S70T mileage

Post by **jblackburn** » 08 Jan 2012, 09:12

I believe that's about the equivalent as I understand it. I was surprised to read in our BMWs owners manual that they want you to use 98 or 100 octane.

The Volvo manual says 87 octane (our scale) is the minimum, but 91 is recommended.

modabasi · Post by **modabasi** » 08 Jan 2012, 16:11

My European version 1998 S70 T5 uses 95 octane. It's written in both the manual and under the fuel cover, and 95 is the lowest/cheapest octane gas you can find in Turkey.

Post by **fields 100** » 08 Jan 2012, 19:25

jblackburn wrote:I average 23 most of the time doing a mix of city/country road driving at speeds from 25-65.

So,every morning I take 7 mi drive with 8-9 stop lights along the way(most of them turn red on my approach) on 91 octane. 19.4 MPG.Next morning they are almost all green on approach-21 MPG. Then, on weekend, 30 mi run on the expressway- 32-36 MPG. My point is, there is no precise science in it with so many variables- the driving habits,driving conditions, outdoor ambient,frequency of stop and go's (especially in the urban area).My original window sticker for '98 s70 T5 says: 18mi city,25 mi highway.

modabasi · Post by **modabasi** » 09 Jan 2012, 17:53

You guys in the USA still gotta be lucky, we're paying $8.73 USD/gallon of the 95 octane gas in Turkey. What's the current price over there?

Post by **jblackburn** » 09 Jan 2012, 17:58

If gas was that much for me, I'd own a Geo Metro or something.

It's $3.25-ish here for mid-grade (89) as of tonight.

bigkev414 · Post by **bigkev414** » 09 Jan 2012, 23:48

You kind of beat me to it....I was just about to send you a message and ask how much it is in Turkey so I could compare it with ours which is average $1.55 per litre for 95 RON but it does fluctuate a lot and nobody can ever find out why. For some incomprehensible reason apparently our oil prices are based on the Singapore exchange even though we produce about 80% of our requirements (so I read - I may stand corrected?)
That equates to around $7.00 per gallon (US and AU are about the same)

Post by **rmmagow** » 10 Jan 2012, 07:53

About $3.60 a gallon in new england for 89, #3.70 for 91. My 98v70 Low pressure turbo is fine with the 89, 87 however and it runs a little ragged.

SimLyons · Post by **SimLyons** » 10 Jan 2012, 11:18

For "premium"/91-92 octane by US standards it is running about $3.55 here in Oregon. Regular, 87 octane is $3.29.

modabasi · Post by **modabasi** » 10 Jan 2012, 15:03

bigkev414 wrote:You kind of beat me to it....I was just about to send you a message and ask how much it is in Turkey so I could compare it with ours which is average $1.55 per litre for 95 RON but it does fluctuate a lot and nobody can ever find out why. For some incomprehensible reason apparently our oil prices are based on the Singapore exchange even though we produce about 80% of our requirements (so I read - I may stand corrected?)
That equates to around $7.00 per gallon (US and AU are about the same)

Guess you're using imperial gallons in Australia, 1 US gallon equals 3.785 liters and 1 imperial gallon equals 4.546 liters. So you're paying $5.86 USD / US gallons in Australia which is still quite cheap compared to Turkey. We're doomed down here!

Post by **rspi** » 10 Jan 2012, 15:25

My bet is that the highest would be Japan. When I was there 24 years ago I was paying about $8 per gallon.