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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:12:42 GMT
From: Marc Escuro <mgescuronopsami.com>
Subject: Re: New to Saab


$1.55/gallon for premium unleaded?!?!?!???!?!?! Where do you live, cause I'm moving THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm lucky if I can pay $1.95/gallon for premium. Driving in the SF bay area, I average 21mpg. When doing long distance driving -- SF-Lake Tahoe, I can go up as high as 29.2mpg. On 9/8/02 5:50 AM, in article j3hmnuovf5uia31ijunkahqp7i31la7etfnopsamcom, "Bob" <uctraingNOSPAMnopsamanet.com> wrote: > On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:45:51 +0000 (UTC), "SimonJ" <Menopsam.net> wrote: > >> You will be fine with regular gas. >> The engine management senses what type of gas you are using, and will give >> you that little bit more performance with premium, but if you ain't gonna >> push it, then regular will be fine. > Consider this example: Let's say you drive 12000 miles a year. If you > get 26mpg, you'll use 462 gallons of gas. At a typical price (my area) > of $1.39/gallon, you pay $642 for gas. Now, let's assume you use > premium but get 28mpg because of the increased performance. You use > only 428 gallons of gas. At a cost of $1.55/gallon (my area) you > pay $663. per year for gas. The total difference in price for the > year is $21. -- Marc Escuro mgescuronopsami.com mgescuronopsamnet

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