Category Archives: Gas testing

I’ve had a bit of time on my hands for the last few weeks. I also haven’t had my tortuous commute. So, I thought it would be a good week to brush up on my Hypermiling skills. For almost the entire week I had less than 100 miles of highway driving. All of it city, […]

I’ll start with gas. On my third tank of 89 octane. So far so good. Mileage is still a strong 31-32MPG and the power doesn’t seem to be down too much. The dang stutter is still there, now whenever the fan comes on. I’m still testing, but this maybe my last tank. Track stuff. As […]

First (and only) tank of 87 octane fuel test is complete. I know I said I was going to do 2 tankfuls, but as I eluded to in the podcasts and the lasts posts comments, results were less than favorable. Roxy ran WAY too rough. The shudder at idle didn’t go away altogether, but it […]

After what Todd said during the last podcast and what Ian posted over at gbmini, I thought I would do a little experimentation, you know, to help you, the faithful dbmini.us reader and wrr podcast listener. This morning when I filled up with gas, I put in regular unleaded. DISCLAIMER – My MINI is about […]