Honda Car Forum

I got above the usual for my last tank of shell. But, I haven't had a chance
to duplicate it. However, I am keeping my eye on it.

Pars
George G wrote:

> Ok.
> So then you have a company misleading the consumers pure and simple?
>
> <MikeHunt@lycos.com> wrote in message news:3F4BA46C.D570F06B@lycos.com...
> > All of the gasoline's sold in your area are basically the SAME
> > blend no matter which brand you choose to use. Federal
> > regulations set the mix for your area, as for all others in the
> > US, based on altitude, ambient temperature among other
> > parameters. Any difference in fuel mileage is statistically
> > immeasurable even if commercials imply that it can be measured
> >
> >
> > mike hunt
> >
> >
> >
> > George G wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone see any difference in mileage with Shell gas?

Unless you could drive the same roads at exactly the same speed,
under the exact same conditions at the same time of
day that is at the same temperature, I doubt you even will
duplicate the same mileage. I also doubt that would be possible.




mike hunt




pars wrote:
>
> I got above the usual for my last tank of shell. But, I haven't had a chance
> to duplicate it. However, I am keeping my eye on it.
>
> Pars
> George G wrote:
>
> > Ok.
> > So then you have a company misleading the consumers pure and simple?
> >
> > <MikeHunt@lycos.com> wrote in message news:3F4BA46C.D570F06B@lycos.com...
> > > All of the gasoline's sold in your area are basically the SAME
> > > blend no matter which brand you choose to use. Federal
> > > regulations set the mix for your area, as for all others in the
> > > US, based on altitude, ambient temperature among other
> > > parameters. Any difference in fuel mileage is statistically
> > > immeasurable even if commercials imply that it can be measured
> > >
> > >
> > > mike hunt
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > George G wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyone see any difference in mileage with Shell gas?

BenDover@mailcity.com- wrote:
>
> Unless you could drive the same roads at exactly the same speed,
> under the exact same conditions at the same time of
> day that is at the same temperature, I doubt you even will
> duplicate the same mileage. I also doubt that would be possible.
>

True, but I've been monitoring the thing for an extremely long tie and I
can almost predict my mileage based on how I drove the car. Also, it's
very unusual for the car to go over 600 km from a tank (which is about
40 litre) unless it's all moderate/concervative highway driving.

From my last tank, I got 640km from 41 litre of combined city/highway
(but not my usually aggressive driving). I just filled-up again and I
got 550km from 36 litre from mostly city driving. These figures are
definitely on the high end. If I get about 600km from this tank of gas,
It would be a definite indicator that something's changed to improve
that gas mileage.

Pars
98 Hatch
>
> mike hunt
>
> pars wrote:
> >
> > I got above the usual for my last tank of shell. But, I haven't had a chance
> > to duplicate it. However, I am keeping my eye on it.
> >
> > Pars
> > George G wrote:
> >
> > > Ok.
> > > So then you have a company misleading the consumers pure and simple?
> > >
> > > <MikeHunt@lycos.com> wrote in message news:3F4BA46C.D570F06B@lycos.com...
> > > > All of the gasoline's sold in your area are basically the SAME
> > > > blend no matter which brand you choose to use. Federal
> > > > regulations set the mix for your area, as for all others in the
> > > > US, based on altitude, ambient temperature among other
> > > > parameters. Any difference in fuel mileage is statistically
> > > > immeasurable even if commercials imply that it can be measured
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > mike hunt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > George G wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone see any difference in mileage with Shell gas?

