mixing 86 & 93 octane
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yeah, jersey is the only state where you don't pump you're own gas. it's supposedly illegal to pump your own gas. but i've done it when the sation is really busy. they don't really inforce it or anything. it's a pain in the **** when they're busy, but it's nice in the winter, cause i don't have to get out of my car, haha. yeah, i dunno, i'd really rather not mess around with that octane booster stuff. some people swear bye it, others say it's one of the worst things for your car, i don't really have any experience with it. so, i dunno.
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Where I'm from, most stations have 87, 89, & 91. 89 is literally just a mixture of 50% 87 & 50% 91, If you had 1/2 tank of 93 left, then you're at about 89.5, which I'm sure would be fine. When gas stations have 3 octanes, the middle octane is usually just a mixture of the top & bottom octane.
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yeah, jersey is the only state where you don't pump you're own gas. it's supposedly illegal to pump your own gas. but i've done it when the sation is really busy. they don't really inforce it or anything. it's a pain in the **** when they're busy, but it's nice in the winter, cause i don't have to get out of my car, haha. yeah, i dunno, i'd really rather not mess around with that octane booster stuff. some people swear bye it, others say it's one of the worst things for your car, i don't really have any experience with it. so, i dunno.
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Oregon has the same rule. And gas stations enforce it! Sort of a full employment thing rather than a safety thing if 48 states let owners pump their own. It's like a time machine when the attendant comes to operate the magical, mystical pump (at least for those of us who remember the days before self-serve).
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Update:
Well I've driven my car for a couple hundred miles(I have a long commute for work), and have filled up a couple of times. I made sure they used premium this time, I paid more attention, haha. No ill effects so far.
Well I've driven my car for a couple hundred miles(I have a long commute for work), and have filled up a couple of times. I made sure they used premium this time, I paid more attention, haha. No ill effects so far.
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Is this is a joke or being serious? How does the engine run more efficient on lower octane? Running on lower octane forces it to retard timing to prevent knocking which yields less a lower pressure profile during that combustion stroke.
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The salesperson at my local dealer says he had been using 87 octane on his G37 for 12,000 miles with no ill effect...so you should be ok.....nothing will go wrong with your engine....
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Co-worker of mine leases a G37 and she only puts regular in it.. sometimes she puts mid or super(dumb biatch!). It's still running fine.
I'm sure you're fine
I'm sure you're fine
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yeah, it's been a while since this occurred, and no ill effects. i didn't really notice any at the time it happened either. i've made sure it's got nothing but 93 or 91 since though. luckily the price of gas has gone down, so it's costing me the same as i was paying for 86 not too long ago.