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Premium gas vs. regular: What's really better for your car? (CBC Marketplace)

May 30, 2021
This week in the market posing at the pumps almost on the chest. Are they tricking us into spending millions that we don't have? What gasoline is best for my car? Okay, waste money on gas, most of our cars don't need oil. The companies are completely misleading drivers. We put

premium

gasoline to the test and you won't believe

what

we found. In reality, it is harming the environment. Why do they sell people a type of gasoline they don't need? We are cruising the back roads of southwestern Ontario. It's the market.

premium

vs

regular

cash challenge which one will come out on top, stay tuned for the truth about high octane, no matter

what

you put in

your

tank, the price across the country is also high and for the premium you pay a premium of up to fifteen cents. more per liter than normal we're at a gas station in Toronto's East End how are you doing well asking a couple of questions measuring

your

gas buying habits what do you know about the premium gas that's supposed to make brake cleaner work

better

right it's supposed to be

better

for your car in terms of I know some additives or something they put like that seems to boost that homemade v-power shell, our most advanced fuel ever made, which makes the presentation better for your car enriched with nitrogen for optimal performance, maximum protection, now it is true that Some car manufacturers recommend putting premium fuel in their high-end models, but what about most of us who drive normal cars?
premium gas vs regular what s really better for your car cbc marketplace
Do we ever buy premium gasoline? Sometimes a car made that snowball that I like because they say it's better for the car that says yes. I don't know, I guess it's just that other people have worked at gas stations and told me over the years that it works better, this would make sense if it required a premium, you're right, I mean it's supposed to be better for the part in which it is located. a gift I receive extra money I think it will help me with the bonus today treating the body and mind with care is the center of life Coruña Brandis teaches yoga from her home in East End Toronto believes in the holistic approach even when it comes to shopping gasoline as we learn when we first find ourselves here at the pumps putting higher octane gasoline in your Honda Civic in the higher octane, what have you heard about premium gasoline?
premium gas vs regular what s really better for your car cbc marketplace

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I'm a yogi environmental person, so in my opinion I don't know if it's true or not, but in my opinion I think it's true that if I buy land, if I buy higher quality gas, it burns cleaner. Is right? We want to know if premium gas

really

does all those wonderful things, so we're doing three tests with a normal car, does it work better? Go further to get a premium cleaner. The choice for our first experiment is premium V-Power cases. We are using this 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, one of the best-selling passenger cars in Canada and Our laboratory, if you will, is the Canadian Institute of Automotive and Transportation in Cambridge, Ontario.
premium gas vs regular what s really better for your car cbc marketplace
Stan Fel is doing our testing. He has been an instructor here for over 20 years. As I did? That is fantastic. Thank you. Hello Marty Tom Harrington. Hello Tom. How are you? for helping us today, we are welcome, ok let's see, we are testing premium vs

regular

gasoline, that's right, what will this machine do? What will this machine do? We are going to measure the performance of the car by measuring horsepower. and torque and see if there is any difference between regular fuel and premium fuel. So what do you need me to do? I'm going to tie the car up and then I need you to go 50 kilometers per hour okay and put it in cruise. control and we'll get some numbers here great, let's make our first test look at the performance, does the engine run better on premium gas?
premium gas vs regular what s really better for your car cbc marketplace
We start by running the chevy cruze on regular gas, what does this tell us about how the engine runs on regular gas? What the gas was telling us right now is that it's taking this amount of horsepower to make these wheels turn and consuming that amount of fuel. We have our reading with regular timing to now switch to premium fuel. Yeah, I was going to say fill it out. They kept it empty, good point to do that before, so we drained the regular gas and put in the premium V-Power shell. We now have premium gas in the car, so you expect any of those numbers to change.
I think this number here is going to go down. I'm not too sure about this number, but I think this number here will be a lower number and if it's a lower number, that means the motors are running more efficiently and don't need as much. a lot of power to make it run at the same speed, okay, because of the high test fuel, what are we looking at? We have seen the same numbers as before. That's very interesting, what do you think of this? Shouldn't the premium be a lower number? Does that tell you? I think what's happening here with the premium fuel running around here, the car's computer is compensating for that and will give you the same numbers because that's what the engine was designed for, so the competence and the efficiency of the car.
When adding premium or the desired regular octane, it is negligible, you will not see a difference, that's right, our test shows that our regular car does not perform better in premium cars. Mark Winton has spoken as a second language since he was a child, today he is an automotive teacher. and he blogs about the automotive industry. Mark is also an expert witness in automobile cases in the Ontario Superior Court. What is his recommendation for people on what gasoline to use? Always one of the things about premium is that it makes your engine run better. True or false, no, it's That's false How many would notice the difference between the two?
Nobody, I mean, you could blindfold me. I couldn't tell the difference. We asked Mark to put his mileage where his mouth is. He gets the keys to the Chevy Cruze for the second time. I want to see if our car gets better mileage in premium, this time we are using that supreme ride set to zero, restarting the gas and that's it, I hope the results are very very close, within half a liter of 400 Colossus and stopping in five liters. That 1.8 liter tells me the results of basically what you're seeing. I don't see any difference at all.
Any variation you would get would simply be due to a testing variation between the equipment itself, its tolerances, the car itself. tolerances, that's all, you're not seeing any difference in the real world, is there any benefit to putting premium on a normal car? No, and then whatever, I don't know how to say it even more clearly, that brand doesn't just talk. the chatter he drives is reminiscent of that muscle car he likes to take for a spin on a nice day. Well, GM may recommend premium, but Mark puts regular in the tank. If he were to say a race track or something, he would definitely prepare me. the car, but just walking around doesn't need it, it's not necessary, they talk about the idea that the engine knocks if you're not putting in the right kind of gas.
Have you ever noticed that I didn't like that with in your bed, no modern car has much engine management technology that tunes a car while you drive, so if you put regular grade fuel in it and the engine doesn't do it before After you hear it, the engine will change timing and get rid of the Nok. How much money have you saved? Do you think the dobo brand Timbuk Safilo is not a lone wolf in this? None other than the US government agrees with it. The Federal Trade Commission, the FTC says that using a higher octane gas than the owner's manual recommends will not.
Make your car run better, go faster, get better mileage or run cleaner and unless your engine runs poorly, it's a waste of money at the gas pump, how will car owners react? So it shouldn't be 15 cents more of a leader right now, that's what they're getting. This with the thought that it is better for our cars and you

