im paying like 3.25 or so for 93 here its been like that for months...

you have a GT. why are you running 93?

what should i be running? is that bad?

Since you aren't running a aftermarket PCM, he is saying, you can save a few dollars and run something lower in octane. This brings a question to mind, if running a lower octane at first, might cause slight wear or damage, then using higher octane later, (for pcm reasons or modding) why not start out using high octane like you are doing?

The only reason for using a higher octane is to reduce the potential for knock. Most cars on the market are built with the intent of using 87/89 octane fuel.

In most cases a car that was built to use a lower octane fuel will not benefit from using a higher octane. It doesn't have any effect on wear or damage to the engine as long as it was designed for it.

The GP GTP requires the higher octane fuel stock because of the supercharger. To not run the higher octane only risks damage to the motor because of the knock that one will see using it.

The GT's on the other hand don't need it when they are stock.

Yep, no reason to run premium unless you have an aftermarket PCM or mods like top swap and such. It will not benefit you at all with a stock (motor wise) Grand Prix GT.

2.859 in Titusville, Fl. Where I live, Daytona Beach, is 3.059 both for premium. And the barrell price is high, go figure.

I saw premium for $2.91 in Tomball this morning...

Ha! $2.97 for premium today. First time I've seen it below $3/gal in several months. Finally they reopened a large refinery in Kansas that I believe was shut down for repairs, and it had driven up local gas prices. They've been steadily declining for quite awhile now.

$2.88 for Premium here. Time to go fill up the Panther since I've got the old SE exhaust rigged on it.

I just paid $3.25 ish for 94 (around home town)... blah.

Now in Cle I see 87 is running 2.75

I just got back from town filling the Panther up. Paid $2.83.

dont ever say that again, man the gov't has brainwashed us, first we all pretty much never went above a dollar, then it shot up to 2, now to 3 bucks a gallon or more, we cant say, oh gas is good at 2.50 a gal. we have to say, it's better than 3.50, but still sux cuz we used to pay a dollar, dont get brainwashed by the gov't

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What in the heck are you talking about? Gas prices fluxuate, and that's the way it is. No matter where you are in the world. The government has little, if any influence on the retail price of gasoline, so if you can't accept it, don't drive.

It's all relative, $2.50 sounds cheap when it has been as high as $3.50 in recent months, but this past winter I saw it go as low as $1.79 here, and then it shot up to $2.50, that seemed ridiculously expensive. Inflation and the declining value of the dollar are also partly to blame for "higher" prices.

During the gasoline crisis in 1981, the price of gasoline shot up to around $1.35 per gallon. In today's dollars, that works out to about $3.15 per gallon. Just for what it's worth. They were paying "less" as it might seem, but a dollar was worth much more back then so it equaled out.

I don't mind the prices that much, really. It's just a fact of life and I'm not willing to give up driving.

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