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What Octane gas do you use in your Taos. I just purchased mine on Tuesday and I want to put what’s best for the car in it.
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Thank you for your answer. Appreciate it
all gas comes from the same pipeline and it only differs by the quality of the additives and storage tanks at the station. The engine cycle in this car is designed to run lower octane (more flammable gas) so it doesn't have higher octane requirements like some other german cars.
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Interesting. I didn’t know that.
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Not all gas is the same, but because the government mandates additives and detergents they are al of general good quality.
VW rates the HP of their engines with 91 but economy is certified with 87.
I put in 89 in my Jetta and Tiguan most of the time.
VW rates the HP of their engines with 91 but economy is certified with 87.
I put in 89 in my Jetta and Tiguan most of the time.
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Thanks. This will be my first fill up from what gas the dealer provided. So I guess I’ll fill it up with 87 octane.
Gas is all the same CorradoG60, there is only 1 gas pipeline that delivers fuel to the pickup depots the tanker trucks fill up at where they have local tanks of additives for each brand. The different grades of fuel are all sent via the same pipeline, I won't get into how that works. All the refineries meet the same standards for the fuel grades they put into the pipeline, the fuel is all generic unbranded at that point. Interestingly, you are able to put a barrel of 87 unleaded in the pipeline and take delivery the same day in Iowa of a barrel of 87 unleaded. Clearly that isn't possible to get the same barrel that was put in. The industry considers it a fungible product.
I should have shared that we use 85 in ours but that is the same fuel as 87 at lower elevations.
I should have shared that we use 85 in ours but that is the same fuel as 87 at lower elevations.
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It is not “all the same” in every state. Sorry to break it to you. The east coast may have central pipelines for multiple states but it’s not true in the west.
Diesel is even less “all the same.” It was only after Shell diesel caused $10k in warranty damage to my Toureg that I read about the lower quality of Shell diesel causing issues with the Bosch fuel system components.
Lucky you!
Not a single Ethanol free station anywhere within a reasonable drive from us
Hate using Ethanol, if you use 10% ethanol you get 10% worse mpg, what a scam!!!You probably get closer to ~3% worse mpg - the ethanol has about 30% less energy by volume than gas. But I hate it too. The ethanol free is much better for lawn mowers etc. too.Lucky you!
Not a single Ethanol free station anywhere within a reasonable drive from us
The gas station is a Phillips 66. They also have ethanol free premium for the GTI, and it's 5 minutes from the house, right beside my local grocery store. There's another station in town that sells it too.
The joys of a small town!
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No such thing as ethanol free here in NJ
Maybe w/ the Taos, but not our Infiniti G, I get 27mpg w/ the crap gas, and 30 w/ Ethanol free.
That's not good. That's about 10%. 😀
Yep, that's not good, and even worse I can't get "real gas" anywhere near me anymore
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