really

believe that gas stations or companies mislead drivers about premium gasoline. I think so, absolutely in the US. The FTC says the same thing it has done after some companies for misleading advertising, that parent company, Exxon, agreed to run new commercials after giving drivers in the US the wrong impression. about the premium, so what's the sales pitch here?
We took our hidden cameras to gas stations across Canada and found that there is a premium on accuracy. 91% pain, we walk up to the pumps and file complaints about premium gasoline to the Put the US government to the test and many experts warn drivers not to waste their money on premium cars, so we take our hidden cameras to the stations of service and Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver will make the proposal for a premium car and a normal car, what would you recommend if I bought the? premium or regular, some seem to give the right advice, but others say premium is king.
Should I get regular or premium premiums? Which gas is best for my car, that's fine and one of the reasons they tell us to go for premium instead of regular. mileage on a car that doesn't need it and a claim that experts say is simply not true oil companies inflate another claim premium cleanliness can mean all sorts of things Esso scientists have engineered gasoline at a molecular level to help clean intake valves and help deliver better fuel economy, but for oil companies, cleanliness is about the detergents they put in their gasoline and sell it like other people sell better laundry soap.
Petro Canada even goes so far as to call its clean and super clean regular gas our expert. Mark Winton says it's time to clear this up. I have noticed that they are making everyone think that their engines are dirty and need to be cleaned and then if you clean them you will get better performance and the things you know, today's ideas remain. Pretty clean, I mean, it's a fallacy to think that we always have hundreds of thousands of engines running, they're all dirty and need cleaning. I mean, it's just not the case and all the other gases, your regular gases, have detergents like In addition to what is required by law, the FTC agrees that high octane gasoline does not exceed the normal octane in prevention of the formation of edges and deposits and their removal or in cleaning the engine of your car.
In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires that all octane ratings of all brands of gasoline contain engine cleaning detergent additives. We have the same rules for Canadian guests. There's another premium promise you hear from companies. oil companies that premium gasoline is more environmentally friendly this is the performance remember that our yoga instructor Karuna brandy believes in caring for and protecting the earth, so although Honda recommends that Karuna use premium gasoline because they believe it causes less pollution, the time to clean the air, our third and final test is on emissions, we're back at the Canadian Automotive and Transportation Institute where Marty Stanfeld gets a reading with regular gas parts per million hydrocarbons, which is a very clean car, overall what this tells us is that this is a very clean running gas with the clean running part now out of the regular and in with shell v-power premium and the difference to be expected again i hope to see lower numbers here , not because premium fuel is a cleaner burning fuel.
I step on the accelerator and what do the readings say? This time the hazal carbons have increased a little, which means that the unburned fuel is coming out of the tailpipe because we are compensating and it seems that the premium is not depleted like it should in a premium fuel car, so in reality You are harming the environment whether you clean the valves and interior of the car or not. engine I I couldn't say that's true, but I think you're doing more damage to the environment now by using premium fuel in a regular fuel car. We showed the test results to Karuna.
How about? I'm speechless. Because I think? I'm doing this as opposed to thinking I'm being a cleaner driver and then I have a question: why do oil companies make these different grades of gas? Is this an education for us as consumers and who do we trust in time to find out that we will take our test car to each of the big three gas stations? Will they tell us to pay a premium and ask companies why so much fiction at gas stations? Companies are not putting up these millions of dollars. Researching just for fun is good to try to make money.
Our gas challenge in the market shows that when we put premium gas in our Chevy Cruze, it doesn't run better, it doesn't get better mileage and it doesn't reduce emissions, in fact, it makes more. So we decided to take our test car to each of the big three gas station chains to see if they recommend the first premium or regular level. Yes, this oneassistant gives us the right advice and when we ask about the premium v. -power no, no, yes, this car doesn't need power, okay, after its turn at Essos, which would you recommend premium or irregular, but these guys I can't put that on them, maybe so it's worth it, the money extra that he gave me if I do it? think of supreme motherhood, what was it?
