Re: Octane Requirements

["David Torrey" <rne905@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>]

Thanks to Avi Meron and to Mr. Powell for their feedback on Octane 
requirements.  My primary reason for asking was cost.  My wife 
travels 100 miles/day to and from her office.  Over a period of a 
year the difference between 93 and 87 would be about 3 hundred dollars.  
These miles are highway miles with little load on the engine.  For 
spirited driving and performance I would not consider anything less 
than premium.  However, I think that driving a constant 55 - 60 MPH 
may not require the associated high cost of premium fuel. IMHO.

Anyway, you have convinced me, (or scared me), that probably the safest and certainly 
for the most performance, premium is the way to go.

Thanks

David Torrey
Veazie, Me.

1979 BMW 320I
1988 Honda Civic 4 X 4 Wagon
1993 Audi 100CSQW