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Prices were cheap this morning, so got my fix of 99 octane V-Power for just shy of USD6 per US gallon as well. I've suppressed the memory, but I'm pretty sure I've paid over 7.50, maybe even 8 in the past. Although the majority of the tax portion of the price is fixed, so when the price of crude triples, it only results in a modest price increase here. A kinda backwards way of finding an upside to heavily taxed fuel.
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V-Power is like the biggest  out there, unless you drive something with aggressive turbocharging or super high compression.</buzzkill>
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:1250kms on the bike in just 20 days. I'm going to see a massage therapist. I am not looking forward to this at all it is gonna hurt Somewhat Heroic posted:So I skipped some 400 posts. Y'all move too fast but I will say that Utah is the prettiest state so suck on that. With regard to gas chat I swear I've been paying just under $3 for premium from chevron for months. I haven't seen it get near two bucks in like a year. fjelltorsk posted:I paid 6 bucks for a gallon of diesel today. and you guys wonder why i drive a EV...
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BigFuzzyJesus posted:Jeep clubs or at least the ones in Iowa are a lot like what I imagine corvette clubs to be like. For the most part, the car scene in Iowa is miserable and useless. Where you located?
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Sep 18, 2015 12:20
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A few years ago diesel prices hit the high 1.90's a litre in Australia, that made for some very, very expensive fills. Tho I paid $2.45 a litre in Mount Dare Station in July last year. Thats only $11/Gallon...
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Sep 18, 2015 12:24
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KozmoNaut posted:V-Power is like the biggest Agreed, but my engine gets noticeably fewer spurious misfires at idle with it than without. Google "118i ruckeln" for all the fun info. I haven't been able to find a solution, but I'd love to hear about one.
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Sep 18, 2015 13:14
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angryhampster posted:For the most part, the car scene in Iowa is miserable and useless. Where you located? He's in Ames. The car scene is still miserable and useless, but at least there are some cool people in Des Moines. Still, off-road stuff I'm sure is awful.
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Sep 18, 2015 13:15
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KozmoNaut posted:V-Power is like the biggest B bb b b but its the only gas BMW recommends anymore!
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Sep 18, 2015 13:22
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bolind posted:Agreed, but my engine gets noticeably fewer spurious misfires at idle with it than without. Google "118i ruckeln" for all the fun info. I haven't been able to find a solution, but I'd love to hear about one. I was kind of surprised at reading all on that, as V-Power in the USA is just the equivalent of high-test, with the same octane ratings as any other brand's "premium" offering. IIRC it was tested independently to have more cleaners in the mix than any other brand.
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Sep 18, 2015 13:37
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i paid $2.45 last week for premium and now it's over $3 
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bolind posted:Agreed, but my engine gets noticeably fewer spurious misfires at idle with it than without. Google "118i ruckeln" for all the fun info. I haven't been able to find a solution, but I'd love to hear about one. That's a weird issue, I would suspect the coil pack or something, but obviously you've already thought of that. I have a similar "issue" with my 406, it's kinda shaky at idle, sometimes very much so, but only when cold. No codes or anything obviously abnormal going on, and it's completely unrelated to fuel grade. When it's completely warmed up, it idles smooth as butter, I can't even feel it through the steering wheel.
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Sep 18, 2015 13:48
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...poo poo, and I was excited to only pay 2.70 for Vpower earlier this week.
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KozmoNaut posted:That's a weird issue, I would suspect the coil pack or something, but obviously you've already thought of that. Oh, I have tried all three(!) revisions of the CoPs for this engine to no avail. I personally think it's the injection patterns that are tuned to run extra lean at idle for fuel economy reasons. I would think that due to wear of some component, there wasn't enough margin designed into the setup, and hence... It's worst in summer, weirdly enough.
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Does anybody remember that Finnish mechanic simulator that was in development? I couldn't figure out what to google to find it. I was curious how it's doing. edit: oh wait I found it with Bing. It's called "My Summer Car"
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bolind posted:Oh, I have tried all three(!) revisions of the CoPs for this engine to no avail. Yeah, all (recent) BMW engines hate low octane and ethanol equally. I get the same mileage out of ethanol free 91 as I do on 93 with ethanol.
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You guys actually pay attention to gas prices? I just remember the 2-3 places that it's cheapest at and give no fucks what the price is.
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angryhampster posted:For the most part, the car scene in Iowa is miserable and useless. Where you located? Midwest AI - where a 3 hour drive is considered close.
