Gas Price Update

[Bridgecity]

20 cents is the standard in SK for premium vs regular.

[Seafoam]

 Yeah I just paid $75 bucks to fill up an f'n Miata.

[random006]

Luxury! (As they say in The Four Yorkshiremen sketch)

Gas is down to $1.879 per litre in Montreal. 

My Crosstrek has a 63 litre tank, so even half a tank costs me a little over $59.00.

[Stodge]

I think we're around $1.88 here on the island.

[RRocket]

$1.60ish here.

[Blizzard]

$211.9 for premium in Montreal, for my gas leaf blower.

Up until a few years ago, I always used premium gas from Shell or Ultramar which was 0% ethanol, but the government banned 0% that a few years ago so it's no longer available. I've now had to resort to mixing fuel stabilizer into my gas container, since it typically lasts me 2 years or so. So far so good, but annoying.

[Tortoise]

Does the leaf blower need premium then?

I ran premium in my boat (a small tinny with a 30 4 stroke) until they started putting ethanol in everything. I noticed no difference when switching to regular.

Speaking of ethanol, I noticed the signs at the pump say it can now up to 15% ethanol. I presume the Iran conflict is to blame.

[Blizzard]

Does the leaf blower need premium then?

I ran premium in my boat (a small tinny with a 30 4 stroke) until they started putting ethanol in everything. I noticed no difference when switching to regular.

Speaking of ethanol, I noticed the signs at the pump say it can now up to 15% ethanol. I presume the Iran conflict is to blame.

No idea. Never thought of it, since for a 5 litre container every 2 years the cost difference is so small.

[Blizzard]

Does the leaf blower need premium then?

I ran premium in my boat (a small tinny with a 30 4 stroke) until they started putting ethanol in everything. I noticed no difference when switching to regular.

Speaking of ethanol, I noticed the signs at the pump say it can now up to 15% ethanol. I presume the Iran conflict is to blame.

Do regular cars run properly on 15% ethanol? I remember in the 2000s, GM and Ford used to advertise their cars as E85 or "Flexfuel". I wonder if there was actually something different about those cars or if that was just marketing.

[Tortoise]

That was actually E85, so 51-85% ethanol.

The Passports manual said 15% ethanol was fine to use. So, I assume it's fine for most cars.

[RRocket]

Does the leaf blower need premium then?

I ran premium in my boat (a small tinny with a 30 4 stroke) until they started putting ethanol in everything. I noticed no difference when switching to regular.

Speaking of ethanol, I noticed the signs at the pump say it can now up to 15% ethanol. I presume the Iran conflict is to blame.

I run Star Tron or K-100 fuel additives in all my small engines. Add to fuel can before filling.

[Gurgie]

I tend to fill up on Thursday evenings on my way home from the pub after hockey, a couple of weeks ago the Petro station had regular at $1.499, there was about 30 cars lined up, so I didn't bother stopping. This past Thursday it was at $1.579 (plus I get $0.03 off per litre with my RBC Visa) and the CX-70 needed fuel, so I stopped in. As I pull up to the pumps there were notes on them that they were out of fuel, and only had 94 octane left, but were selling it at $1.579, so I filled up the CX-70, then went home & got the 997 & filled it up as well. I figure they had to get rid of the 94, either it was getting old, or perhaps they needed to sell if off to allow for winter gas to be delivered? I can't see how they ran out of 87, 89 & 91, but whatever, I'm happy to fill up with 94 

[RRocket]

$1.397 today

[Gurgie]

Was $1.359 last night at Costco in Ottawa. Premium was $1.589, so I filled up the 997 as I was passing by.