horray for bosch Motronic engine management! :)
On 6/26/05, peugfan@juno.com <peugfan@juno.com> wrote:
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> (This'll bring out a whole bunch of opinions....)
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> I've stated this on this site before: since buying my first Mi16 new in '89 I have never used Premium Unleaded. Never. Not once. In fact, if the gas station has 86 octane (US), I'll save a few cents and buy that. I have often told people that the Mi16 will run on grapefruit juice. Having put at least 400,000 miles on my Mi16s (#3 currently has 141,000 miles), I've never needed any serious engine work and all of them have been a blast to drive.
>
> The reason I bring this up now is that my son, who bought himself a Contour SVT in 2000, is beginning to think of it as an "old" car and getting tired of the difficulty getting parts and service(!). Buying the extended warranty was a very good idea because he's had lots of recurring, expensive problems - after all it has more than 80,000 miles on it!
>
> So, knowing that I've never put Premium in my 405s, he thought he'd see if he could save some money by no longer using Premium (almost $4/gal where he lives), as the manual dictates. Within a few miles the SVT could barely run. As soon as he could, he put Premium in it and it's now back to normal.
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> My point - both cars are supposed to use Premium unleaded. The SVT obviously can't run on regular; the Mi16 obviously is very happy with regular.
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> It's your money.
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> fs
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