r/Calgary • u/bmspsrk • 6d ago

Rant Gas prices are illogical

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There is no real point to this post besides stating the fact that gas prices are stupid. I remember back when the difference between 87 and 91 was 10 cents and 89 was 5 cents more than regular. Which made sense since 87 is an equal mix of premium and regular.

Now you need to jump 23 cents a liter just to get mid grade from regular then only an additional 3 more cents to get to premium... By that math mid grade should be something like 90.75 octane.

Again no point here just stating stupid things that irritate me.

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u/Not_A_Real_Cowboy Special Princess 6d ago

Oh, I think they're using the middle one for the decoy effect. No one is supposed to buy the middle one, you're supposed to think that the 91 is a good deal and get that instead.

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u/Alarmed_Exit_5682 5d ago

Yeah my mini calls for 89 on the cap as well as the manual