What octane gas do you use?

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What octane gas do you use?

87
43
49%
89
8
9%
91
13
15%
93
24
27%
 
Total votes: 88

webmastir

What octane gas do you use?

Postby webmastir » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:01 am

What octane gas do you guys use? Just curious to see what most use in these forums...


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Postby JAHBLESSINGS » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:04 am

87...

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Postby NVSteve » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:09 am

Your poll left out 85 and 88. I typically fill up with 87 or 88, depending on where I'm at & the gas available to me. If I know I'll be in low elevations for a while, I might bump that up to 89.

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Postby skinny2 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:11 am

Usually 87 unless I'll be towing or hauling through the mountains. I have found some 87 that runs as good as most other premiums so I try to buy at those stations when possible.

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Postby webmastir » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:28 am

interesting. i assumed more would use 91/93 since the manual recommends premium

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Postby JAHBLESSINGS » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:50 am

the manual for 2005 and 2006 recommends 87 octance. they change that for 2007 and up i believe.

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Postby webmastir » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:57 am

strange don't remember reading that at all on my wife's '06 SE manual. guess i should check again

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Postby skinny2 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:03 am

webmastir wrote:interesting. i assumed more would use 91/93 since the manual recommends premium
It recommends it "for maximum performance". I don't notice a huge difference unless I'm towing and the mpg doesn't seem to change when empty.

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Postby webmastir » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:03 am

well sob. i stand corrected :wink:

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good to know. thanks for bringing this to my attention. maybe i can get the wife to save a few $ by changing down to 89 at least

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Postby 08Datsun » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:41 am

The '08 manual reads different.

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Postby Rogue9 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:14 am

the only vehicles I notice a difference in are high performance vehicles and motorcycles. Both usually cause of high compression engines.
Unless you push the PF hard all the time or tow all the time 87 should work more than fine.

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Postby skinny2 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:16 am

Here's what I use for reference:

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Postby pawjr74 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:49 am

For maximum oil company profits, please use the most espensive fuel possible! Lol

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Postby serturbo » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:04 pm

Premium in Hawaii is 92.

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Postby Taavi » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:01 pm

Only 95E and 98E are available here. I use regular 95E (RON 95; MON 85–86; AKI 90–91) and it costs about 1,1€/Liter


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