I was gonna start a new thread but I figured my question fits in here. From reading around here and the 7 forums, I understand that our rotyary engines take quite nicely to 87 or 89 octane gas. However, I bought my rx8 exactly one year ago and have been putting 93 octane in her since day one. Gas is getting quite pricey ( $3.07 for super) and I was considering filling her up tomorrow with regular gas instead of the super. Do you guys think this will affect my 8 negatively since ive had her on super for soooo long. Should I not risk it? Your input is appreciated. Didnt mean to thread hijack but my question is related to the topic.

 

i heard we are gonna have $4/gal by the end of may

 

I had no problem with 91 or 89, but 87 caused detonation, big time. I never tried resetting the ecu, then trying 87, I'm too chicken sh*t, that detonation sound scared me!

Cheers,

Alex

 

Filled up today (91) C$59.04 for 50.944 litres.
C$1.159 per litre


Translated to 'merkin that's US$51.36 for 13.46 US gallons
US$3.816 per gallon

 

good thing i learned some useful tricks from the neighborhood prostitute, time to go syphon

 

Maybe we need locking gas caps

 

Not really, because I think that Hong Kong is probably largely a walking city, like New York. I could be wrong since I've never been there. But even though, I'm sure they have a public transit system, just like every other country except the U.S. That is why other countries pay so much for gas. There are huge taxes to fund the pubic transit systems. I'd use it if we had one, but that would put a dent in the pockets of the oil companies, so I'm sure they have lobbied that idea into extinction.

 

The solution to you gas problems...
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/19292.shtml

Honda Civic CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). For those with natural gas at your house, you can fill 'er up right there and never have to visit a gas station again.

Annual fuel cost is estimated at $587.

Compare that to the RX8.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/19485.shtml

Annual fuel cost of $2243

 

You are correct. Not many people drive, since buying a car in Hong Kong is super expensive and you also pay a 100% tax when you purchase one.

 

this is so gay, our gas mileage sucks as it is, but to top it off we have to pay a **** load of money to fill her up, while the owner of the station is sitting down the street wanking it, getting rich off of us.... hopefully it subsides, or I'm gonna have to stop driving and start taking PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!! AHHHH (oh not that theres anything wrong with it, just prefer driving my 8...

P.S.- I'm guessing having a Turbo Kit doesn't exactly help my mileage hahhaha

 

What mileage are you getting Rotary?

 

Not doubting you, I lived there a while too. I guess I was just too naive to notice to gas prices, and I used public transportation most of the time anyway.

The salaries in Hong Kong in general are also very high.

 

Yeah, it's cool. I was just explaining how I came up with that figure. I don't argue with people.

 

I'm getting like 15 these days..... But i think its cause every open road I get I'm going WOT

 

My dad is working on a huge *** case against Exxon-Mobil right now that was started in 1990. He settled the case 2 years ago and now they are working on claims. Sadly, it had nothing to do with gas prices but with polluting people's lawns and property with their ****. I can't stand these gas prices. Now at 3.09 here for 93 octane v-power (my choice.) It is just a stunt to put more money in the pockets of the rich *** oil companies. They will jack the price up to where we get used to it, then lower it a little(2.90) to where we feel like we are getting a bargain, then they shoot it up even more and the cycle starts all over. Ahh, I remember back in the good ole' days when it was around 99 cents a gallon for premium... even though that was over ten years ago..

 

That's pretty good for a turbo, imo

 

I drive 70 miles round trip per day for work. The news today showed the price for Premium is $3.22 a gallon in Portland. However, it is $2.94 on the way into town near me so that is where I buy my gas!

 

this site may come in handy bunnygirl :-

http://www.portlandgasprices.com/

 

I work from home... but when I travel, I'll do 500-700 miles in 3 days or less. Gas is a tax write-off for me. Where I live in SoCal, gas has been above $3.29 for 91 octane for more than two weeks so don't come crying to me because your prices have snuck over the $3/gallon mark.

Yes, we get the gas out of the ground here in CA. Yes, we have a bunch of refineries right here. Yes, the CA state department of Public Fleecing takes a huge heap of taxes right off the top, ostensibly to pay for "highway improvements" in CA... If you've been to L.A. lately, you can see just how well that's working out for our freeways.

Gas is going to go higher. That is a fact. Treat it like a business expense, start your own home business, build clientele, then jack up the prices to meet your expenses. Oh, and feel sorry for people driving SUVs...

BTW-gas prices are high in Japan too, and look at all of the fun cars they get to play with!

 

I used 91 for my first tank, then 89 for 2 tanks and I just tried 87 at my lastest fillup. I have taken it up to redline about 50 times and I haven't noticed any difference. The engine stills seems ultra smooth all the way up the rev range.

Now, I don't even know what detonation sounds like. Is it really a pinging sound? Anyways, I don't think I've heard it at all.

 

I've used 89 since I got the car in NOV and havn't had any engine problems of pinging/popping/anything of the sort.

Reasonably alternative to gas prices - a 50cc or less moped. No lisence required as it's almost the equivalent of riding a bike. my boss was looking for one the other day and found one that gets 120mpg. Now it's only got a 1.3 gallon tank, even still, only having to fill up twice a week for $3.xx each time isn't bad. With you gas bill say at 6.50 a week you are looking at a yearly gas bill of $325!!! Beats that Honda thing mentioned earlier. Although I wouldn't reccomend moped-ing it on really bad weather days. Oh, I forgot to mention the bike that he found got up to 50mph and only cost like $700. So in the first year you are looking at spending $1000 which includes buying it, and gas for the year which is still just half the price of gas for our 8's. You can use that grand you saved and just pimp out your 8 more and more!!! Man, I think I might do it too.

 

hey you guys, jus reading up on you guys complaining about the fuel price in the states and japan, we down here in australia are big car enthusiasts and fuel is a real bother for a lot of people here too.
I bought an rx8 not to long ago for my wife and the fuel that it chews through every week is more than my 800hp gtr,
most people down here know that sydney prices are rediculous, with fuel reaching $1.40AU which is about $1.04US per litre, which means we're paying the equivelant of $3.94US per gallon. And its still rising.

Most cars in australia only run on 95ron but every pump has 98ron and now just intreduced 100ron for performance cars which is what i use at $1.55AU converted its $4.35US per gallon.

So you guys should consider yourselves lucky to have cheaper prices for now.
Apart from sydney being one of the top 5 most expensive places to live in the world, we pay **** loads of taxes, on everything , I dont know how much a new rx8 is in the states but here is about $65K new and costs another $3k aprox to register, and with **** milage and high petrol costs im not sure its the best car to choose as a daily driver for some people.

All the best

 

I dunno about you but i get 36MPG on my Honda 954RR and can do 180mph, 0-60 2.8seconds - 1/4 miles 10.13@142mph...


Just a thought....

 

I think it has more to do with refining capacity.

I don't know about Canada specifically, but since our economies and our multi-national corporations are so intermingled, I thought that these might be pertinent.

http://wyden.senate.gov/leg_issues/r...oil_report.pdf
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/...52004_1365.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1042788&page=1 (take that last one with a grain of salt; it's network news).

 

This happens every Spring. On May1st, they have to change from winter formulas to summer formulas. There is a slight hickup in the distribution system that lasts for a month and then the prices start to go down again. I'm not saying that the US will see $2.00/gal prices again, but by the end of May they will be back down.
Memorys are short and people don't remember these things.