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Shhhhh, We're out of premium
Stopped to get gas at my local Valero this morning. Went in since I had to get a couple other things and prepaid for the gas. While pumping (premium of course) I notice a post-it on the pump near the card swiper that they are out of premium. What the hell is pumping through the premium nozzle then? By the time I noticed the tank was nearly full. I went in and told them they should have bags on the premium nozzles and need much bigger signs. They asked if I wanted the $1.30 difference in price refunded. I told them that wasn't the point but stopped short of explaining why since I figured they really didn't care anyway.
Guess I get to try the fuse pull after this tank but really it's quite a shame that a $40k car is permanently degraded performance-wise by running 87 octane just once without knowing the little fuse pull trick.
Come on GM. How hard can it be to automatically set the timing tables back to normal after a certain period of time or certain number of miles?
And how the hell is it legal to pump 87 through a 91 pump? </rant>
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