If you care about the car and want it to last, the best thing you can do is use “top tier” detergent gasolines in it. Stay away from cheap no-name gas at all costs ! I focus on that more than on octane. That said, most turbocharged engines are built to run on premium gas. Running regular gas in them won’t hurt the engine per se, but performance may suffer over time.
What kind of higher performance are you looking for? I go back and forth to kids schools and activities and Whole Foods and target, so regular performance works for me. Then again, I’m not really a car guy
It’s what the car dealer and online suggests you out in this car. I was going to buy a Honda after my last car a Cadillac but right before I pulled the trigger on an accord. I said to myself EH no credit card bills pay extra on the mortgage every month religiously and I make a good buck why am I getting a Honda. To each his own but I love my truck and I’m not a car guy. Unfortunately these cars need higher performance gas for all the reasons stated in this thread.
Understood. You've earned to treat yourself. Good deal. Take the dealer's advice especially if you're keeping the car long term. I lease simply because I like having a new car every 3 years and don't want to worry about doing anything more than putting gas in it and changing the oil (for free), but I'm good with a base model Pathfinder which offers all the performance I need haha. I have no investment in the long term health of the car, so "fill it, regular, cash" rolls off my tongue as freely as "salt, pepper, ketchup".
I would also highly recommend using a true synthetic motor oil like Mobil 1.
Gasoline is comingled at the terminals. The only difference between the BP gasoline and the Mobil gasoline that goes in your tank is the brand specific additive package that is mixed in when the tanker truck picks up the load to be delivered to the gas station.
Comingling is inevitable but I'll tell you those pipeline companies have sheds with sinks attached directly to the manifold that they use to pull samples from. They also pull samples from the roofs of the tanks. They store those samples for a pre-determined amount of time in another shed on property. Looking at those samples is like looking at a rainbow but you can definitely see which company refines a cleaner product. The majority of samples are clear enough to see through and after a while you can identify what brand of gas is in the sample just based on it's tint. Exxon gas was neither clear or tinted. It was straight brown mud most of the time.
Agreed. Most new cars actually come with synthetic in them these days..
It was the Jeep that was old, not me haha. It was already 12 years old when I got it as my first car. I wasn't allowed to park it on my parents driveway because it would leak oil and leave stains.
almost every model from the premium brands requires 91 octane gas. there are some non-premium cars that do as well, i.e., subaru's and various VW engines
Oil would make sense but in a state where you don't always pump your own gas, hard to prove you did not always ask for premium and maybe an attendant screwed up or did a switch on you. just saying
You really can't be serious in any way. If you are, I will pray for you tonight. lol
That actually has happened.. that justification. Take it as fact, for what's its worth. Form some other objection.