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Lightbulb Out posted:He's in Ames. The car scene is still miserable and useless, but at least there are some cool people in Des Moines. Still, off-road stuff I'm sure is awful. This. I mean they were nice enough, but when your showing off your patriot on dick cepeks are you really a "jeep guy"? I guess I just don't get it. Whatever I just wanted to volunteer so I could get free admission to their terrain track or whatever you want to call it. All off-road land in Iowa is private so it has been advantageous to follow what they're doing so I can go to events but I've yet to join any after meeting 3 separate groups this last one being the biggest. Also I said in ferremits hilux thread I would post my 22re dyno sheet if I could find it but I don't really want to poo poo it up so here it is (from 2011): when it made 87hp and did 18.9@66.8 mph (why the graph is dumb, it was a 1/4 sprint)  e:spelling
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BraveUlysses posted:You guys actually pay attention to gas prices? I just remember the 2-3 places that it's cheapest at and give no fucks what the price is. There are a few people here where it is useful (see: STR being a pizza driver), but burning calories over regional gas prices? Eh, who cares.
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Phone posted:There are a few people here where it is useful (see: STR being a pizza driver), but burning calories over regional gas prices? Eh, who cares. I dont really pay attention, but i hadent filled a tank since i got the tesla. so i sorta noticed the raping... on the other hand, we used 25l of diesel to start a controlled burn on a condemned hut today to get the new rookies some flashover experiance. poo poo was awsome... one of our probies is also close to the limits for mistakes you can do without getting told to not show up.. this time he was unable to cut pieces of his crewmembers tho, unlike last weeks extraction drill
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BraveUlysses posted:You guys actually pay attention to gas prices? I just remember the 2-3 places that it's cheapest at and give no fucks what the price is. I pass a lot of gas stations on my way home.
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http://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPriceMap
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mariooncrack posted:I pass a lot of gas on my way home. This is how I read this initially. Thought you should know
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420 fit tracker modules erryday
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KozmoNaut posted:V-Power is like the biggest V power is pretty bad but there's one canadian gas station that advertises that they have "winter gas" as if its something they thought up and hasn't been in effect for years. I do use shell though since supposedly they're the only place around here that doesn't put ethanol in their premium and I'm a bit  about my 30 year old fuel system being dry rotted out by it. They supply a local grocery chain's stations though so I just though there.
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BraveUlysses posted:You guys actually pay attention to gas prices? I just remember the 2-3 places that it's cheapest at and give no fucks what the price is. I just go to the one closest to my house because it's so convenient to just whip in and fill up and then get right back on the road I need to be on. Also it's a Shell so I'm fine with that. I hate convoluted gas station entrances or exits where you can only get in or out one way and it's like a left turn with a long light and all that crap.
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Phone posted:There are a few people here where it is useful (see: STR being a pizza driver), but burning calories over regional gas prices? Eh, who cares. I use the gasbuddy app on my phone, it's literally touch the screen twice to get to my favorites list (about 10 stations either close to home/work or along my daily commute route) and scroll to see who's cheapest. Really not that much effort. e: right now there's a $.30/gallon spread on my favorites list. Definitely worth 10 seconds of loving around on my phone to save $3-5 on a full tank. Geoj fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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Bajaha posted:This is how I read this initially. Thought you should know Well... I can't confirm or deny that one.
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Lol @ vw
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I live 1 block over from a Shell and they do a rewards program with the grocery store I go to so I go there 95% of the time. My PM's WRX is tuned for 93 only and there are no gas stations up here i NH where we are working. He had to drive 45 minutes in the other direction on his way home to fill up last week.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Utah is pretty drat nice, what area were you in? I get sent out there a couple times a year and always enjoy it. Right at the south end of the Salt Lake valley, about 15-20 miles from downtown Salt Lake. I wake up every morning and look at the awesome Wasatch Mountains. 
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so bored at work, is there an ai irc channel?
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Not the first time Germans tried to suffocate people http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/business/volkswagen-is-ordered-to-recall-nearly-500000-vehicles-over-emissions-software.html?ref=business
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The co-worker who'd been (anxiously) waiting while it sat for three weeks at the port in San Diego finally got her GT4 delivered. Haven't talked to her about it yet though.
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fjelltorsk posted:so bored at work, is there an ai irc channel? Synirc. There's an #ai and #newenglandai
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#newenglandai is where it's at, IMO.quote:14:05 <@NoiseLaptop> power steering went quiet in the bronco
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fjelltorsk posted:so bored at work, is there an ai irc channel?
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fjelltorsk posted:so bored at work, is there an ai irc channel? You can also have a go at the Sheep Game! Just a day left to get your answers in, everybody...the deadline is 11pm Pacific Time on Saturday!
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MrChips posted:You can also have a go at the Sheep Game! Just a day left to get your answers in, everybody...the deadline is 11pm Pacific Time on Saturday! I'll get my answers in before the deadline! The last few were a blast, thanks again MrChips!
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Right at the south end of the Salt Lake valley, about 15-20 miles from downtown Salt Lake. I wake up every morning and look at the awesome Wasatch Mountains.
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