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When you fill your tank, what do you fill it with?

Forum Opinion Poll
87 Octane 65 79.27%
89 Octane 1 1.22%
91+ Octane 14 17.07%
Diesel 0 0.00%
Electricity 0 0.00%
Other 2 2.44%
 

What do you fill up your car with?

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GoldenRod
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What do you fill up your car with?

Just another innocuous topic...

When you fill your tank, what do you fill it with? Primary vehicle, most of the time...

I use 87 almost all the time. None of my vehicles do anything that would benefit from higher octane (no high-end engine, minimal towing, no mountain driving, the cars don't knock with 87). The owner's manuals all recommend 87.

Posted 10/12/17 8:32 AM
 

NervousNell
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..being a mommy and being a wife!

Re: What do you fill up your car with?

I use 87 because my car doesn't call for anything higher.
I read once that unless your car calls for premium it's an utter waste to use anything higher than 87.

DH puts premium in his truck though because that is what it calls for.

Posted 10/12/17 8:45 AM
 

beachbabe
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What do you fill up your car with?

I always use regular

Posted 10/12/17 9:18 AM
 

SusiBee
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What do you fill up your car with?

Car calls for 87 octane, no sense in paying more for something that is not needed.

Posted 10/12/17 9:29 AM
 

pjt212301
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What do you fill up your car with?

Regular

Posted 10/12/17 9:42 AM
 

luvbuffet
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

premium. waiting for costco membership to go on groupon just for the gas! im a member at bjs and there are no bj gas stations near me and gas is 3.15-3.49 ! plus I get like 8 mpg haha Chat Icon

Posted 10/12/17 9:47 AM
 

Hofstra26
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

87

Posted 10/12/17 9:51 AM
 

chilltocam
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What do you fill up your car with?

My car requires premium

Posted 10/12/17 9:56 AM
 

angelicd77
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Kim

Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Premium. My car requires it. Damn turbo.

Posted 10/12/17 10:09 AM
 

Xelindrya
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Posted by NervousNell

I use 87 because my car doesn't call for anything higher.
I read once that unless your car calls for premium it's an utter waste to use anything higher than 87.




Yup.. this.
So the cheapest option works just fine. I also never mix. I stick what, what was put in the tank to start with.

Posted 10/12/17 10:31 AM
 

MarathonKnitter
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

regular

Posted 10/12/17 10:46 AM
 

LiveForMoments
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

I picked other because I use both 87 and electricity! Most electricity though, hardly ever get gas.

Posted 10/12/17 10:55 AM
 

beachgirl
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sara

Re: What do you fill up your car with?

91 plus as thats what the manual asks for plus its printed right rhere when i open the gas cap on my car.

Posted 10/12/17 10:55 AM
 

Diane
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Posted by chilltocam

My car requires premium



same with mine

Posted 10/12/17 11:44 AM
 

twobabies
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Posted by Diane

Posted by chilltocam

My car requires premium



same with mine




Same

Posted 10/12/17 1:34 PM
 

MaxD
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What do you fill up your car with?

One car requires premium - the other regular. I only learned recently that some cars actually require premium

Posted 10/12/17 1:38 PM
 

Blazesyth
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Posted by luvbuffet

premium. waiting for costco membership to go on groupon just for the gas! im a member at bjs and there are no bj gas stations near me and gas is 3.15-3.49 ! plus I get like 8 mpg haha Chat Icon



Fwiw, I read some horror stories about the discount club gas. I looked into it when I bought my premium only car and decided against it. Not going to wreck a 60k car to save 10 cents a gallon.

Posted 10/12/17 1:50 PM
 

TwinMommyToBoys
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What do you fill up your car with?

Regular (87)

Posted 10/12/17 2:07 PM
 

hmm
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What do you fill up your car with?

my mechanic always tells me to bump it up to at least 89, 87 does not burn complete and causes clogs, 89 is smoother and the car can utilize all if it vs most of the gas. Not sure I explained it well

Posted 10/12/17 8:33 PM
 

StaceyWill
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Posted by beachbabe

I always use regular



Same

Posted 10/12/17 8:34 PM
 

ElizaRags35
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What do you fill up your car with?

Damn! I didn't read all of the options! I drive a plug in so I use both regular 87 and electricity.

Posted 10/12/17 11:36 PM
 

MyBabyG
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What do you fill up your car with?

regular 87

Posted 10/13/17 8:18 AM
 

LIRascal
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Michelle

What do you fill up your car with?

I wish I could vote twice! We have a brand new Chevy Bolt EV and it is awesome... all electric.

Posted 10/13/17 11:42 AM
 

GoldenRod
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Re: What do you fill up your car with?

Posted by LIRascal

I wish I could vote twice! We have a brand new Chevy Bolt EV and it is awesome... all electric.



Then I would definitely vote Electric. Especially for a fun, meaningless poll like this. If I owned any type of electric car, I would want some recognition of it on this poll.

Posted 10/13/17 11:52 AM
 
 

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