89 cheaper than 87?
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I'm not sure where you are but something wierd is going on with gas prices.
I've seen several stations all over town that have 87 and diesel to be the same price.
I've seen several stations all over town that have 87 and diesel to be the same price.
Probably has something to do with that Colonial pipeline hack. The supply of regular might be tightening up and driving the price higher.
Don’t most newer pumps mix premium and regular to get 89 though?
I’m jealous of those prices though, 89 has been over $3/gallon here for awhile now!
That's normal around here.
Wisconsin late 90’s through about 2006 had 87 and 89 octane for the same price
The catch was the 87 had no ethanol but the 89 had 10%
This is similar to e15 being a lot cheaper than rug e10 despite being a higher octane
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My Vic and MX-5 take premium for max performance. Wish I had those prices on fuel!
The 87 is E0
The 89 is E10
That's why
The 89 is E10
That's why
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2c is hardly cheaper, likely a human error instead.
Could be just trying to move product to make way for an inbound shipment. "Clearancing" out their fuel so to speak.
I've seen similar before. One station always marked everything down to the 87 octane price, many years ago, every Tuesday. So premium, mid-grade, and low grade were all the low-grade price. I assume they wanted to move as much old stuff out every week to make room for the inbound fuel truck to replenish. There's probably a bulk buying discount, contracts require purchase minimums or pay penalties, or built in delivery costs, etc. involved. Big macro-economic stuff going on, and sometimes the individual consumer benefits.
Could also have something to do with the pipeline issues.
I've seen similar before. One station always marked everything down to the 87 octane price, many years ago, every Tuesday. So premium, mid-grade, and low grade were all the low-grade price. I assume they wanted to move as much old stuff out every week to make room for the inbound fuel truck to replenish. There's probably a bulk buying discount, contracts require purchase minimums or pay penalties, or built in delivery costs, etc. involved. Big macro-economic stuff going on, and sometimes the individual consumer benefits.
Could also have something to do with the pipeline issues.
89 is mixed at pump.
If it's always priced that way at that station, my guess would be ethanol content also.
The co-op in my home town sold mid-grade for a few cents less than regular because mid-grade was the only one with ethanol.
The co-op in my home town sold mid-grade for a few cents less than regular because mid-grade was the only one with ethanol.
I've seen that quite a bit through the midwest, after 2006 too IIRC... Kansas, Nebraska comes to mind.
Yeah, and only 10 cent spread between regular and premium. Around here that spread is usually 60 cents.
Don't think that's how it works. It's proportionally more expensive to make premium, so mixing it with regular is not cost effective compared to making 89 at the refinery from the get go.
https://blog.consumerguide.com/what-is-midgrade-gas/
I think it's blended something like 2 parts regular to 1 part premium to achieve 89 octane mix.
Speedway blends. The other stations you can hear it switch between the grades as it’s filling. In theory, if all they have to do is make 87 and 91/93, that would be cheaper than making 87, 89, and 91/93. In my case, to get 89 from 87 and 93 they blend 10.47 gallons of 87 and 5.24 gallons of 93 to give me my 15.71 gallons of 89.
I'll have to check the next time but thought I saw three separate tank lids in the ground. Or maybe one was for diesel.
I have not seen a Wisconsin station priced equally in at least a decade but I have seen
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