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What "frugal" tricks have you found to just not be worth it, either in time or money? (lemmy.world)
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I've noticed sometimes that there's some half-baked videos or blogs or whatever that purport this or that frugal trick, but if you look at the time or math, it's not actually frugal for you.

What are some examples of that you've come across? The things that "aren't worth it"?

For me it's couponing. (Although I haven't heard people talk about it recently--has it fallen out of "style", or have businesses caught up to the loopholes folks used to exploit?)

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[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Probably a forced induction engine. Normal NA it makes no difference as long as it's not a high compression engine. Octane rating is how much heat and pressure the gas can handle before auto igniting. So higher octane means an engine with a turbo can run higher boost on higher octane which makes more power. It's a waste of money for most people to buy more expensive fuel. Though some fuel can be just shit and full of water at those sketchy stations.

[–] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds right, my car is a turbo charged 4 cylinder. TIL, thank you!

[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It can still be optional to run higher octane. Older Volvo 5 cylinders could run 87 with no problem because they only ran 9lbs of boost (only certain models). Most modern turboed engines usually can optionally run more boost if you put in higher octane. The issue is they rely on detection of early detonation when running worse fuel. Which scares me because of it fails engine goes boom very fast.

Use the octane that is recommended for your vehicle.