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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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Angry Regular Grade Gas

I went in for a fill up.. the fuel attendent comes up and is checkout out my G35... and not listening to me whne i said "fill, SUPER"... he's like "nice car"...

he seemed new to country... and began the fuel...
I recently got TINTS and couldn't see the fuel pump from the side...

once it was complete and i pulled out and got home.. and checked out the receipt more clearly... he filled w/ REGULAR GRADE gas...

i felt the doggish ride... so now i got a full tank of 87 octane... do i burn it out.. or suck it out and put in my jeep.. or add an Octane Booster????

this sucks...2 weeks or crappy performance...
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 09:37 PM
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That same thing happened to me when I had a turbo charged STi, I came in with 1/4 tank, didnt catch it till there was like 1 gallon left to go, which I made him put in with super, and didnt pay for. I just drove my car around really weak for the next week, and every 1/8 or 1/4 I would stop and put premium in, it was pretty annoying, but I had no misfires or pings going on, and thats really all I cared about. I guess if you really want to do it a quicker way, suck it out till you have just enough to get to the gas station and then fill back up with the premium.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 12:18 AM
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Too much trouble to siphon out the gas. You'll have to have a 20+ gallon container to hold all of the fuel. The knock sensor will keep your motor safe if you ever needed to run it up a bit. Just use it all up. You could add the octane booster but I still don't think it's worth the effort. It's not like you're gonna use all 280/298hp every single time you step on the gas pedal.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 12:34 AM
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dont worry bout it...sometimes gas is rated higher then it says it is...it wont kill ur car....throw 2 bottles of super 104 in ur tank and tahts all u really need 2 do and u can drive ur car n e way u want...either way with or without the booster.....noit a big problem....
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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If you are not FI, you will be fine just don't rev-limit everywhere.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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there are still places that fill gas for you?

I haven't seen one of those in years...
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rcdash
there are still places that fill gas for you?

I haven't seen one of those in years...

In NJ it's against the law to pump your own gas.

 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rcdash
there are still places that fill gas for you?

I haven't seen one of those in years...
Me neither.... I don't mind pumping my own. No mistakes that way, and no scratches put on the car by a careless attendant.
But, I guess if the law says you can't pump it yourself, you've got no choice (except to move!).
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rcdash
there are still places that fill gas for you?

I haven't seen one of those in years...

totally off-topic, but what dealership did you buy from? im at Elon
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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I'm in NJ.. they got attendents to pump gas...

there was a place where this guy was scanning people's Cerdit Cards and buying stuff internationally... so it's always a good idea to watch these guys... when they take ur CC to fuel...

i would not have this problem isfmy local Gas station wasn't under construction...

i'll try an octane booster... cuz i drove it today and it didn't have that pick up i was getting acustomed to..
 
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Old Jul 8, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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Octane boosters tend to leave reddish metallic [fouling] deposits on the spark plugs and valves.

Most people don't understand the the POINT they refer [in advertising] to is not 1.0 but 0.1 increase in octane...........you might need 20-40 bottles to make up the deficit between regular and premium............not 2!

For sure refineries don't round down but up 86.50000000000001 = 87 maybe
 
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