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#1401 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 06:49 AM

Last month, Vancouver Island drivers were treated to the unpleasant phenomenon of gas prices jumping an incredible 12 cents in one night. As of publication, Victorians are still paying some of the most disproportionately high gas prices in the entire country. 

The lowest possible gas price in Victoria was $1.459 for regular unleaded. Across the country, even in relatively high-tax Toronto drivers are paying as little as $1.059. In Edmonton, gas can be had for a rock-bottom 81.9 cents. Just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, motorists in Port Angeles, Washington are paying the equivalent of only C$1.15 after exchange. 

Even the B.C. interior is paying significantly less than Victoria. If you filled up a conventionally sized 63,000 litre fuel truck at a gas station in Kamloops and then drove it to the Island, that load of fuel would rise in value by more than $9,000 at trip’s end. 

 

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:04 AM

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#1403 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:06 AM

1.359 at Costco, and Chevron in Langford has held steady at 1.409.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:13 AM

california is paying $4.20/gallon in some places.  how does that compare?

 

3.79 litres to us gallon.

 

4.20/3.79= $1.11 per litre us dollars.


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#1405 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:16 AM

Yes, some price as us, more or less.


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:16 AM

that'd be $1.45 cdn at today exchange.

 

so california is as high as $4.20 whereby the us average is $2.65 this week.


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#1407 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:18 AM

But that's extreme, though. Most of LA is in the mid-$3 to upper $3s, so $1.20-$1.30 ish CAD.


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 07:57 AM

1.359 at Costco, and Chevron in Langford has held steady at 1.409.

 

Too bad I can't use it :(


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:02 AM

Can you use Costco's discounted 91 octane? It will still be cheaper than at other stations but I never pay attention to its price.


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:33 AM

Can you use Costco's discounted 91 octane? It will still be cheaper than at other stations but I never pay attention to its price.

 

Maybe in a pinch, but the general consensus among the Subaru community is that when these things are put on a dyno, there's a clear difference between Chevron and Shell fuel. I'd rather not run discount gas in an engine sensitive to the effects of it.  


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:35 AM

If you choose a car that requires such high octane fuel, you don't really have cause to complain about it then... There's a solution for that.


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#1412 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:40 AM

Maybe in a pinch, but the general consensus among the Subaru community is that when these things are put on a dyno, there's a clear difference between Chevron and Shell fuel. I'd rather not run discount gas in an engine sensitive to the effects of it.  

 

When you say Shell vs. Chevron, are you saying Shell 91 vs. Chevron 94?


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:40 AM

If you choose a car that requires such high octane fuel, you don't really have cause to complain about it then... There's a solution for that.

 

15 years ago the cost of it wasn't all that absurd. I'm not going to sell a perfectly good car, drop 30k on a new one just to save $0.20/L.


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:43 AM

When you say Shell vs. Chevron, are you saying Shell 91 vs. Chevron 94?

 
From what I understand, yes.
 
Here's a similar story on a VW
https://www.youtube....h?v=NkDOstEpsh4
 
Interesting comment to that video: 
 

Great video! Have been trying to tell people this for years. Chevron may claim a tested AKI rating of 94, but every local tuner I have talked to has said Shell 91 is far more reliable in our area for the least timing pull and lowest chance of a bad tank of gas. Just wish we had access to better choices. Someone get me some real 93/4 or e85 on the island, then we will see some serious power!!


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#1415 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 08:46 AM

Ah, gotcha. Yes you would get better performance out of a higher octane fuel, but Costco's 91 is equivalent to Shell's and Chevron's.

 

Why don't you try a tank of Costco 91 and see how it goes? 94 might give you better performance but if you're going off dyno numbers the differences can be too small for you to perceive while puttering about town. There's definitely psychology that goes into buying 91 vs 94 for most cars, even though the difference is almost impossible to see/feel.


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 09:01 AM

Ah, gotcha. Yes you would get better performance out of a higher octane fuel, but Costco's 91 is equivalent to Shell's and Chevron's.
 
Why don't you try a tank of Costco 91 and see how it goes? 94 might give you better performance but if you're going off dyno numbers the differences can be too small for you to perceive while puttering about town. There's definitely psychology that goes into buying 91 vs 94 for most cars, even though the difference is almost impossible to see/feel.


No, the Shell 91 outperforms Chevron 94 - it's not about the octane rating that appears to be the influencing factor.

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#1417 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 09:05 AM

Is that specific to your motor?

 

In order to fully utilize a high octane like 94 you need very high compression, which many vehicles designed for 91 won't have. Putting 94 into those motors would, as odd as it sounds, decrease performance.


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 11:13 AM

My Son recently sold his Subie STi, due in part to the abysmal fuel economy, even while driving sedately.

It was a beast, but always in the back of his mind was the reputation for their turbo engines grenading.

And he was a zealot in only filling it with Shell 91 premium.



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Posted 05 November 2019 - 11:19 AM

I'm sure that in the post-gasoline era, energy companies will use the same marketing: "Shell's 91 E-boost® electricity gives optimum performance in all electric cars".


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 11:32 AM

I'm sure that in the post-gasoline era, energy companies will use the same marketing: "Shell's 91 E-boost® electricity gives optimum performance in all electric cars".

 

Totally. You'll have the 85 grade electric from coal-fired power plants, the 87 grade from nuclear power plants, the 89 grade from hydroelectric power plants, the 91 grade from wind farms, and the 94 grade from those tidal power plants.


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