Is Premium gas worth it?

Hdaniel85 said:

So 91 or 93 for a stock Raptor?

FYI I live in Cali, make good money and not a huge fan of SoCal, NorCal is awesome though!

One of the cool things is playing in snow, then heading to the desert to Baja, then swim in the Ocean all in the same day, not many places like it.

I would definitely retire in Washington/Oregon though, love that weather and terrain.

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91+.

MAGA2020.

kpg81 said:

I've always said if you need to calculate the gas savings in 87 vs Premium fuel then you probably bought a vehicle that was too expensive for your current income.

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This is hilariously inaccurate. People chose to spend and save their money however they want and it is typically based on priorities. I won’t pay $5 to have my food delivered. Does that mean financially I shouldn’t be eating out? No it just means I don’t see the value in it. I know multi-millionaires that drive late model minivans. They just aren’t in to spending money on a depreciating asset.

150k on 87 octane and no issues.


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Raptor-Phil said:

AAA stated that the cost of premium was 20%-25% more. Here is Calif, reg is $2.99 and Premium is $3.19, a $0.20 difference. $0.20/$2.99 * 100% = 6.7% cost upper, so for a 5% increase in MPG, it's difference lost in the noise! I will buy premium.

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California here also, this morning when I filled up at VP regular was $3.499 and premium was $3.759, a $0.26 difference. 7.4% cost increase for premium.

When my 2018 was relatively new (but broken in, I think I did the test starting at about 8000 miles) I did a test for about 8000 miles. I had been running premium from new, as that is what was recommended. Then I switched to regular for ~4000 miles of my "normal" driving, and compared it to the next ~4000 miles with premium under as close to the same conditions as I realistically could do on the street. Almost every tank of fuel was from the same station. During that time I averaged 15.4 MPG on regular, and 16.7 MPG on premium. This means it looks like I did about 1.3 MPG better on premium than on regular. Or about 8.4% better. If these numbers hold true then premium is a no brainer for me, I save money running it.

However, I also feel like the truck ran stouter on premium. There was nothing wrong with the truck on regular, it ran great. But I think, I feel, like it just ran better on premium. Yeah, sure, I could easily be talking myself into that opinion. I have owned other vehicles were there was a clearly detectable improvement on premium. But it did honestly feel better on premium.

Regardless, the truck seems to (total opinion) run better, and in my admittedly meager testing it was cost efficient to run on premium. So premium it is.

But even if the testing had not seemed to indicate premium yielded better mileage, I quite possibly would run premium anyway. If the mileage was the same for regular and premium the cost increase for my average driving year would be ~$250. Premium would cost me about $5 a week for something that I feel makes the vehicle run better.

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coachhomer said:

This is hilariously inaccurate. People chose to spend and save their money however they want and it is typically based on priorities. I won’t pay $5 to have my food delivered. Does that mean financially I shouldn’t be eating out? No it just means I don’t see the value in it. I know multi-millionaires that drive late model minivans. They just aren’t in to spending money on a depreciating asset.

150k on 87 octane and no issues.


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You have 150k on a Gen2? If you've never tried 93, you should. It's ****.

GCATX said:

You have 150k on a Gen2? If you've never tried 93, you should. It's ****.

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Gen 1


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coachhomer said:

Gen 1

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FFS you fail at life. Gen2 is totally different animal than the V8. Every post in here from you should be deleted as it has zero relevance to a Gen 2.

nikhsub1 said:

FFS you fail at life. Gen2 is totally different animal than the V8. Every post in here from you should be deleted as it has zero relevance to a Gen 2.

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Well first off, nowhere in my app Tapatalk does it say that this was a Gen 2 discussion. I apologize for posting in the wrong engine forum.

However, my comment was independent of any engine on the market. Re-read it.

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coachhomer said:

Well first off, nowhere in my app Tapatalk does it say that this was a Gen 2 discussion. I apologize for posting in the wrong engine forum.

However, my comment was independent of any engine on the market. Re-read it.

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Actually, tapatalk does show you if you list the full forum tree but anyway, a high strung twin turbo V6 and a NA V8 are entirely 2 different beasts, one being MUCH more finicky with fuel quality.

kpg81 said:

Reasons real estate is more expensive in CA: More people with higher educations and higher paid jobs want to live here.

Reasons why real estate is cheaper elsewhere: Less desirable location(s) with less educated lower paid people.

That's why they say in real estate, location location location.

As far as guns go... Well ... I have a nice collecting myself and have plenty of ranges less than 30-40 mins around me. My friends have plenty of guns too. Don't know what that comment was all about.

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Are you really going to say there are more educated people in california ? Are you serious ??? I live in NY. Are property values oare highest among the nation... it has nothing to do with education. However it has everything to do with population.. let's not get carried away here... The reason most people.live in Ny and CA. Is for the possibilities of finding employment, not because they pay more.. Salaries are always based on experience and educatuon..