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Super Unleaded for the Price of Regular

I stopped at my favorite cheap gas station on the way home from work at one point last week. I wanted to fill my tank in case the prices go up overnight due to Rita. Apparently the station that was out of gas earlier was out of regular unleaded today. They were giving away super unleaded at regular prices. (I hope no one opted for "plus" -- the mid-grade variety.) I believe I paid $2.879 a gallon.

Now I'm driving around with half a tank of regular and half a tank of super. I haven't noticed a difference.

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>>> matt Commented on September 28, 2005

Most gas stations have two tanks of gas under the ground, one premium and one regular. The mid-grade is created at the pump by mixing the other two grades (so if one grade is out, there is no mid grade). Also, because you had a half tank of regular, you were essentially burning a mid grade gas...



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