I believe the original post was referring to a Shell commercial
that implies several disguised Chevy's drive the same route with
differ gasoline's in the tank. The one with the Shell supposedly
travels farther before running out of fuel. They don't say how
far they drove, or the differences in the distances where each
ran out of fuel. Perhaps it is twenty feet, who knows. If they
did the exact same test a second time, they could not duplicate
the results and that was my point.


mike hunt


pars wrote:
>
> BenDover@mailcity.com- wrote:
> >
> > Unless you could drive the same roads at exactly the same speed,
> > under the exact same conditions at the same time of
> > day that is at the same temperature, I doubt you even will
> > duplicate the same mileage. I also doubt that would be possible.
> >
>
> True, but I've been monitoring the thing for an extremely long tie and I
> can almost predict my mileage based on how I drove the car. Also, it's
> very unusual for the car to go over 600 km from a tank (which is about
> 40 litre) unless it's all moderate/concervative highway driving.
>
> From my last tank, I got 640km from 41 litre of combined city/highway
> (but not my usually aggressive driving). I just filled-up again and I
> got 550km from 36 litre from mostly city driving. These figures are
> definitely on the high end. If I get about 600km from this tank of gas,
> It would be a definite indicator that something's changed to improve
> that gas mileage.
>
> Pars
> 98 Hatch
> >
> > mike hunt
> >
> > pars wrote:
> > >
> > > I got above the usual for my last tank of shell. But, I haven't had a chance
> > > to duplicate it. However, I am keeping my eye on it.
> > >
> > > Pars
> > > George G wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok.
> > > > So then you have a company misleading the consumers pure and simple?
> > > >
> > > > <MikeHunt@lycos.com> wrote in message news:3F4BA46C.D570F06B@lycos.com...
> > > > > All of the gasoline's sold in your area are basically the SAME
> > > > > blend no matter which brand you choose to use. Federal
> > > > > regulations set the mix for your area, as for all others in the
> > > > > US, based on altitude, ambient temperature among other
> > > > > parameters. Any difference in fuel mileage is statistically
> > > > > immeasurable even if commercials imply that it can be measured
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > mike hunt
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > George G wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyone see any difference in mileage with Shell gas?

The Shell website says that the improvement is UP TO 1%. I suppose the
average improvement is half that. In other words, negligible.

<MajorDomo@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:3F50C8F5.9C56172D@mailcity.com...
> I believe the original post was referring to a Shell commercial
> that implies several disguised Chevy's drive the same route with
> differ gasoline's in the tank. The one with the Shell supposedly
> travels farther before running out of fuel. They don't say how
> far they drove, or the differences in the distances where each
> ran out of fuel. Perhaps it is twenty feet, who knows. If they
> did the exact same test a second time, they could not duplicate
> the results and that was my point.
>
>
> mike hunt
>
>
> pars wrote:
> >
> > BenDover@mailcity.com- wrote:
> > >
> > > Unless you could drive the same roads at exactly the same speed,
> > > under the exact same conditions at the same time of
> > > day that is at the same temperature, I doubt you even will
> > > duplicate the same mileage. I also doubt that would be possible.
> > >
> >
> > True, but I've been monitoring the thing for an extremely long tie and I
> > can almost predict my mileage based on how I drove the car. Also, it's
> > very unusual for the car to go over 600 km from a tank (which is about
> > 40 litre) unless it's all moderate/concervative highway driving.
> >
> > From my last tank, I got 640km from 41 litre of combined city/highway
> > (but not my usually aggressive driving). I just filled-up again and I
> > got 550km from 36 litre from mostly city driving. These figures are
> > definitely on the high end. If I get about 600km from this tank of gas,
> > It would be a definite indicator that something's changed to improve
> > that gas mileage.
> >
> > Pars
> > 98 Hatch
> > >
> > > mike hunt
> > >
> > > pars wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I got above the usual for my last tank of shell. But, I haven't had
a chance
> > > > to duplicate it. However, I am keeping my eye on it.
> > > >
> > > > Pars
> > > > George G wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Ok.
> > > > > So then you have a company misleading the consumers pure and
simple?
> > > > >
> > > > > <MikeHunt@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:3F4BA46C.D570F06B@lycos.com...
> > > > > > All of the gasoline's sold in your area are basically the SAME
> > > > > > blend no matter which brand you choose to use. Federal
> > > > > > regulations set the mix for your area, as for all others in the
> > > > > > US, based on altitude, ambient temperature among other
> > > > > > parameters. Any difference in fuel mileage is statistically
> > > > > > immeasurable even if commercials imply that it can be measured
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > mike hunt
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > George G wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyone see any difference in mileage with Shell gas?