Comments on: Car Gas Experiment: Regular or Premium?

By: ElevatingtheMind

ElevatingtheMind — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:12:37 +0000

You should definitely read the owners manual or talk to a Honda mechanic before you do your experiments. Newer Hondas(past 2000) are made to run on lower octane fuel. That is why you did not see any more mileage. Also, premium can actually mess with and knock a newer Hondas since it is tuned for lower octane. Ask any Honda mechanic or dealer and they will inform you of this.

By: anthony

anthony — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:36:48 +0000

Using premium in all cars, new and old, keeps the engine running better. New cars may not benifit in more mileage but it does under the hood. Paying the extra $ in my veiw is worth it for every car or truck.

By: High Gas Prices

High Gas Prices — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:46:58 +0000

I had a Honda that had well over 200,000 miles on it. Whenever I used regular grade gasoline it did not run well at all.

This obviously resulted in the engine having to work harder to keep the car mobile, which resulted in burning more fuel.

So I switched to premium gasoline and discovred that that was one of the best decisions that I had made for that car!

I would say that if you have a car that has less than 100,000 miles then there is no need to use premium gasoline, but anything over that would certainly warrant its use.

By: Car Leasing Blog

Car Leasing Blog — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:21:55 +0000

Great article. We have developed an excel spreadsheet for comparing the fuel economy and subsequent costs comparing petrol and diesel. Really handy

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By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:15:22 +0000

Of course, premium gasoline cannot possibly increase fuel efficiency. Premium has a *lower* fuel density than regular, required for high-compression engines.

Your friend is either a liar or bad at math.