Miata Mailing List: October 1992, Message #36
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re:  Gas Quality
   Date: (none)

>From: moore@email.ncsc.navy.mil (Moore)
>Subject: Gas Quality (oops!)
>To: miata@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
>Date: 	Sat, 24 Oct 1992 21:33:13 -0400
>
>Sorry, folk, I'm playing with a new version of Elm and it played a
>trick on me: the bulk of my previous post was, what gasolines meet
>BMW's specs? Or can you point me to an issue of C&D or such that
>listed them? Thanks, and sorry for the duplicate message.
>
(From the backpages of the 1992 Consumer Reports Annual Issue:)
Jan 90 pp 8, Apr 90 pp 211, Feb 91 pp 75, Apr 91 pp 212, Jun 91 pp
423.

Another note on gas: when I bought my Miata in Oct 90, I started out
with 89 Octane. Then around 5000 miles I switched to 87 Octane. I have
pretty much stayed with 87 Octane with no ill effects. Occasionally in
winter I put in 89 Octane. The only restriction is I stick to Mobil,
Exxon or Texaco. I did note in the manual that the minimum octane was
87 and I know that the gas companies are sometimes unreliable on their
octane ratings, but since I have not had any problems in 3 years, I
figure it must be OK!