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Living Room / Re: Non-tech, off-the-wall topic: Gasoline/Petrol, does grade matter?
« Last post by techidave on June 21, 2011, 05:43 AM »Maybe the truck is in need of a tune up! 
You don't say if the pickup is four wheel drive or not but that will affect your mileage.
My 2001 Chevy S-10 4.3L V-6 Extended cab gets around 17 city to 22 highway. I sure thought I would get better than that when I bought it.
Vehicles are rated for mileage under the best of conditions, of which, we will never see out in the field.
This could go on and on but to avoid an ... I am done commenting on it.
You don't say if the pickup is four wheel drive or not but that will affect your mileage.My 2001 Chevy S-10 4.3L V-6 Extended cab gets around 17 city to 22 highway. I sure thought I would get better than that when I bought it.
Vehicles are rated for mileage under the best of conditions, of which, we will never see out in the field.
This could go on and on but to avoid an ... I am done commenting on it.
They use it to supposedly combat smog. The part they don't tell you is your car gets poorer mileage, harder to start, and runs crappier as a general rule. They mechanics down there will tell you to use a higher grade of gasoline. I do believe most larger cities have gone to this. I know that Kansas City was talking about it a couple of years ago, so I assume they have went to it.
