{"id":258536,"date":"2010-02-01T07:16:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T12:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/indian-car-scene\/74677-premium-fuel-rip-off.html"},"modified":"2010-02-01T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T12:16:21","slug":"premium-fuel-a-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/258536","title":{"rendered":"Premium Fuel – A rip-off?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was reading an article on America’s biggest rip-off’s and chanced upon this gem<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tIf you’re filling up your tank with super gasoline, chances are your wallet will soon be running on empty.<\/p>\n

The special stuff costs up to 20-40 cents more per gallon than regular gasoline, even though it doesn’t do anything to improve the performance of most cars. With regular gas averaging about $2.72 a gallon, that translates to a 15% premium.<\/p>\n

It’s like feeding your dog more expensive food and expecting it to jump higher," says Gabriel Shenhar, senior auto test engineer at Consumer Reports.<\/p>\n

When Shenhar tests cars, he doesn’t put much stock in the manufacturer’s "recommendations for optimal performance" — instead, he uses the fuel grade that’s explicitly required. You can find the requirement printed on the inside flap of your car’s gas tank.<\/p>\n

The bottom line: Read your owner’s manual. While some high-performance or luxury cars may need super gas, your average Celica doesn’t.<\/p>\n

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Does this mean tha Premium fuel does not give additional performance for your car? Personally I have noticed better engine performance in my car(Chevy UVA) when I put in the premium fuel. But it could also be just a figment of my imagination.<\/p>\n

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I was reading an article on America’s biggest rip-off’s and chanced upon this gem Quote: If you’re filling up your tank with super gasoline, chances are your wallet will soon be running on empty. The special stuff costs up to 20-40 cents more per gallon than regular gasoline, even though it doesn’t do anything to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}