Gas? and Warm up's on a 5
02-27-2009, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ktlocklear' post='803116' date='Feb 27 2009, 09:47 AM
I miss the weather out there 
I need to move back...i'm going nuts here
I need to move back...i'm going nuts here
02-27-2009, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='803284' date='Feb 27 2009, 02:41 PM
Dude!!, you don't want to move here, we only have 91 octane gas here!!
02-27-2009, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ktlocklear' post='803489' date='Feb 27 2009, 03:13 PM
Haha.....I can deal with the 91......it's the toothless people around these parts I have a hard time dealing with
I can see that being an issue! 
02-27-2009, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='803110' date='Feb 27 2009, 11:39 AM
<-----------Cali Guy!! *sniff* *sniff* Yeah right, Octane numbers aside, anyone want to talk weather??
*sniff* *sniff* Yeah right, Octane numbers aside, anyone want to talk weather?? Houston, Texas
Weather today: Low 56 / High 80 Sunny
Gas price: Mobil 93 octcane premium $1.79
02-27-2009, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetnlowe60' post='802966' date='Feb 27 2009, 09:01 AM
And how long should warm my car up for. Im in New Jersey,
"Do not allow the engine to warm up by leaving it running while the vehicle remains stationary.
Instead, begin to drive immediately at a moderate engine speed."
02-27-2009, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetnlowe60' post='802966' date='Feb 27 2009, 09:01 AM
what is the best gas and company to give my new 5. Some say super, some say silver and a shot of octane booster every so often. ??/?
02-27-2009, 08:32 PM
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I only run 93 in both cars (I don't know about the bimmer, but the other car is tuned for 93 at a minimum - it's happiest with 100, but that's a fortune). I try to only use Sunoco gas if I can (not listed on that top tier page, but if it's good enough to be the official fuel of NASCAR, I figure it's good enough for my street-driven cars). Plus not all stations around here carry 93. Some carry 92, some only carry 91. Sunoco ALWAYS has 93, and there's one at the end of my block. Works well for me.
02-27-2009, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianTx5' post='803574' date='Feb 27 2009, 05:51 PM
Weather?
Houston, Texas
Weather today: Low 56 / High 80 Sunny
Gas price: Mobil 93 octcane premium $1.79
Houston, Texas
Weather today: Low 56 / High 80 Sunny
Gas price: Mobil 93 octcane premium $1.79
Try wearing slippers, tshirt, and a pair of shorts, chillin in front of starbucks during the middle of winter
anyways, nothing but Costco premium gas for my baby.
They change the filters once the gas flows less than 8 gal a min.
02-28-2009, 09:49 AM
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In Russia its 92, 95 or the 98 that in theory exists but if you do fuel your car with 98 you wont get that 98
I fuel all my cars with 92 no matter what they recommend to use in my country no better fuel then 92... as the oil man tell me
I fuel all my cars with 92 no matter what they recommend to use in my country no better fuel then 92... as the oil man tell me
02-28-2009, 10:11 AM
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i always let my car warm up for 10 minutes or so. turn it on, go back in the house have a cupa joe and a smoke before i take off. 