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What grade fuel do you use?

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Old 08-07-2006, 02:25 PM
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Unless your engine is modified and requires higher-octane gasoline, you will see no improvement whatsoever by using premium fuel.
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yea, i always use 87 (im too cheap to put anything higher in it )
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87 all the way!
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The poll is a little inaccurate because it doesnt account for people that have a s/c or turbo. These people require 93. Everyone else should be using 87 - its a toyota camry 4-cyl engine.......
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Us folks in Cali don't have 93 either. We have 91. I just use Shell 87 octane. I seem to get 30-40 miles more per fill-up with that brand of gas.
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Grade 87 for me.
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i was wonderin, in New York we have E10 gas all aorund so should we bump up the grade to make up for that alcohol in the gas?
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Marty never used the delorean when it ran off garbage and beer, i thought that was just Doc at the end of the 3rd one. unless im wrong and it was at the end of the second one
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everyone one runs E10-the octane is already componsated, so 87 is still 87
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87.. top tier.
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87 till i get ma turbo
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Originally Posted by witelite
87 till i get ma turbo
x2 on that one
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87. No reason to run anything better unless you're charged.
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Originally Posted by bronxblaza117
top tier?
yes.. top tier. toyota recommends as such

http://www.toptiergas.com/

typical stations are shell, 76, and chevron (more listed on the site)

no mobil, arco, costco, sam's, or that Pop's Cheap Gas crap...

and yes... 87 is all you should use unless you're F/I.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/octane.htm

this octane debate thing never ends.... there's so many threads on it if you take the time and effort to search.
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87 for me. And another thing....

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Marty never used the delorean when it ran off garbage and beer, i thought that was just Doc at the end of the 3rd one. unless im wrong and it was at the end of the second one

Doc used garbage at the beggining of Back to the Fututre II when he took Marty and Jennifer to the future..FYI[/quote]
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