Gas Prices... influencing your purchase decision?

[bestwheelbase]

Yes, the fuel economy that results from the FRS/BRZ efficient packaging is one of the many reasons why it's the right car for me.

[zAnSh1n]

i will be using mine to simply commute to and from school, not putting much mileage at all...

putting in premium fuel sucks, but the brz gets great fuel economy, so it's not that bad...

[daiheadjai]

Just a side note - the GC likes Premium, but apparently you can put in regular unleaded (you lose a few ponies, but it'll still do fine). However, if I'm not mistaken, MPG will suffer.

I do think gas mileage is important (every bit helps when it comes to cashflow), but I suppose that for a sporty coupe, there are no "good" options out there which can do better on the mileage front.

For comparison's sake, the S2k gets 18/23ish.

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

Just a side note - the GC likes Premium, but apparently you can put in regular unleaded (you lose a few ponies, but it'll still do fine). However, if I'm not mistaken, MPG will suffer.

There are a few guys tracking their MPG with regular and premium fuel on the GC forum. I remember reading a few posts that there really isn't any difference in fuel economy between the two. Just a few hp lost by going with regular.



The guy who posted this up said he still needs a few more tanks of gas for a large enough sample size. But right now it doesn't look statistically significant at all. This is for the 3.8 GC. Not sure if the same holds for the 2.0T.

[MrBRZ]

Think of it this way, premium is always usually only ~20c more per gallon than regular, no matter how high gas prices go.

$0.20 x 13gal tank = $2.60.
You will always pay $2.60 more per tank to fill up. It's not exponential.

If you want to save money driving buy hybrid, plugin or electric.

[tachi1247]

Originally Posted by MrBRZ

Think of it this way, premium is always usually only ~20c more per gallon than regular, no matter how high gas prices go.

$0.20 x 13gal tank = $2.60.
You will always pay $2.60 more per tank to fill up. It's not exponential.

If you want to save money driving buy hybrid, plugin or electric.

fixed that for ya.

if you drive the car for 100k miles you looking at ~$800 over that time. Around $120 a year for most people or $10 per month. Cut back on 2 coffees and it will pay for the gas.

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by MrBRZ

Think of it this way, premium is always usually only ~20c more per gallon than regular, no matter how high gas prices go.

$0.20 x 13gal tank = $2.60.
You will always pay $2.60 more per gallon to fill up. It's not exponential.

If you want to save money driving buy hybrid, plugin or electric.

I think that differs from part of the country. I know some places around here it can differ by 25-30 cents/gallon. But your point still stands. Over the course of the year it would come out to what, a little over $100 difference between regular and premium (depending how much you drive)? I think putting in premium is just more psychological for someone use to using regular gas and having to now put in premium.

[SIRvive]

Managed to find it for 3.50 a gallon.. $90 to fill up, this car will be a godsend to my measly 11-12mpg vehicle atm.

[borge12]

Speaking about the Genesis taking 87, saw these tweets from Scion:

https://twitter.com/#!/scion/status/176767072662065153

@scion So, the FRS can use regular gasoline and take a performance hit?

@adamjwiggins Correct, to get the optimal performance 91 Octane fuel is recommended. ^SP

[MrBRZ]

Originally Posted by tachi1247

fixed that for ya.

Thank you sir.

Originally Posted by tranzformer

? I think putting in premium is just more psychological for someone use to using regular gas and having to now put in premium.

It is a very psychological issue. One that I still struggle with, so I have to remind myself of what I said above. haha.