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I had to fill my car up last night. I had been running the tank to empty in anticipation of getting the fuel filler hose replaced as part of the recent recall. Turns out the tool initially created to handle the repair doesn't work. Nissan is in the process of redesigning the tool and it should be ready sometime in May. Let's hope my car doesn't catch fire :)

Since I had run my tank almost dry I needed a lot of fuel. I was unhappy that on pulling into the local gas station the premium fuel cost was back over $3. Even with how little I drive my car, or more importantly need to drive my car, $45 to fill up a tank is starting to get into the crazy territory. Unless I'm doing highway driving the Z doesn't get very good city mileage so that tank doesn't get me very far. I'll be curious to see how high it goes this time.

Tags: car gas history

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Dude....I hear ya. While the weather remains chilly, I've dropped back to 91 octane, which saves me about a buck a tank. (I know, I know...don't spend it all in one place....) But when (if?) it gets hot I'll probably go back to 93 for a little extra protection, and I really wonder what that'll cost when the time comes. But my tank is small enough that I can't spend more than about $35 to fill it up from empty. At least for the time being......