StewC625

Reading and searching on the RX-8 club my man! You can do it too!

kersh4w

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but you live in russia. where its much colder during the winter. from what i gather, during warmer weather, lower octane is acceptable. because of the expansion of the fuel?

StewC625

I'm guessing that the Octane formula used in Russia is a bit different than the one we use here in the USA which is the average of the Motor and Research octane numbers. What the hell that means, is beyond me, but the Motor number is lower, and the Research is higher - this came out of the "octane wars" in the 1960s - the fed govt had to put some sort of "packaging standard" in place in order to give consumers an "apples to apples" comparison number to work from.

My guess is that in Russia they don't have a standard, therefore, the Octane number is whatever the hell they want to say it is.

Duke15

If your wife drives (i.e. " bounces off of things") like mine, than that would be my biggest worry...

If she isn't good at checking the oil, you might want to make a habit out of doing it on the weekends.