Chriselle 158 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I remember way back when...I was building hi performance VW's and when they were phasing out leaded gas we were all concerned about the unleaded causing us to burn up valves.. Well, it never happened but just as a precaution I always added a lead substitute to my engines. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Did you get to eat lots of Ginsters pies and pasties? I did! Especially when they were part of super saver deals (buy 3 get 1 free sort of nonsense) and stoner students (whose halls were next door) didn't get the promotion....ol' Tubby Beaver here kept a chalk score and collected at the end of his shift......score!! (and ay be the reason that I'm Tubby Beaver and not just Beaver!) Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 We have a Forester with the turbo engine and supposedly we're meant to use Hi-Octane fuel. We never have though. Never had any problems from not using it. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 You won't have problems. You just won't be getting the most out of it performance wise. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 A Mars bar, some Haribo, 10 Silk Cut, and a packet of king size Rizlas please Tubbs! Depending on your car and the price difference, it can be cheaper to run on hi-oc. There are comments about it in Japanese if you look on google. I'll have to get someone to look at the Duke then. Hopefully the AT has just got a loose belt or something. If its major, its not getting fixed. Not when I've had my head turned by the Harrier Hybrid. 0 to 100km/h in seven seconds! etc. etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 A Mars bar, some Haribo, 10 Silk Cut, and a packet of king size Rizlas please Tubbs! Depending on your car and the price difference, it can be cheaper to run on hi-oc. There are comments about it in Japanese if you look on google. I'll have to get someone to look at the Duke then. Hopefully the AT has just got a loose belt or something. If its major, its not getting fixed. Not when I've had my head turned by the Harrier Hybrid. 0 to 100km/h in seven seconds! etc. etc. Ya....a loose belt.... If you ever want to dump the duke let me know.... How many kms on the beast? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 A Mars bar, some Haribo, 10 Silk Cut, and a packet of king size Rizlas please Tubbs! That'll be 30 quid please mate! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I looked the Duke up and the first version is a three speed AT. The revving is completely normal for that car. There are many comments about it on the Net. You can tell anyway from the noise, but I think its cool that Mitsubishi went ahead and put a massive rev counter on the dash. They have no shame at all. If this car sounds like its ganbatte-iru, it's because it is ganbatte-iru! Look, four thousand rpm! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Three speed AT. That sucks. What did they forget to add more gears when they designed it? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I looked the Duke up and the first version is a three speed AT. The revving is completely normal for that car. There are many comments about it on the Net. You can tell anyway from the noise, but I think its cool that Mitsubishi went ahead and put a massive rev counter on the dash. They have no shame at all. If this car sounds like its ganbatte-iru, it's because it is ganbatte-iru! Look, four thousand rpm! to make it sound even more manlier, punch a hole in the exhaust.......totally gnarly.....like when you'd jam a kwenchy cup down between the brake bracket and your back tire on ur bike.........you can ride around sounding like you are on a Harley!! VROO<>>>>VROOM!! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I looked the Duke up and the first version is a three speed AT. The revving is completely normal for that car. There are many comments about it on the Net. You can tell anyway from the noise, but I think its cool that Mitsubishi went ahead and put a massive rev counter on the dash. They have no shame at all. If this car sounds like its ganbatte-iru, it's because it is ganbatte-iru! Look, four thousand rpm! to make it sound even more manlier, punch a hole in the exhaust.......totally gnarly.....like when you'd jam a kwenchy cup down between the brake bracket and your back tire on ur bike.........you can ride around sounding like you are on a Harley!! VROO<>>>>VROOM!! Haha...used to go through a deck of playing cards pretty quick doing that....disregarding the warnings it will loosen the wheel spokes. Baseball cards were thicker and had a throatier sound but would soften up too quick.. Good times!! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I just put regular in mine. Around 153 - 158 yen here. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Diesel for me...about 135 yen or so... Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Who does self service here? There seems to be so many more around the last few years. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Didn't used to but all self service now. No point in paying more for them to put petrol in the car. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Depends. In my area there are no self service pumps so I have to let them fill my cars up but with T point catd I get 3 yen discount per litre. When ever I am in Kofu I go for tje cheapest petrol station which often is not the self service pumps recently. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Self serve about 90% of the time.. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I really enjoyed the full service stations in Japan, especially during winter in Hokkaido. It felt like a real luxury as they are pretty much non-existent in Australia these days. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Interesting - who uses regular and who uses hi-oc? When should you be using hi-oc? When you have a turbocharged engine or high compression naturally aspirated engine. Other than thats its a complete waste of money. When they build an engine they build it to suit a certain quality fuel, if your car has a sticker in the fuel filler area stating 95 or 98 ron you should never use less than that. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hi octane fuels are designed to stop detonation which is pretty damn rare in a stock engine. If you want to check if your engine is close to detonating on cheap fuel approach a decent hill in a high gear and instead of dropping back a gear just plant your foot on the accellerator. If you hear a rattling sound like a tin can full of marbles being shaken your poor lil engine is detonating. You can combat this by not putting so much load on the engine or using hi octane fuel. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 That used to be a problem years ago before unleaded petrol came out and all cars ran on 4 star or hi octane fuel, some garages had weaker petrol and the (detonation). which actually is called (pinging) in the UK would sometimes happen. So we knew which garages to avoid. Nowadays that is not an issue as pretty much all engines are designed to run on unleaded petrol. But yes like you said if an engine is under high load at low revs and it pings then you know the petrol is not really strong enough. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Yeah we call it pinging in AU too but thats just slang. If you google detonation you will get less photos of wide eyed kids in nightclubs with their jaws clenched :-) Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Gas definitely seems more expensive over in northern Nagano than here in our part of Niigata. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Yeah we call it pinging in AU too but thats just slang. If you google detonation you will get less photos of wide eyed kids in nightclubs with their jaws clenched :-) That's gurning! Ecto smiles all round Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Gas definitely seems more expensive over in northern Nagano than here in our part of Niigata. We were in Nagano City too yesterday and it was 168, 169 at the self service places by the Minami bypass/Shinanoi. That's no cheaper than Hakuba. Link to post Share on other sites
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