hardhaus
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Background: Car is a fully loaded Lariat PB with furling Tonneau, leveled on AT 34s. I live and drive at altitude in Colorado, ~75% front range, ~25% in the mountains. Also drive with a bike rack with at least one bike on half the time. In CO the pumps typically offer three grades, Regular 85, Midgrade 87, and Premium 91.
After ~2000 miles and 4 tanks of gas here's my observations.
Tank 1: From dealer so assuming Regular, and yielded ~490 miles
Tank 2: Also Regular yielded ~490 miles
Tank 3: Midgrade yielded ~520 miles
Tank 4: Premium yielded ~560 miles
With the price difference being about ~40 cents between Regular and Midgrade, and ~30 cents between Midgrade and Premium it seems that Midgrade is the obvious loser here. The difference in distance vs cost seems to be a wash between Regular and Premium.
One caveat though is that with the Premium in it I did haul a bed full of loaded Yeti coolers (mostly beer so pretty heavy) and a cab full of dudes up and down to the mountain with ~40 miles on gravel, and total travel around ~260 miles. Which makes me err on the side of Premium would have yielded even more miles if driven without a heave payload for almost half the tank.
Main takeaway for me is that filling Premium seems to be a no brainer, despite dealer laughing when asked at delivery about fuel grades and saying that I should use Regular as Premium is a waste of money.
Am I missing something or have people here found the same?
At the end of the day, if it's a wash between grades, then I'd always pick Premium because that allows me at least 7-8 additional daycare pickups/dropoffs before having to refuel.
After ~2000 miles and 4 tanks of gas here's my observations.
Tank 1: From dealer so assuming Regular, and yielded ~490 miles
Tank 2: Also Regular yielded ~490 miles
Tank 3: Midgrade yielded ~520 miles
Tank 4: Premium yielded ~560 miles
With the price difference being about ~40 cents between Regular and Midgrade, and ~30 cents between Midgrade and Premium it seems that Midgrade is the obvious loser here. The difference in distance vs cost seems to be a wash between Regular and Premium.
One caveat though is that with the Premium in it I did haul a bed full of loaded Yeti coolers (mostly beer so pretty heavy) and a cab full of dudes up and down to the mountain with ~40 miles on gravel, and total travel around ~260 miles. Which makes me err on the side of Premium would have yielded even more miles if driven without a heave payload for almost half the tank.
Main takeaway for me is that filling Premium seems to be a no brainer, despite dealer laughing when asked at delivery about fuel grades and saying that I should use Regular as Premium is a waste of money.
Am I missing something or have people here found the same?
At the end of the day, if it's a wash between grades, then I'd always pick Premium because that allows me at least 7-8 additional daycare pickups/dropoffs before having to refuel.
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