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Old 08-18-2016, 02:11 PM   #12
Steve Tinker
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Originally Posted by Jeannie View Post
Thanks to everyone who has replied. We are based in the UK where the cheapeast litre of petrol is £1.08 making a gallon nearly £5 per gallon this makes the mpg an affordable price for the car that you are getting, but knock 10mpg off that and it has a different slant to the car.
To add to you're conundrum, you can't use the cheaper petrol in the Boxster - it has to run on a minimum of 95 octane, preferably 98 octane (super) to get near to the advertised fuel economy.
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