civilization and our way of life due to our dependence on oil. There's a book out and since I'm late for work, that's the only link I can scrounge up at the moment.

Great I drive to Michigan tommorrow. I stopped buying cigarettes from there when I go and just get a carton from WI, but I think hauling around a gas can in my trunk from WI might be a little to extreme.

One last thing, gas at a station here went up 12 cents yesterday. Dunno what it'll be this morning when I get to work. Gas cap tomorrow! I smell gas shortages and carpools for me!