It's like you can write more mileage on it, it will clean everything you take with you, so clean it well, so the most expensive supreme goes into a car that doesn't need it, we finally do our test. gasoline car Canada what would you recommend? We put what type of gasoline but it costs much more. We ask for gas from Canada. Oh and Shell for on-camera interviews. They reject our offer. We bring our test car to Montreal to meet the man who. he represents the oil companies, yes, Tom Harrington, from, we are very happy to meet you.
Carol Montoya is vice president of the Canadian Fuels Association. I want to start with a simple question. Yes, should people put premium gas in a regular car? Well, it's a very good question. Look at the driver's manual, it is very clear whether or not he needs a premium on premium fuel. Are the companies you represent like Canada's shale gasoline? They so harshly tell people to put a premium on their cars. Absolutely, no, not at all, we do not take this. Chevy Cruze to three different gas station chains and we basically asked that question. I show you the video of our test, would you do it right?
I mean, it emphasizes the importance as a driver of doing your homework and understanding what your car needs. The first assistant offered regularly, but why do they sell people a type of gasoline they don't need? Again I want to say what you say, you don't need it, the basic requirement for the car is, in fact, to put regular gasoline. Companies spend millions of dollars on research to find the best additive, what we call detergents, that we put in gasoline to keep cars running cleaner. If you try this higher premium gas and feel like your carpet is performing better, you may choose to stick with that premium gas in a regular car.
Even in a normal car, we absolutely took this car for a test and it didn't perform any better. it didn't burn cleaner, it didn't get better mileage from putting Rick's premium gas in that car, yes, so I would explain that well, it's also a matter of time, in terms of an engine getting dirty with deposits in the cylinders, they are in the valve, it will not be like that. In a matter of days or weeks, this would be over a long period of many months over many years, in which you as a user will decide if this new premium gasoline that you are putting in your car is really giving you better performance, but I would surprise.
Hearing you suggest that using premium gas in a regular car that doesn't need it will improve its performance because there are experts all over the world and tons of research saying otherwise. Well, the problem is that again you can't look. just from our octane point of view, but more with respect to the additives that are detergents right now, but every gasoline has detergents. Putting more just means there's more detergent, yes, but then it's up to you as the user, you know, like companies do. Don't invest these millions of dollars in research to find the best new additive to put into any premium gasoline formula just for fun.
I should really make money. Yeah, I mean, it's because it's obviously not the same formula. Research on our side tells us that you will keep your engine cleaner with the desired formulation of high-value additives. It seems like much of that research is hard to find. We came across a couple of gasoline studies in Canada that claim that premium gasoline cleans your engine better. than normal, but none of the studies compare super clean gasoline with regular Canadian gas, which already has additional detergents. In fact, a study compares super clean gasoline with a gas without any detergent, it is not surprising that they are super clean and come out on top, how can we do? a decision when the information is apparently biased because it fits their agenda, yeah, like I'm not aware of this in this investigation.
I even look at the research on I Ivan, I look at the details of the numbers that have emerged. the research, but I think at the end of the day it's not the research that should decide, it's the consumer with the performance they are getting with their car again, no one is forcing anyone to buy this premium gasoline, but if they are being fooled into thinking that is doing things that can't be done then yes, yes, then you have to try, you have already done it, says Karuna brandy, no, I am driving my car knowing that it has premium gasoline and I am wondering if my emissions are higher than if did it.
Driving my car on regular gas after our test results, she saw the light. Could you fill it with normal shoes? A driver making peace with the world. Now I have this awakened awareness about what kind of gasoline to buy, so next time you visit the premium store. bomb, you might ask yourself: are you doing your car or the oil companies a favor?

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