Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:39:32 -0600 From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> Subject: Re: 99 9-3 Gasoline
You should be able to find the answer in your owners manual. Mine says that you can use unleaded gasoline with an octane rating of 87 or higher. Octane numbers should be posted on the fuel pump. 87 octane is typically regular grade, 89 or 90 is mid-grade and 92 - 93 is premium. Keep in mind that acceleration performance may go down with the lower octane, and your miles-per-gallon will probably change also. Walt Kienzle 1991 9000T "RB" <raybonnopsamsouth.net> wrote in message news:egQy4.569$pg1.1515nopsam2.mco... > I have a 99 9-3 SE and have always been told that I needed to run Super > Unleaded due to the Turbo. In light of rising gas prices in the US is this > really true? I'm no mechanic so please respond as "layman" as possible. > > Thanks!, > RB > >