05-10-2008, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northern NY, USA
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Originally Posted by tulsalfa
I will go with the 87 octane, but will continue to squirt some Lucas in each tank.
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I mean if you run 87 w/Lucas added in, is it really any cheaper than just running the 91 w/o additives to begin with? ($ .15 a gallon more for 91 over 87 = $1.83 'extra' spent for an empty tank tank fill up, vs how much for a bottle of Lucas? $3-$4?. That's not saving $, it's actually a loss, unless you spread that one bottle out over 3-4 tankfuls, and then it's not really that great a savings overall. Certainly not anything that works out to $.15 a gallon anyway)
Side note on a tangent:
For myself, I find it just slightly on the goofy side for people to add something to every tank every time as it's sorta not actually doing anything as contaminants and glaze/varnish do take a bit of time to build up. (as in every tank seems more than a bit of a waste to me)
1-2x times a season? Sure, why not, especially right before that last run before storage. But beyond that, if contaminants are building so fast that it's needed every tankful just to stay ahead of it, there's something far more wrong with the engine and/or fuel system than what a mere additive is ever going to cure.
Strictly my opinion on the matter though, and shouldn't mean one iota on how others wish to do thier thing. 
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