# Tires and gas **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 2, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919 "2014-11-02T07:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MY\_2\_CENTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MY\_2\_CENTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MY_2_CENTS)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/21 "2014-11-03T21:25:33Z")
Walking into a tire store with a bathroom scale - My chuckle of the day. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/22 "2014-11-03T23:55:49Z")
Such eccentricity might be tolerated if you go in with a thick German accent and say “this is how we prepared for the autobahn back in the Fatherland”. (regards to @db4690) ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/23 "2014-11-04T05:31:48Z")
I know a guy who correlates oil filter weight with quality In his mind, the filter that weighs more is better ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/24 "2014-11-04T05:32:42Z")
@circuitsmith‌ It’s the “Fatherland” . . . not the “Homeland” LOL ---
**Author:** ![baylor1991\_154787](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@baylor1991\_154787](https://community.cartalk.com/u/baylor1991_154787)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/25 "2024-08-21T19:38:31Z")
Michelin of course. I have right now on my RX 450h AWD Pirelli Scorpion, but they are way more noisy than Michellin Defender, Latitude and Premium. ---
**Author:** ![baylor1991\_154787](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@baylor1991\_154787](https://community.cartalk.com/u/baylor1991_154787)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/26 "2024-08-21T19:40:37Z")
Lexus RX 450h can use regular, it’s not required like w/ turbo engines for 3.5L V6 Atkinson-cycle even on hybrid version. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/27 "2024-08-21T20:07:30Z")
This is a 10 year old post, @baylor1991_154787 - they’ve moved on. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/28 "2024-08-21T20:28:46Z")
@baylor1991_154787 Please look to the right hand side of the threads so you will not be posting to threads that have been inactive for years . This one is 10 years old. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919/29 "2024-08-21T21:30:26Z")
> [@lglady](#): > > And premium fuel, which is better for the hybrid system, 93 octane with ethanol or 91 octane, no ethanol? Bring a hybrid has nothing to do with octane. What does the owner’s manual say? [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-and-gas/87919.md?page=1)