What Type Of Gas do you Use?

Going on a road trip over the next 4 days. 800miles roundtrip. I'll log what I come up with and report to you guys when I get it done. I'm in the 2010 CXS (16.6k miles) w/TP and I burn 91-93 oct. Oil life is at 80% so that shouldn't be much of a factor. I'll keep the speed near or below 75mph although wifey is a leadfoot. 🙂
 
I also have the v6 engine and typically use the standard 87 octane go-go juice. With running premium (93 octane) the car seems to accelerate better, but the gas mileage doesn't really change much. The manual indicates 87+ is good, but it's your investment.
 
I have gone back and forth between 91 and 87 and currently am using 87 with no audible knock and highway mileage in the summer is good. I have the V6.
 
I also have the v6 engine and typically use the standard 87 octane go-go juice. With running premium (93 octane) the car seems to accelerate better, but the gas mileage doesn't really change much. The manual indicates 87+ is good, but it's your investment.


There are two V6 engines. The smaller one gets 87. The 3.6 VVT asks for premium.

I run 93 all the time in our 3.6 VVT engine. I would put 91 in if if 93 wasn't available. It's not something I give a lot of thought too. In the past when I've done comparison tests between 87 and 93 in vehicles that asked for 87.....the results for me were about a trade off. Less MPG with 87/cheaper price.....1-2 MPG better with 93/higher price (late 90s Dodge trucks/early 2000s GMC Sierras....5 different trucks....all highway miles)

We have 19K miles on our car now and the MPG around town has picked up about 1.5 MPG from when we bought it. We've been getting around 20 now for what I call town driving in our rural area. I also broke 28 for the first time a month or two ago on a short 180 mile trip.
 
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Ok. Here's the numbers from my roadtrip. Distance: 840miles, Avg. MPH: 62.2, Avg MPG: 24.8, avg Octane: 91. Engine size 3.6V6. Total miles on car: 17400. Age: 1 year.

Not to shabby for a car that weighs 4000lbs. Still the most comfortable car I've ever driven on the Interstates.

Now for the caveats: Avg. Speed accounts for dead stops so you might want to wait until you're up to speed on the Interstate before resetting the counter. Same for MPG. I'm not sure how Driving Range is calculated but if it takes into account mpg using the calculated average speed, then its not accurate as any stop will skew the real average speed value and throw the calculation off. I would imagine the calc. goes something like avg.mpg x gallons in tank so you can easily see how that number would skew after a stop. Although its not realistic to do a road trip without any stops but something midrange, say 100miles or less, you might want to try resetting the values after you're on the highway.
 
Ok. Here's the numbers from my roadtrip. Distance: 840miles, Avg. MPH: 62.2, Avg MPG: 24.8, avg Octane: 91. Engine size 3.6V6. Total miles on car: 17400. Age: 1 year.

Not to shabby for a car that weighs 4000lbs. Still the most comfortable car I've ever driven on the Interstates.

Now for the caveats: Avg. Speed accounts for dead stops so you might want to wait until you're up to speed on the Interstate before resetting the counter. Same for MPG. I'm not sure how Driving Range is calculated but if it takes into account mpg using the calculated average speed, then its not accurate as any stop will skew the real average speed value and throw the calculation off. I would imagine the calc. goes something like avg.mpg x gallons in tank so you can easily see how that number would skew after a stop. Although its not realistic to do a road trip without any stops but something midrange, say 100miles or less, you might want to try resetting the values after you're on the highway.

Is that actual MPG?....or from the info center?
 
Is that actual MPG?....or from the info center?

From the info center. That's where the disconnect is as well. I should have simply divided the actual travelled miles by the amount of gas it took to refill the tank.
 
From the info center. That's where the disconnect is as well. I should have simply divided the actual travelled miles by the amount of gas it took to refill the tank.

I always divide it out .... usually in my head. But FTR....I've noticed that more times than not, the info center actually reads a littlle low......unlike most other vehicles I've had with an info center. I always reset the MPG indicator with each new tank. Leaving it untouched will give more of an average over time as I think the brain stores some of this in figuring out a continuing average. In other words if you did a whole tank of 'city' driving...which showed an 18MPG......didn't reset the MPG....and then took to the highway....you would likely read less MPG than you should be....because it would take the brain longer to factor out the less MPG tank. If you reset it, it will be more accurate for the highway miles. ....At least that's how I understand it.
 
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I have to agree with you Sho. I purposely reset the MPG/AVG Speed settings once I got on the highway and it took roughly 30mins or so for the brain to readjust the readings. Once stopped, the brain factored in "0" mph in the average. I'm thinking next road trip, I fill up, reset after I achieve my traveling speed, set the cruise and then check the numbers once I get to my destination. I'll do a refill and the math as a real world backup just to see what the difference will be.
 
Just did a road trip, 703 miles with five adults in the car with everyone's luggage for three days and got an average of 21 mpg. Used 93 octane. Not bad for an awd that's loaded with people and luggage. The on board computer matched my actual calculation
 
I have the 3.6 VVT engine and always use the tripmeter and actual gallons used. On a recent 1000 mile trip using 87 octane and a/c most of the time I got an amazing 29.7 mpg going 72 mph about half the time and 60 mph the other half. The worst mileage I ever got on this 2011 LaCrosse was 22.8 in winter around home and avg more like 24 in summer combined highway & city. Have never used 93 octane because there is no pinging with 87.
 
Hello I have a 2012 lacrosse v6 i just bought and gas cap says to use e85 does that sound right? Did someone put that cap on because original was lost?

I could not tell you whether or not someone replaced your gas-cap. I believe the E85 label means that you can use up to 85% Ethanol, not that you have to use it or even that it is necessarily recommended.

I don't think you can go wrong just using regular (87 octane) unleaded fuel. Say no to the corn-gas until you know for sure. You should be able to figure out which engine your car has with the VIN#.
 
This may help, but read the owners manual if unsure.
E85 Flex Fuel
 
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