PJPR01 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Hhhmm...interesting indeed. I guess I'm lucky that my "local" Beaver has 92 Ethanol Free...of course, it's only a few more miles up the road to Mike's MPH location too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRyter Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 The two Texans here have only reinforced my point. I'm still too cheap to pay for Love's either, despite owned in my state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p6x Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 16 hours ago, PJPR01 said: Hhhmm...interesting indeed. I guess I'm lucky that my "local" Beaver has 92 Ethanol Free...of course, it's only a few more miles up the road to Mike's MPH location too. few more miles from previous Mike's MPH location, unfortunately. It will be from 12 miles to 48 for me; besides the fact that MPH was just off I-10, so a 15 minutes ride to a 45 minutes ride. As for Buc-ee's difference in Ethanol free Octanes, I don't know what to think about it. Buc-ee's Katy is located in the middle of a fast growing residential area. A lot of the people working in the Energy Corridor live there. The surroundings is community after community. I am guessing most of the vehicles using E-free gas don't need high octanes. They probably sell more by keeping it 87 Octanes and cheap. What puzzles me, is the 90 and 92 figures. I would have thought; take the usual fuel, and don't blend Ethanol with it. So 89 or 93 would make more sense. But I am missing something obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJPR01 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I sympathize!! I was spoiled too when I lived in Spring Branch for 5 years…having MPH at exactly 12 miles door to door was a nice treat…the ride to Hempstead for me now is about 30 miles. Mike did all of the major Scura work at his house workshop many years ago…it’s a good excuse to have a Saturday or Sunday coffee maybe at Hempstead…a couple times we had a few other Guzzi riders join as well, maybe we can do that again if Mike is open to it. The Bucees ethanol free difference is a head scratcher, but the 290 location also gets a massive amount of traffic of people leaving town, including motorcycle riders and clubs, exotic car clubs so maybe they see more demand…either way I put it in all the bikes and the 911 when I’m up that way on a ride. I too wish they had some tables or seats, but in the absence of something formal, I just drink my coffee and enjoy a breakfast taco while sitting on the bags of feed outside or near the folding chairs section….good for a 5-10 minute break after hitting the clean restrooms! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrasta Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Okay, after getting off the exit from my drive to work today, I filled up and it took 5.6 gallons at 206 miles. I filled with Premium. I'll learn more on my 25 mile drive home, but cruising the 2 miles from the gas station to my office, I'll say it was better as it would normally ping (sounds like change rattling) when I punch it. It didn't do it after my fill-up. I'll try it a few more times on the freeway home, when it's hot outside too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrasta Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 I will now fuel with Premium. It really made a difference. On my 25 mile ride home, I repeatedly punched it with no pinging at all, at any speed. Who knew? …not me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzler Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 yep, I'm going to stick with 95 here even though it's crept up to $2.25 a litre! Bugger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrasta Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 9 hours ago, guzzler said: yep, I'm going to stick with 95 here even though it's crept up to $2.25 a litre! Bugger. Here in SoCal, I paid $5.57, nearly twice what it was a couple of years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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