{"id":157,"date":"2008-09-13T12:06:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T16:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antipaucity.com\/2008\/09\/13\/an-experiment\/"},"modified":"2008-09-13T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T16:06:40","slug":"an-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"an experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though I am outraged<\/a> at the unjustified spike in fuel prices yesterday and today, I had to buy gas.<\/p>\n

All of the gas stations near me (around the 54\/55 junction) are out of regular. Several were totally out of fuel.<\/p>\n

One, Crown, was not out of fuel, but they were out of regular. They’re also the cheapest near me at the moment.<\/p>\n

So, since I needed gas anyways, I bought mid-grade. I haven’t bought anything but regular in years because I’ve done well enough mileage-wise on regular. That, and the last time I bought mid-grade, it was a 10% premium in price over regular.<\/p>\n

In the intervening years, though, with the rise in gas prices, the percentage<\/strong> difference between regular and mid-grade has been reduced to about 3% – even though the absolute<\/em> price difference hasn’t changed: it’s still about 10-12 cents.<\/p>\n

If there is a 10% difference, my mileage would need to be 10% (or more) higher for it to be worthwhile to buy the more expensive gas. Generally I saw only a 1-2 mpg improvement, which on a 30+ mpg car was not worth the increased cost.<\/p>\n

However, if I see a 2 mpg improvement on my Escape, that’s about 10%. With only a 3% price difference, that’s a worthwhile investment.<\/p>\n

I’m going to use only mid-grade on my trip up to NY and my driving around Albany the next few days.<\/p>\n

Then, on the way back, I’m going to use only premium (an additional 2-3% price premium over mid-grade) to see if I see another mileage improvement… unless using mid-grade provides no discernible difference, in which case I’ll go back to regular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even though I am outraged at the unjustified spike in fuel prices yesterday and today, I had to buy gas. All of the gas stations near me (around the 54\/55 junction) are out of regular. Several were totally out of fuel. One, Crown, was not out of fuel, but they were out of regular. They’re …
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