rb4580

Just had to tell somebody!

ClutchPerformer

Auto or Manual? And is the trip compter telling you this, or your own calculation? Wow.

fdl

The computer lies!

James

does it really!??

wiz

The best I got was in the high 33's on one of my trips. I'm going up to Chicago for the meet this Thursday so I'll let you know what kind of gas mileage I get on this trip. This one will be with the AC on and all the windows up.

BuddySol

Anyone use Cheveron? They have came out with commercials saying their gas gives more mileage than any other brand. I wonder how true this is...

fdl

Apparently it exagerates a wee bit.

dabuda

no but SHELL has commercials claiming the same thing...bunch of marketing propaganda BS

jackspat2

Yeap. I think so too. If you really care about your car, just don't put some other off brand stuff in. I always put Cheveron, 76, Mobil, Shell, etc. I never put off brand stuff in, like Arco. Don't ask my why, I just do.

Today, I filled my tank with Cheveron. Across the street, Arco was selling gas for 8 cents cheaper.

jackspat2

It may at times. If you reset the computer and fill up your tank and imediately go on the freeway, that will be your best averge.

If it takes you 30 minutes to get on the freeway and you spend an hour on it, the computer averges what you got on the road and then on the freeway. Averge could be 28, when really you got 32 on the highway for that hour.

I'm skeptical on how acurate that thing really is. For an example, your gas tank isn't really acurate at all. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-gauge.htm

Stevestr

Stop bashing Arco. :\'( Its the same gas made at the same refinery that the others sell. I know people don't believe me but there have been numerous reports that show this. Arco is a brand that has been around for years. We used to have them in the midwest in the 70s when gas was still only .69/gal.

I refuse to go to 76. There is no reason in the world ANY of their stations should be chargiing over $2.29/gal for premium except for their pure greed.

Arco is owned by BP. BP is a major player in the gas game. The reason Arco is usually cheaper is they are cash or debit card only and they don't have to pay the markups for credit card processing.

Now that no-name station down the road selling gas for WAY below market - watch out. They may be watering down their gas.:'(

Count Blah

Hmm, the Hess and Marathon stations here are 15 to 20 cents cheaper than anywhere else. I wonder if there's really any difference? What's the risk of using "cheap" gas? Is it just for that current tank you might get reduced performance/efficiency? Or are there any long-term effects?

donutchow

gas is the same everywhere, no one waters down their gas.

finalheaven

Maybe the car always estimates its mpg using the 17.1 gas tank limit that acura supposedly claims. However since that is obviously not the case the mpg gets higher then its supposed to be? I have no clue just a huge guess.

zircon

they all have subtle formulation differences, but all should be good. Brand name means nothing. Shell Canada had to repair lots of people's engines last winter when their clean gas additive screwed the engines up.

vasu

No name gas is the same as name brand stuff. The difference is stuff like Chevron and Shell, Exxon, Texaco, etc.. they put additives in the fuel. Chevron's is called Techron, someone else has one called CleanSystem3 or something like that.

The additives claim to help/maintain a clean running engine, hence the claim that you get more mpg from it.

I've personally always used Chevron, so I can't say if I get higher or lower mpg. In my 98Accord-V6, I get about 20mph city (but I drive it very hard with the a/c cranked), and on the highway I get around 33mpg.

-vasu

go_bears

when driving on the freeway, my trip computer mileage guage usually fluctuates between 35 and 45 mpg, so i figure i'm averaging about 40 mpg. that's with climate control on, windows up, and cruise control set to a very conservative 65 mph.

rb4580

My windows were up, air on 75 going from 40-70 because of rain....

Iceman

I think this depends on what part of the country you're in. There is one (1) refinery in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and don't give me any BS about gasoline pipelines. There's a crude oil pipeline that ends at the refinery. Everyone here gets the same gas, +/- additives.

larchmont

The MPG is very, very accurate.

DEVO

Yeah... gas is gas... you should look for stations with high turnover in their tanks... meaning a lot of customers. gas that stays in the tanks for a long period of time will probably have more water in it due to condensation.

jackspat2

Yeap. I've heard the same. Discovery Channel