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View Poll Results: OCTANE - Which gas do you put in your 3IS
I always use 91 or higher.
259
91.20%
I sometimes use 89 or 87.
3
1.06%
I always use 89.
6
2.11%
I always use 87.
16
5.63%
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OCTANE - Which gas do you put in your 3IS and why?(merged threads)

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Old 03-25-14, 10:10 AM
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Premium Only, so in California, options are limited to 91 only... But my last car was the same so......
Old 03-25-14, 10:23 AM
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Premium - 91 here as well.
Old 03-25-14, 10:29 AM
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premium 91
Old 03-25-14, 10:30 AM
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Tried 87 once and immediately felt the slight power loss. Been on 91 and sometimes 94 where I feel the best performance out of the engine.
Old 03-25-14, 10:35 AM
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What about the 89 ?? ( middle one)
Old 03-25-14, 10:53 AM
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I would just stick with whatever the factory recommends (Premium), since the difference in price is not worth using lower octane fuel.
Old 03-25-14, 11:02 AM
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Shell Premium at 93
Old 03-25-14, 11:24 AM
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I use 93 as well. :-)
Old 03-25-14, 11:59 AM
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Less Starbucks... ..

Really , just put 91+ or better...

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Old 03-25-14, 01:10 PM
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93. Most gas stations around me have 87.89, and 93
Old 03-25-14, 01:30 PM
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93 premium
Old 03-25-14, 02:23 PM
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Premium.

But i used Regular once accidentally.
It felt a little bit less powerful..but it just could've been in my mind.

The fuel economy went down to 19 MPG, though.
Old 03-25-14, 03:28 PM
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93 bc there is no 91 octane option (@Sam's Club).
Old 03-25-14, 04:00 PM
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Premium even though I was told regular is perfectly fine lol
Old 03-25-14, 04:39 PM
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93 only. I owned an Acura tl before the 3IS and during hurricane sandy here in the northeast, we were stuck with regular gas for like 3 weeks. I DEFINITELY noticed lost power and sluggish acceleration.


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