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Old 04-30-02, 03:02   #6 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
So are the things I've heard about gas milage and how you get more of it with Premium untrue? I personally notice a much better gas milage with a higher octane fuel. Of course, I'm fairly sure that my GSR was designed for use with premium fuel. It says so on the guage.

Could this just be becasue you aren't reving as hard to accelerate since you are now using the gas your car was designed for? Honda engines (read all acuras) are supposedly high compression engines so they require the higher octane gas to run properly and to get the HP advertised.
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