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NBC5 is running a nice (read: alarming) piece tonight as i type this about the "dangers" of "skimping" for 87 octane gas in their cars in these times of high gas prices.  they even brought out some "elite" and very knowledgeable mechanic that described all the problems that developed over time in cars using 87 octane (he showed them a valve with what he described as carbon buildup....it had like a freaking inch or more of crap on it...lol).  misinformation is funny.  hell, it wasn't until i really got involved on this board that i understood how octane ratings work...and to think, all that time i was being an idiot putting premium in my sentra...when i should have been dumping 87 in her.  /sigh

Some vehicles need the higher octane some don't.

IIRC, higher compression needs more octane to prevent knocking.

yeah, i just found it funny that they portrayed it as an alarming "epidemic"...leading the average joe driving a plain jane compact car that they're doing (serious) damage to their engine by putting 87 octane in it.  news outlets just aren't happy unless they're alarming the people...

i guess that's why i listen to NPR exclusively.

"All things considered"

Dianne Reems. 

I asked a guy who works for Shell if their additive package was in all the grades of gas and he said their best package was in the premium grade. 

Techron which is said to be good stuff, I think is in all the grades of gas that Chevron sells.  So I use Chevron, if I can.

cdc

phoooy, I am using 87 in the 900 and just got 51.9mpg.  1 tank 176 miles.  I think if I take it easy I can probally get 200 miles out of a tank.

NPR's Diane Reemes... I just strated listening to NPR after being completley run-off by a sudden inundation of commercials on WRR.  The first time I heard Diane Reemes I sat there in my car trying to figure how I could somehow speed-up the play-back....  Like the audio was malfunctioning at 33 1/3 instead of the normal for talk show 78rpm (yeah I'm freggin' dinosaur, so what!)

Gotta love her though; good stuff.  Just don't try listening to her with three cups of espresso floatin' around in your belly; totally unintelligible  [laugh]

yeah...it can be a real chore listening to her.  but it's not her fault; she has the spasmodic dysphonia  :-\  sucks, you know, for a radio personality and all.

I'm afraid I've become a media hermit... I stopped watching TV, oh, 10 years ago, stopped the paper, & my commute time is almost nil, so no NPR anymore even...
I'm a slave to my iPod  :o
I glance at world news onn cnn.com, weather at accuweather.com, occasionally peek at dallasnews.com. Sometimes all that's info overload  :-\
Love to listen to music, & I download 1 audiobook every month, which I have really enjoyed [thumbsup]
This IS an iPod thread, isn't it?!?  [laugh]

that's funny since the octane of the gas doesn't produce deposits, rather the additive package is what determines the buildup... your best bet is to stick to the top tier brands and call it a day

I've been using 87 in both bikes for a year or more now with no issues...

...and the top tier brands are???

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html

Seriously? Turkey Hill Minit Markets made the cut, but not ExxonMobil??

Sounds familiar. I stopped watching TV 6 years ago and don't miss it a bit. All my friends know I don't watch, so they've long since stopped asking "hey, did you see this episode" or "that commercial".

Any idea who shot J.R.???

whoa...whoa...whoa.......... whoa.

so, how the hell do you find out who won american idol then!?!?!

and, more importantly, how are you going to find out what common ingredient found in most EVERY meal that you eat contains a potentially DEADLY side-effect......?!?

that story and more when we come back....

Me too!!!
I still have a TV -It's in a closet and hasnt been hooked up in years.
Network TV sucks,
Cable sucks and you get to pay extra for it...
I opted out around 1998.

I don't think I miss it...   
If I've got time to sit and watch some crappy program -I have time to work on a project, get drunk, or BOTH!  [drink] [thumbsup] [wine]

I use Techron as a fuel additive purchased through Pep Boys. Any long vacation trip we go on or a run to the farm and back I will add the appropriate amount of Techron to the car gastank. I'll make sure I run that tank of gas as low as possible before I refuel. Read a good report about Techron years ago and (speaking of NPR) the brothers, Click and Clack, on the old Saturday morning National Public Radio car show Car Talk would rave about using Techron as an additive. Who knows, maybe I'm waisting money? Maybe they owned stock in Chevron? Occasionally add some to the bikes too.

Ahhh, that would have been me. :o

Good job,, Thanks  [thumbsup]

I mostly watch movies and a play a few video games.  You gotta love the Wii  [thumbsup]

OMG said it aint so!

Love watching DVDs. We've got a 50" plasma, we just don't watch the Toob. I think if I had a game thingy I'd be addicted  :P

I"ll have to bring the Wii and Mario Kart Wii over sometime.  Drunken go kart racing is  [thumbsup]

and it does have motorcycles

I heard thats fun as hell, I might have to join you on that...

I could bring over rock band for ps3 and get some dfwm playing drums, guitar/bass and singing! what I wouldn't pay to see svoloch singing on rock band to weezer.

I'll chip in my winnings from next Monday  [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

i feel a video game HH coming on soon....i used to be pretty damn good at GH...hopefully that'll translate to rockband.  and i have a good handful of Wii games, too...i can bring over some extra wiimotes and beer.  [thumbsup]   [drink]

ok, fess up people. who has the biggest penis substitute... er... flatscreen

Video Game HH @   ________  's place!

I'm packin' a 50 incher, baby  ;D

Damn, I was just about buy that 56" DLP. My parents Christmas gift was a 65" DLP.

so, it's probably a good thing that my LCD is only 36"...

Don't ask about my home theater

i think we need to get our game on....i even have big brain academy for anyone that thinks they can come close to matching wits with me!!!

also i will totally kick your ass in wii bowling...i've even broken 200!  what?!?   [moto]

LOSER!!  I have a 299 game in bowling!! and dam that sucked only getting 9 pins on the last ball!!

a legally blind guy bowled a 300 a few days ago...  but congrats on that 299 man

Take the skinheads bowling, take them bowling...

... I only have a 27" flatscreen that's old and weighs like 200lbs (... gee, kinda like me!) and no video games (Colin's don't count)... once again I am feeling really inadequate. :P Guess it's to time to turbo the Busa! That ought to perk me up! [thumbsup]

I really don't bowl....  ;D

You'll learn  [evil]