Unless you drive a piece of shit that needs a tune up or an overhaul, or on the flipside, drive a high performance vehicle, using super is pointless.
I could even maybe understand if you bought a decent car brand new and only used super from the day you bought it and that's all you'll use from there on out.
The octane difference between super and regular will not change the performance in most cars that have used regular the majority of their miles.
What I really don't understand, is the person that gets the mid-grade gas. Like, regular isn't good enough, but oh no, that super is just too high falootin', just gimme something in the middle.
Do these things:
When you change your oil, change your air filter. Don't let the oil change place do it, go to the auto parts store and buy it and do it yourself. Car can't breathe, car drives for shit. More gunk builds up in the carburetor than you'd realize. It'll take you 10 minutes and cost you maybe $15 tops. After that, take a look into the carb, maybe give it a shot of Gumout just to clean it off. Change the breather once a year or so.
Change your fuel filter. Depending on your vehicle, this may be tricky and or messy, so if you're not up to it, take it in to be done. It won't kill your wallet, and should be done once a year, but you can go two years usually and get away with it. Important note: Do some research (google is always a help, but the repair manual for $15 or so at the auto parts store will tell you) on how to relieve fuel pressure before you decide to do this yourself. Usually, you just have to remove the gas cap and that'll suffice, but your car may have special needs. If you're daring, and your fuel lines are rubber hose, you can actually just carefully clamp off the hoses on each side of the filter so you don't pour gasoline all over yourself.
Make sure your tire pressure is correct.
Check your alignment. This one is tricky though. Of course you can just let go of the wheel and see what happens and that usually works, but the machine at the mechanic can really only be the true judge. The bad news about this one is, if you do need your alignment fixed, you may get roped into buying new tires. In order to properly check alignment, your tire's tread needs to be flat, with as little or no wear as possible. Then again, it maybe the tires that are causing the bad alignment in the first place. Rotating your tires once a year helps.
If you live in Jersey, check this out. Take a look at your right front tire. It's probably more worn on the outside than the other tires. Thank jughandles for that.
Whether you use super or regular, those are things you should do to keep your vehicle running at it's best anyway.
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