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Oct 30, 2008 | 03:06 PM

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audiprotein

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Originally Posted by dflb8

I have a 2004 A4, 1.8T A/T and I have put 87 octane in the car since I got it new in Oct, '04. I just turned 45,000 miles on it and, other than the performance issue, I've had no bad effects from uing the lower grade gas.

I have read a couple articles that compare the MPG of the 87 octane vs the 91 octane and they indicated that, over a long period of time, you probably end up paying about the same, based on cost per mile/MPG.

So, if I had read those articles 5 yrs ago, I probably would not have used the lower octane rated gas.

Think about it, lets say 87 is $3.00, 91 would be 3.10 and 93= 3.20. From 10 gallons you save $2. WOW

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Originally Posted by dflb8

other than the performance issue

Here u go, our cars are not even close to fast (stock) , and loosing some extra ponies make them even slower.
Anyways, u dont have that many miles yet, so i'd switch to premium.

Oct 30, 2008 | 05:16 PM

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thursdaysstrike

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are there places that sell higher then 93 octane?

Last edited by thursdaysstrike; Oct 30, 2008 at 05:20 PM. Reason: B/c

Oct 30, 2008 | 05:23 PM

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MikieTaps

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the airport

Oct 30, 2008 | 11:45 PM

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audiprotein

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Actually not only the airports, i remember a regular gas station by my house was selling 100 octane gas. But in order to achieve more results, u need to have a proper tune. Sll these chip tuning companies have a special file for the high octane gas.

Nov 5, 2008 | 09:15 AM

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Sublime865

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Octane booster? Anyone? Anyone?

Comes in a little orange bottle by STP....

http://www.stp.com/fuel_octane.html

I must say that I would only use Shell V-Power, so I have never used that stuff in my Audi, as V-Power only comes in 93. But I used to use that when I had my Scooby.