09-04-2016, 11:04 PM
JPolen01 Wrote:Apoc Wrote:I put 89 in my car that requires 93. :dunno:This makes about as much sense as people that use their own "choice" of oil over what the manufacturer suggests. Why would you put a lower grade gasoline in the car than what the engine internals were designed and tested for?
It's octane, not grade. If it starts to knock, which I've never had a car do, put higher octane in. My dad has done the same for decades. Octane is largely a joke in modern cars.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth