Who buys mid grade gas?

I think it shows that I can afford higher priced gas but still have practical money management skills.

Real men drive diesels.

We don't get 89 out here. Only 88.

Some engines don't need 93, but knock around with 87. 89/91 works in those engines.

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Seems like youll either be poor and buy 87 or pay the extra money for 93.

89 makes no sense to me.

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You would actually get 90 for the same price as 89 (usually) if you did half a tank of 87, and half a tank of 93. Or you could save money by doing 2/3 87, 1/3 93, to make your own 89.

Premium only baw.

my maid only puts premium in my car.

The only cars that require premium grades of fuel are older cars and high performance cars. The high end, high performance cars take much higher than 93- I think it's something like 98 and better.

It all depends on the compression ratio in your cylinders.

People who buy premium for their accords or tahoes are idiots. Cars that say 89 octane really mean it, they are lower compression engines which will actually lose power with premium gas due to its lower energy potential. A higher octane is not better gas, its just a resistance to ignition. Higher compression motors require higher octanes to prevent pre-detonation caused by the higher compression.

tl;dr If you buy premium gas and your car doesn't need it, you are not an OT baller, you are just dumb.