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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 10:10 PM
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A friend of mine had my car yesterday and filled it up with regular gas i'm kinda worried here , could it be bad???

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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 10:11 PM
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it wont be that bad...just tell them NOT to drive it hard....it will run like crap....but its not the end of the world
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i had a tank of 87 4 or five fill ups ago, and it didnt noticeably run worse, but gas mileage sucked.
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one tank shouldn't hurt
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Just stay out of the boost and your fine. . . ...
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The knock sensor should read any knock and retard timing to compensate.

You shouldn't have any problems except lower power and lower mileage.
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my mom has 80 on hers, and it has not seen a tank of premium in 70K miles. 98ssei.
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Originally Posted by optmusprimer
i had a tank of 87 4 or five fill ups ago, and it didnt noticeably run worse, but gas mileage sucked.
same prob except it was glad to have that 93 back
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my mom has 80 on hers, and it has not seen a tank of premium in 70K miles. 98ssei.
That'* one car I'd never buy.
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my mom has 80 on hers, and it has not seen a tank of premium in 70K miles. 98ssei.
That'* one car I'd never buy.
No kidding. Talk about trying to second-guess the engineers.
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