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Strange Mud

Strange Mud

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so if Little Johnny drives 12,000 miles per year and gets 28 miles per gallon will he save enough money by using regular gasoline @ $2.67 over premium@ $3.53 per gallon to purchase a DSG? For bonus points do the same calculations for the additional .12 savings available for using non-Top Tier gasoline. Show your work

the $ numbers were today's price at the Mobil station where I filled up with regular.

something over 33 mpg for Mud last tank.....wooot!

at those real numbers (12k yr @32 mpg =375 gallons yr x .86 difference = $322 per year). Lucky enough I could afford it, cheap enough not to feel it worth it Ignoring a possible mpg improvement...not real convinced it is there. I believe there is a power bump but the mpg is debatable from everything I've read. I have seen some new research where they are bumping octane to 100+ and can get signifigant improvements but it does not seem to be here for today's cars.
 
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Drtsk

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JerseyDrew77 said:
This thread has gotten uber gay...
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Amen!
All I wanted to know was if using 87 was okay.
In May of 2014, I bought my son the 1st batch MKVII GTI SE 6MT for high school graduation present. I remember that car needed a 93 octane. I just thought that my gas tank door saying 87 was a typo and wanted to make sure 87 was allowed. Didn’t realize that GTI forum was this enthusiastic.
 
SpaceGhost

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Drtsk said:
Amen!
All I wanted to know was if using 87 was okay.
In May of 2014, I bought my son the 1st batch MKVII GTI SE 6MT for high school graduation present. I remember that car needed a 93 octane. I just thought that my gas tank door saying 87 was a typo and wanted to make sure 87 was allowed. Didn’t realize that GTI forum was this enthusiastic.
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I have a 15 it says 91. I think in 16 it said 87.

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heiney9

heiney9

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Using 87 regualr is OK, for better performance 91/93 premium is BETTER. Those are facts, not an opinion.

You decide what's right for you.
 
heiney9

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volks6

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Drtsk said:
Amen!
All I wanted to know was if using 87 was okay.
In May of 2014, I bought my son the 1st batch MKVII GTI SE 6MT for high school graduation present. I remember that car needed a 93 octane. I just thought that my gas tank door saying 87 was a typo and wanted to make sure 87 was allowed. Didn’t realize that GTI forum was this enthusiastic.
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Well maybe read the owners manual instead of making another topic about which grade is better and what gas should I use. It says in there what you should fill the car with FFS.
 
cb1111

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rahtx said:
A search says it's 91 for the 2017 R: https://www.vehiclehistory.com/vehicle-gas-type-specifications/volkswagen/golf-r/2017

And 87 for the 2017 GTI: https://www.vehiclehistory.com/vehicle-gas-type-specifications/volkswagen/golf-gti/2017
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Correct. The R requires 91.

That said, the R will run on 87 without any damage as long as you are very careful with the gas pedal. When I drove from DC to Colorado with my R32, it ran just fine on 87 for those 20 thousand miles through Kansas on I-70 where you set the cruise and forget it.
 
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