Good news for our gas mileage !

[releese78]

For the extra $5 a tank, I'd rather have better performance and less risk of damage. My car performs bad enough as it is with the 10% Ethanol they have added to gasoline in the past year or two. I've noticed a significant drop in mileage and "seat of your pants pull" since this change as well.

[clickman]

So how many of you are using 87 in your Boxster?

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by clickman

So how many of you are using 87 in your Boxster?

Let's make this official:
http://www.986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17789

[nefarious986]

I m not gonna do it. I open her up way too often to go a full tank on 87. I always run 91 from 76 or Chevron.

This is just an FYI just in case other members have been feeling the premium pinch.

[BoxsterLewis]

I just did the calculation and its like $3.20 to put 93 verse 87 a tank extra. thats roughly 80-100 bucks a year, most you guys make that in a few hours
Go with 93 octane

[Perfectlap]

actually you should consider yourself lucky to have access to 93 and at low prices compared to the rest of the world. Just drive a little smarter and you'll get more value for those four bucks. The Porsche is the practical every day sports car. There's nothing wrong with driving it at speed limit at low revs when conditions allow it.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by BoxsterLewis

I just did the calculation and its like $3.20 to put 93 verse 87 a tank extra. thats roughly 80-100 bucks a year, most you guys make that in a few hours
Go with 93 octane

That $80-100 is assuming you get the same mileage with either octane level. You don't. Mileage is typically better with higher octane fuel (in a car that's meant to use it). So it's actually even less savings than that.

[turbo23dog]

X2. Lower octane yields less MPGs. Diminishing returns...