...and it’s not a source.

It all depends on where you live. My dad can’t get ‘no ethanol’ fuel for his boat or lawnmower without driving nearly 50 miles or going to the marina.  That’ sin east texas, where oil and gas production is huge.  I live in a flyover state with decent oil and gas production and I have choices galore at all my gas…

Wait, did we just watch someone violate New Jersey law, or is only illegal if he actually squeezes the pump handle?

What I wish we had was a choice of “no Ethanol” fuel. Often, the only way you can get that is to buy premium, but only if that particular station sells ethanol-free premium, which you have to check up on first. Or, if your a bit of a masochist, you can buy regular, take it home and chemically separate the ethanol and…

I remember when we had to stop at a gas station at the top of the Grapevine to get the engine fixed in our ‘64 F100 CrewCab back in the 70's. I was a young teen at the time and vividly recall seeing the quarter-sized hole in the piston when they showed it to us. Yup, it was due to pinging. The rest of the engine is…

Here’s a little pro tip: usually Wikipedia articles site sources at the bottom. They are listed in the see also, references, and further reading sections. It make take some digging and lots more reading, but the truth is out there.

We only get 91 octane in CA and my 9-5 Aero knocked like crazy and pulled a ton of timing in the summer heat. Converted to E85 and knocks have completely stopped, car runs buttery smooth. I'm only losing 1-2 city mpg tops, probably because I don't have to downshift as often. Moral of the story: Even “Premium” may not…

E85 is not 110-115 octane, pure ethanol isn’t even that high on the AKI scale, and you know they aren’t using 93+ AKI gasoline for the 15-49% gasoline fraction and selling it for less than regular gas so in reality pump E85 is not higher than 91-94AKI in actual practical use.

I really wish it hadn’t become such common practice to refer to high-octane fuel as “premium grade”. Those words make it sound like something special but unnecessary to splurge on. Which is sad because for some cars, it’s much more of a necessity than a luxury. People who don’t know that they need high-octane fuel are…

Well, there are three octanes of normal gas, not sure what's so confusing here.

I did say I couldn’t cite a source!  Wikipedia isn’t always the best.

a quick note on Octane booster.  Most bottles you find in the gas station will do basically nothing to help with knock.  They usually top out around 10-15 “points”.  What that means is 1-1.5 octane number increase.  So accidentally fill up with 87 and put in a bottle of 104! booster!, you’re getting 88-89 octane at…

It would, but dealers don’t even know what allotments they are getting.  The two Audi dealers in my city already have over 25 people on lists between the two, and may only get 1 or 2 RS6's each.  That is a lot of money to give to a dealer for months with no guarantee of the ability to actually order one. 

Every pre-lifted brand new jeep/truck. They add a 2" spacer lift for $200 and $1,200 worth of bigger tires (that probably rub) and tack on a $5-10K markup

Many years back $4500 on a Chrysler Crossfire. 

$2000 grand = $2,000,000.

I was working at a Nissan dealership when the GTR came out, our dealership tried to sell the two we got for 140k each. The sticker was 75k.

By December the Supra will be fetching less than MSRP.

Sheesh! I know people who bought them at MSRP around St Louis. Guess our market isn’t as stellar as Cali but I’d freaking drive here for that!

A dealer near me has a Shelby GT350 listed for $90,000. That’s in Canadian dollars, but it’s still well above MSRP.