New Study Shows Premium Gas Isn't Always Worth It

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Anonymous

It’s not worth it when you don’t have a car

12/13/2017 - 15:57 |
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Nishant Dash

Yeah it’s pretty obvious, putting 97 in a car that the manufacturers recommend 89 won’t help at all,
higher octane =/= more power coz engines are designed to suit a certain type of fuel for optimum performance. However with supporting mods (remap,etc.) it might help xD

12/13/2017 - 15:58 |
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Anonymous

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12/13/2017 - 17:58 |
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Twopoint0

In Austria, 91 octane gas is the worst you could go with.

We usually have 91, 93 and 98 octane at the pumps

12/13/2017 - 19:17 |
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regular gasoline/petrol costs 4 R$ a litre
just living here is not worth it

12/13/2017 - 23:29 |
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TheRealBouss

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12/14/2017 - 00:22 |
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Anonymous

My car actually requires premium fuel. The owner’s manual says that 91 octane is required. 87 can be substituted safely but there will be a significant drop in power and economy due to the engine retarding timing and enriching the fuel mixture to prevent knocking. I found this to be very true as when I ran regular gasoline my fuel mileage went down from 22 mpg to like 8-10 mpg. The car felt noticeably slower and everyone said it smoked black out the exhaust and stunk really bad like unburnt fuel. Running premium fuel stops all of this.

12/14/2017 - 06:48 |
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Anonymous

Thanks, this was very helpful.

06/29/2018 - 12:43 |
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