Shell V-Power vs Chevron

Jordo!

Do you floor it a lot? I am a consistent 20.9 mpg

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Skeeterbop

here in el paso all i ever see is 91

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Shamu

I have to admit I'm the first one to say there isn't much difference between gas brands but have to say several times I have filled up at Shell station seems like I have had slightly better performance. May be coincidence etc but I have consistently felt the difference.

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AhadV

From what I know, being a previous rotary engine owner... everything after 91 is similar. Techron vs. nitrogen enriched and what not when it comes to chevron vs. v power. I've always stuck to v power because people "say" it runs richer and burns purer. My question is, anyone ever get better gas mileage throwing 89 octane in there? Don't really want to try it.. and not trying to jack the thread just wondering if anyones done it?

UNKNOWN_370

I've never seen 91 octane in tx. All premium is 93. We have 89 for midgrade.

Mecinoid

I use 91 octane Shell, Chevron, Costco (supposed to be top tier) gas. Never noticed any difference.

I'm getting right at 25mpg. a couple of tanks at 27.5mpg. I take it easy a lot in the Z but, I do let her hang out on the mountain roads around here for a few minutes every tank. Can't help myself. So, I'd like to take a nice long trip down Hwy 5 to LA..... I bet keeping it at 70mph I could break 30mpg. I should try that soon.

I'm liking Costco gas a lot lately. It generally .25 less per gallon. It went back up today to $3.85 ouch.... It was at $3.59 last week. Oh well ...

Spikuh

Driving regularly (i.e. maintaining a given speed) the best I can get is around 28 mpg at 70 mph. Could probably eek out a bit more in colder weather, but I think 28 mpg is probably very close to the upper bound for traveling 70 without using some sort of special driving method. I have noticed that going 55 mpg, I can get anywhere between 31 and 33 mpg depending on the terrain. If you do manage to break the 30 mpg mark though, do let us know.

And that is pretty cool about the pulse/coast driving method. I have never heard of that one, but will have to try it out for a couple hours when I head back towards Houston this Wednesday and see what I can get. Hopefully I won't be pulled over for erratic driving.

Speedy

I just posted this in another thread.

The biggest thing to getting decent mileage is smooth driving. Try to predict traffic patterns that will allow you to avoid the brakes as much as possible. Doing so also keeps you more focused on other folks driving helping to avoid mishaps.

I didn't get the Z to be a gas mileage winner, but I do want it to be reasonable to drive to work. I'm happy with 23. If you're getting 27 that's fantastic as my old Accord 4 banger got about that.

Now one thing that blows my mind. I can drive my 600RWHP Challenger to the drag strip, race all day running in the 11s, and drive it back home and average nearly 24MPH in it. Eat your heart out EPA.

AhadV

I'm in Dallas and there's 91 octane gas everywhere. Not shell but Exxon has it and so does 7 11 gas. Like I said, I stick to v power. And 27.5 is ridiculous... I got 19 my first tank

Mecinoid

Wow, not as ridiculous as you might think.... I owned a Prius as a computer car recently and refined my mpg skills on it. However, I just can't keep my foot out of the Z. I should really try this next time and see if by using pulse and coast method if I can get over thirty during my regular commute. But, that not why I got back into a Z.... It's just shear run feeling the torque... very addicting.
Kind of miss the Prius... Wife and I were talking about it just the other night being that it got twice the mileage and a lot of times you can't drive fast anyways around here. There might be a Volt in my future if the price comes down some. ;-) Or, if they have another $199 a month lease for three years on a prius. It almost paid for itself in gas savings during the work week. However, I'm not commuting as far these days... so, it might not work out as good the next time.

AhadV

I had a Pontiac solstice gxp which gave me 33 average. Pushing 340 foot pounds of torque and 290 horses. Dealer tuned.. Great little car. But the Z is still a z

flashburn

Never noticed a difference with different gas around here, all 93. Regardless, I always just get gas from Hess, since its the easiest one for me, and always the cheapest. Oh, and I just found out that by buying Hess I am apparently not funding terrorism, so that's going to be my new reason I give people.

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AhadV

CA has 76 gas which is rated higher than v power ... even nascar says so haha

Dwight Frye

I paid $4.199 for 91 octane at the local Arco station here in CA this weekend. Gas is so freakin' expensive here that I shop for price although I stay away from places that look sketchy. Since Arco probably doesn't have the same additives as Shell or Chevron I run a bottle of Techron through it before every oil change and add a bottle of Lucas UCL every 5k miles and also add a dose of MMO to the fuel every 2-3K miles. I have been doing this for years with several vehicles, have never paid for a dealer FI cleaning and never experienced problems with a fuel pump or injectors, which supposedly are adversely affected with cheap gas and the presence of ethanol.

stratburst

I'm averaging 22 but I definitely didn't buy a Z save a few bucks at the pump. This engine doesn't like to go slow. It begs to be pushed.