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Category Archives: Gas testing

City driving isn’t how you do it

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, …

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Posted bydbMay 17, 2008May 17, 2008Posted inGas testing, My MINI3 Comments on City driving isn’t how you do it

More track stuff and a gas update

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 …

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Posted bydbAugust 15, 2005May 24, 2007Posted inGas testing, My MINI5 Comments on More track stuff and a gas update

Maybe not…

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 …

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Posted bydbAugust 10, 2005May 24, 2007Posted inGas testing, My MINI2 Comments on Maybe not…

Experimentation

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 …

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Posted bydbAugust 5, 2005May 24, 2007Posted inGas testing, My MINI4 Comments on Experimentation

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