What octane rating do you use? |
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89 | 9 | 3.53% | |
93 | 154 | 60.39% | |
91 (I take it you live in NJ if you pick this) | 74 | 29.02% | |
Other | 18 | 7.06% | |
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10-29-2016, 12:55 PM | #45 |
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It's the only 93 octane available in the Twin Cities as well. I use it because it's recommended in the owners manual and my Dinantronics is tuned for that octane rating. I was going to try Shell until I saw it was only 91 octane.
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10-31-2016, 11:32 AM | #48 |
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91, im in ca and we dont have much better lol
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11-01-2016, 05:22 AM | #49 |
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89 here...am I a bad car owner? Hah zero problems so far. no knocking. starts every time. runs till I turn it off. going well so far 27k miles.
should I worry? everyone else is running higher. I know manual says 89 min. maybe I'm just saving $$ ? jk |
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11-01-2016, 05:55 AM | #50 |
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I use 92 or 93 depending on which gas station I go to. I have not seen 91 available locally. Our choices are usually 87, 89, and 92/93.
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11-01-2016, 06:05 PM | #52 |
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I would not consider you a bad owner. The manual says the car requires 89. There should be no damage or warrany issues if you use 89.
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11-03-2016, 10:32 PM | #53 |
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It just happens that the station that sells 93 has the cheapest premium gas in town by ~$.20/gal. All the rest are 91. Either is fine, but I wouldn't use less than 91 in this car.
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93 Octane in Maryland.
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11-04-2016, 08:12 AM | #55 |
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91 is perfectly fine, as that's what recommended by BMW. Esso's 93 includes ethanol (if that matters to you)
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11-04-2016, 10:31 AM | #56 |
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Shell 93
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91 + E85 = e35 Sometimes VP 101 too.
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11-05-2016, 05:26 AM | #59 |
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11-07-2016, 01:41 PM | #60 |
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89 is the minimum recommended octane with a few caveats. I generally use 93 and leave it at that. I don't think 91 is available in Virginia.
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11-07-2016, 04:37 PM | #61 |
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Normally I always filled the car up with RON95, but since I'll be getting a tune soon I've switched to RON98 (BP Ultimate). It's easy to come by over here, but it's just stupidly expensive ($6.25 a gallon )
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11-21-2016, 08:51 AM | #65 |
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