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Mon, Jun 28, 10 at 14:41
| Seven months of the year I drive a 92 Caprice, which I'm quite devoted to, BTW. When I bought it in 1996, the dealer told me to use mid-grade fuel, so that's what I did. When gasoline prices rose dramatically, I switched to regular, which is what the owner's manual recommends.
The only difference in performance that I could see was a little less pep when accelerating quickly on an on-ramp. I've often wondered if this observation is real or imagined. It's always possible I'm hitting the gas not quite as hard as I used to. :-) If I'm going 60 mph or so and accelerate from that point, I see no loss of power whatsoever. What, if anything, would a higher octane rating do for my car? Thanks! |
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| Nothing, unless you buy your fuel from a company that adds more detergents to its higher octane fuel. Then it only makes a difference if you need those extra additives. |
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| Thanks, John. I appreciate the info. |
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