That was my life even in winter. You ever stall a moving vehicle when Stabilitrac and T/C activate? Luckily when I got tuned it was worth that price difference. That and the Eco tank artificial limit didn't make it seem so bad.
I'll probably get a bunch of hate for this since I have the full 15.6 gallon tank and don't really take advantage of it, but I never let my tank run below 3/4. Usually I fill when it's just under half (Around 8 gallons). I do this for a couple reasons. Gasoline is made in batches and it's possible to get a bad batch. I figure worse case scenario I'll only ever have half a tank of bad gas at any given time. Emergency situations, I've been stuck on the interstate before for 9 hours, it was pretty eye opening. Couldn't stop saying "Well at least I have fuel". It was winter and very cold outside. Also I never worry about running out of gas. Ever.
For me it feels like I have a fresh batch of gas every week or so. when I do turnpike runs I would trickle fill it all the way past artificial. 615 or so miles with the needle on full for like 200 of them. In town the gas would get stale so I just regular fill it and live life. Current car I usually go to half unless I ran a fuel system cleaner in it.
My friend had to replace his evap system, he thinks it was due to excessive topping off, for my own peace of mind I stop at the first click now. Gas won't gel up if it moves around, if you drive every couple days you won't shouldn't any issues with separation. Even that usually takes 6+ months to happen.
it's kinda like spark plugs where the manual cars were more sensitive to the changes. Also, did she have the ECU recall done? That also changes how the car reacts to 87.
