What type of octane gasoline you get?

[Beachguyj]

Regular is fine for most cars. Only some high end luxury cars recommend that you put Premium gas in the car.

 

[TickTockMan]

I know very little about cars, but from the things I have read it is mostly all the same chemically. I do the same as you Piggy.

 

[Joshua_me]

Just follow the recommendation in your car's instruction manual.

Unfortunately, I have to use premium or it will void the warranty on my engine, which really frosts my ass.

 

[TickTockMan]

Unfortunately, I have to use premium or it will void the warranty on my engine, which really frosts my ass.

Did you know that before you bought your car?

 

[Triple G]

87 octane is fine for most cars. The high price stuff is for high compression engines to control pinging. All gas comes through the same pipe line and just is sold under different brand names. If your engine doesn't ping or knock, 87 is fine and you just are wasting your money on higher octane.

So I'm a Piggy ditto.

 

[chatolandia]

the cheapest I can find

my car doesn't have a fancy engine

 

[Invidious]

Have to use premium or better in the car...says on in the owners manual AND on the fuel door.

 

[looseliam]

93.

Really, the additional $2-$3 a tank it costs over 87 is negligible.

It burns cleaner, leaves less deposits, and I don't have to worry about pings/knocks/run-on in my forced-induction car.

 

[Triple G]

87

dance pig, dance

?

You are a Piggy napper. Give him back or else I'll set my mad cousin on you

 

[Yooper]

85.

The numbers sold in Colorado are all lower due to the altitude.

Freaked out my Partner since the Volkswagen requires Premium and he couldn't find 93 here.

In Europe, the numbers are different, too:
87 octane in the USA = 92 octane in Europe
89 octane in the USA= 94 octane in Europe
92 octane in the USA = 97 octane in Europe

 

[Spiff]

93.

It burns cleaner, leaves less deposits

That's a myth. It may have a little truth for expensive high performance motors that were designed to burn on high octane. But for the rest of us, that statement just is not true.
http://autorepair.about.com/od/enginefuelgasolines/a/highoctanegas.htm

 

[jaydizzo]

I use premium in my camaro (never anything lower) and sometimes she gets the race fuel when I go racing

And in my Durango I use the cheapest for everyday and mid-grade when I'm towing.

And i absolutely hate 10% ethanol which is dadmn near in every grade of fuel nowadays save a few stations

 

[TriBi]

LPG...

 

[Alistair]

You should read your owners manual. While some require higher octane, most require 87. Using higher octane in these engines can do more harm than good. Higher octane burns hotter. It can "burn" the pistons and cause other very expensive damage. Your manual does tell you this. It also gives important tips on increasing gas mileage, safe driving habits, and prolonging your car's life.

 

[Joshua_me]

Did you know that before you bought your car?

I did... But, the money was flowing pretty freely a couple of years ago so I didn't really think all that much about it.

But, things change, don't they ?

*sigh*

 

[FPNY]

in my bmw 93 octane in my ford explorer 87.......93 octane was $3.07 yesterday.

 

[unloadonme]

Unleaded. Haven't a clue about octane numbers and all the rest of it. Currently costs about £1.07 per litre, about two-thirds of which is tax.

 

[DonQuixote]

87 most of the time. If I'm going on a trip I'll up to 89 or 93 to give the car a tank or two to clean it out. Probably don't need to, but it's my psychological insurance policy while travelling - in case there's any water in the gas I happen to get at a station I'm not used to.

 

[Swellegant]

I always buy the cheapest gas, whatever octane that is. But I always have cheap cars, or elderly cars. Maybe if I'd put higher octane in my '81 Camaro, it wouldn't have thrown a piston while I was driving on the freeway. But then I never liked that car, anyway.

But it really doesn't make that much difference... maybe two bucks more on a tank of gas, I only have a ten-gallon tank and fill it up once a week, the price of a cup of coffee one way or another isn't going to kill me. But now I hear that high-octane gas can hurt a low-performance engine, I won't worry about it. I guess I could read the manual, but... no plot, no characters, no pictures.

 

[gmoney]

I use 87 octane in both my truck and my Mustang GT. That's what's called for and they run fine.

I had a Nissan Maxima before, and it required 93. Sometimes I would use 89 when cash was low, but not very often.