Replying to The Gasoline Experiment

Well Newschoolers i have some interesting news, i will try to keep this brief, i know that most of you don't have that great of an attention span, and need to get back to business in the "u like scene girls" thread

Over the last 2 months, as part of a bet with my father (who thinks he knows everything, but im beginning to think he does) i have been conducting an experiment to see which makes more economic sense, supreme gas, or the cheap stuff.

So my whip happens to be a 2008 chevy cobalt (great around town car, but thats about all its great for), with about 22xxx miles on it, and it has this neato feature where it calculates your average gas mielage, and just to make sure, i set the trip meter, and began keeping track of how much gas i used, and how far i drove. I commute to my job m-f usually coming home for lunch, and im lucky enough to only live 3 or 4 miles away and the speed limit in cali is pretty fast, average around 50 wherever i go (average of 28 mph from stoplights)

so the first month i used arco cheap 89 grade fuel, my car got the shudders when it started and its performance was sluggish, its tanks capacity holds around 11 gallons, and the $.20 difference does not save me much at the pump.

the second month i put in chevron 97 with  "techron" (oohh rad!) i noticed after the second tank of gas my car was a little more livley, but being a cheap 4 banger its not all that spectacular. the car has no problems, and seems to be a little more responsive. the gas is more expensive, but not much really, a dollar, maybe 2 at most to fill up.

so...

i have found that the techron DOES burn better, and help my cars performance, and i also discovered that i got about 3 or 4 miles more per gallon! which was a shock to me! no wai!!11!1

well i lost a 100 dollar bet, but its cool cause my dad forgot about it and i dont have to pay him! and i guess from now on i will be fillin up with the good shit!

my expination with a small ammout of resach and undergraduate physics and chem classes leads me to believe that the 97 fuel has more conbustive agent, basically more bang for your buck, literally, where the 89 has less burning agent, and a ton of other shit that slows your car down.

simple math

89 vs. 97 is a 8% difference

29 mpg vs 32 mpg is about a 10% difference  (the other shit that is in the 89 grade slows down your car too)


so

myth busted!!!