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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
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.
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In isolation maybe? I don't think I implied that there aren't those with those budget considerations which is also why I said I was leaning towards false. If I did though, sorry. I tried to put it in a way for the average car owner and that goes back to my point 3 which is kinda intertwined with point 4. It's supposed to go back and forth based on circumstances where either stance shouldn't really criticize each other. That was what I was trying to say.
Would someone prefer to pocket $500 ish per year? Sure. But I can't imagine it being tone deaf to suggest that the average person who owns a car that even qualifies for the regular vs premium debate might be able to consider that a little over a dollar a day could be considered negligible.
But I think that goes back to the concept that it's fine to let people do things their way in terms of gasoline consumption and not have to get all bent out of shape about it. I'm not saying anyone in this thread. I am just saying in general because in real life, I've seen these regular vs premium gas in cars arguments get pretty heated (especially kids vs parents at times).
Hell, over the years I've even seen the occasional situation where random strangers are swearing at people at gas stations for putting regular gasoline in a nice car. You'd think these random strangers were angry at someone who had recently slept with their spouse and were also in the process of putting diesel in their gasoline vehicle or something. The reaction just isn't seemingly congruent. It's bizarre.