Using Premium Gas: Like Putting Caviar in the Garbage Disposal
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Those three buttons on the pump — sometimes four (but you never touch that one because you heard it’ll destroy your car) there’s that tinge of conflict as you stare at them wondering, should I splurge and pump the expensive stuff, just this once?
Turns out no, no you shouldn’t — because according to AAA research, Americans have wasted more than $2.1 billion in just this past year using premium fuel in vehicles that don’t support “the good stuff.”
“Drivers see the ‘premium’ name at the pump and may assume the fuel is better for their vehicle,” said John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of Automotive Engineering and Repair. “AAA cautions drivers that premium gasoline is higher octane, and not higher quality, and urges drivers to follow the owner’s manual recommendations for their vehicle’s fuel.”
$2.1 billion dollars is a lot — in fact it could have purchased 1,409,395,973 Speedway Sriracha Chicken Tornados™
Let that sink in, and read your owner’s manual before you start spoilering your 88′ Dodge Dart.
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