87

 

Premium

Premium - I CAN tell the difference.

My wife filled up my truck one day - I did not know and I told her my truck felt "funky" - then I snapped - did you put gas in it? I asked her . . she put in 87 grrr - said thanks honey but under my breath was - no more drivin my car.

 

93.....and uh i dont know what's up with shell their v-power is priced higher than others premium fuel....usually 2 cents. i wonder if its there claim of more additives and other unbelievable BS.

 

87
4X2 Access Cab--2005

 

92 or 93

Expensive! :sosad:

 

87 and have tried back to back tanks of 93 and could tell no difference. Runs about $4 more a tank for premium over regular.

 

89, Plus not premium for me, have not tried any others but runs and sounds just fine.


Getting between 17-20 on average with mixed driving on first few tanks.

 

I use 89. Not sure why, guess I feel that I'm not wasting my money on premium if it's not needed. But I don't like to be just "regular". I'm sure 87 is just fine. I'm sure there may be an advantage to using premium as well. If there wasn't, why would they produce different grades? And why would Toyota "recommend" but not "require" using 91 for maximum performance? I use Shell (unless I'm outta gas and there's no other choice) and like someone already said the V-power is like 22 cents more than regular while plus is only 10. I can live with that. I regularly get 19-20 miles per gallon so "if it ain't broke don't fix it".

.:. I don't want to even mention synthetic oil but I can't help it .:.

After switching to synthetic sometime in October, I hope to get 20-21 mpg. That's it, no more. You can have your thread back. :thankyou:

 

91

 

87. 91 is almost $3 in the Southern California area.

 

I am starting out with premium, I think it is 93 at my normal gas station. After awhile I will drop to 87 and see if I notice any difference. I had a big truck before this one that got me 9.5 mpg/city so I have no problem spending the extra dough to see if it really matters on my Tacoma. In my past vehicles, I never noticed anything, but I figured I would give it a try with premium on this vehicle from the very beginning to see if mileage and perfomance are really affected much when I drop to 87.

 

Ultra 94.

 

I run 87 with no prob....avrg. 22 mpg

 

I used 93 in the first four tankfuls and got 18 MPG. I switched to 89 and I still get 18 MPG.I cant tell any loss of power! I dont think I will go to 87! I just want to baby this truck!!

 

Gas in socal is really expensive, but ive noticed i get better gas mileage with 91...

 

I use 87. Holy CRAP!!!!!$2.79 for gas here and prices are still rising

 

We have 85 here in the high-altitudes and it runs fine on that but I, normally, put in 87. (No difference in power or mpg between 85, 87, or 91 for my Taco)

87 was at $2.29 the other day.....let's starting getting some that Iraqi oil all the Bush-haters promised us!!



Boo

 

We have 85 here in the high-altitudes and it runs fine on that but I, normally, put in 87. (No difference in power or mpg between 85, 87, or 91 for my Taco)

87 was at $2.29 the other day.....let's starting getting some that Iraqi oil all the Bush-haters promised us!!



Boo

Yeah I feel the same way about using 87 in my truck.

 

92

 

Used 93 for 8 months. Now that's it's 2.70 per gallon, I'm using 89. Soon, the 89'll be 2.70, so I'll try 87. After that, I'll ride my bike.

 

I'm still trying different octanes. Will submit an opinion in a couple of months.

 

I used ...

:smokin: 93 when truck was new, now have 10,000 miles went to 89. NO Difference AT ALL!

Now I will mix every other tank between 89 and 87. In the past when gas was going to unleaded it was stated that mixing two grades gives you better octane than just filling with a single grade. I make sure there is still around 5 gallons and then buy the other grade.

I don't see any difference with this method! The only time I WILL put in premium is when I'm towing something heavy on the highway!

Chuck

 

I use 89 because it's the cheapest one in Iowa. I had to use 85 in Colorado, but it still ran fine (2.7).

 

I was using 91, but with the price of gas recently, I've started using 89, still runs fine, and I can't see a difference in power or milage.

 

87 and I get the best milage with that as compared to 89 or 93.