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Moonliner · 07-27-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Arco's bad?

Yea, it'll give ya gas.

SacTown Chronic · 07-27-2006, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Arco's bad?

Not if you dig getting 6 cheeseburgers and a 96 oz. soda for a buck.

Gemini Cricket · 07-27-2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Not if you dig getting 6 cheeseburgers and a 96 oz. soda for a buck.

I most certainly do not.

Wait... a buck, eh?

Not Afraid · 07-27-2006, 11:29 AM

I confess. I use regular in my Mercedes.

Kevy Baby · 07-27-2006, 09:07 PM

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I confess. I use regular in my Mercedes.

Probably only requires the 87. RTFM

Ghoulish Delight · 07-27-2006, 11:31 AM

The octane rating of gasoline determines the way in which the fuel combines with oxygen during combustions, and thus the speed, violence, and temperature of the explosion (what you might call the combustion profile). A car's engine's materials, design, and timing are tuned to run ideally with a specific combustion profile determined by the grade of gasoline recommended in the owner's manual. Will using a different grade result in catostrophic damage to your engine? Hardly. But in the long run, if the engine is firing with a combustion profile outside of the design sepcs will require the engine to compensate and perhaps lead to accelerated wear or loss of peak performance.

I was very pleased to see my owner's manual recommend using only 87 octane.

Andrew · 07-27-2006, 12:10 PM

Thanks for that. I knew it was something along those lines but am really not well-versed in how these things work (on the other hand, I'll be rebuilding Jennifer's computer over the weekend so it's obviously just a matter of specialties). Jen's Subaru (the DOOMBGY Mk. II) specifies 87 "Regular Unleaded only" as well.

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-27-2006, 12:13 PM

Tom read a story today about Exxon/Mobile's profits this past quarter. Secibnd-highest profits for a quarter ever, second only to Exxon/Mobile's fourth quarter last year.

The article (I'm betting it was CNN or LA Times?) stated it like this: every second, Exxon/Mobile makes a profit that is the price equivalent of the amount of gas used to drive between NY and LA THREE TIMES. Every second.

How is this effin' legal?

scaeagles · 07-27-2006, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

How is this effin' legal?

I just can't get upset at oil companies making a profit of about 9 cents/gallon of gas. That's not unreasonable. It's the sheer volume of the industry that produces the profits (Americans burn around 383 million gallons/day - or so it was in March 2005).

I hope they do not go with windfall profits taxes....a ridiculous and counterproductive thing to do. I was going to go into an explanation, but I'll defer to an economist who can explain it much better than I can.

Windfall Profits and the Price of Gas

SacTown Chronic · 07-27-2006, 12:50 PM

So the record profits from the fourth quarter of last year are from some sort of weird non-summer driving spike by Americans and the time-proximity to Hurricane Katrina is merely a coincidence?

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I confess. I use regular in my Mercedes.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The octane rating of gasoline determines the way in which the fuel combines with oxygen during combustions, and thus the speed, violence, and temperature of the explosion (what you might call the combustion profile). A car's engine's materials, design, and timing are tuned to run ideally with a specific combustion profile determined by the grade of gasoline recommended in the owner's manual. Will using a different grade result in catostrophic damage to your engine? Hardly. But in the long run, if the engine is firing with a combustion profile outside of the design sepcs will require the engine to compensate and perhaps lead to accelerated wear or loss of peak performance. I was very pleased to see my owner's manual recommend using only 87 octane. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	Thanks for that. I knew it was something along those lines but am really not well-versed in how these things work (on the other hand, I'll be rebuilding Jennifer's computer over the weekend so it's obviously just a matter of specialties). Jen's Subaru (the DOOMBGY Mk. II) specifies 87 "Regular Unleaded only" as well. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Tom read a story today about Exxon/Mobile's profits this past quarter. Secibnd-highest profits for a quarter ever, second only to Exxon/Mobile's fourth quarter last year. The article (I'm betting it was CNN or LA Times?) stated it like this: every second, Exxon/Mobile makes a profit that is the price equivalent of the amount of gas used to drive between NY and LA THREE TIMES. Every second. How is this effin' legal? Last edited by LSPoorEeyorick : 07-27-2006 at 12:21 PM.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	So the record profits from the fourth quarter of last year are from some sort of weird non-summer driving spike by Americans and the time-proximity to Hurricane Katrina is merely a coincidence?
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