I bought my Scion FR-S new in 2013. I had to fill it up every two days because of my 150 mile round trip commute. It required premium, but that was ok because premium was twenty cents more a gallon. Not any more. Fortunately, I retired three years ago and use it so rarely that I worry about the gas in it ageing out. But so far so good. It spends most of its time in the garage with a trickle charger hooked up.
If the price difference was the same back then as it is now, I’d never have bought it. Now, I just enjoy watching it reach “classic car” status. I swear it is increasing in value as I sit on it. And it costs almost nothing in tabs to own a car here.
My car takes premium. Prices are about 80 cents to a dollar over the price of regular gas..