Literally every modern petrol-powered BMW is turbocharged, so premium fuel is already a must, even in base models.
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Originally Posted by DoubleF
4. It costs a lot of money to fill premium over regular. Assume the the cost of premium (91) is approx $0.25 more per litre. Assume we use a 70 litre tank (I know most are <65L unless you're a truck), it's about $17.50 more per tank. If you refuel every 2 weeks, that's 26 times a year. $17.50 x 26 times = $455 more per year. That's barely a buck a day and because of certain innate benefits of using premium fuel over regular in a engine rated for premium, it's probably less than that raw cost difference and actually close to break even if you factor in the extra performance and fuel economy. Unless your vehicle doubles in value when you fill up (in which case it likely is rated for regular anyways) I'm leaning towards FALSE on this.
I used to own a vehicle that was rated for premium and was so high mileage, that I would literally get engine knocking issues if I put in regular over premium. But that's rare and not everyone's situation.
But after doing the ball park math, the difference is basically less than $500 per year. That's IMO in the same category of people complaining that 5-10 cents for a plastic bag is larceny.  |
At our incomes, it is probably pretty tone deaf to act as though that isn't a genuine consideration for some people -- however they arrived at their current predicament -- so I'll refrain from doing so.
Also, who wants to spend more money than they have to? I'm not going to drive 20 minutes to get 10 cents/litre cheaper, but hell yeah I'll have a small victory dance in my own head if I luck out and fill my tank then fuel jumps 10 cents/litre before a long weekend. It's the little things in life, y'know.