Wilton, That's a test for the post-doc grammar nerds. Andrew (whose skin crawls whenever a yoga teacher tells the class to "lay down" on the mat.) On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Donald, you did, indeed, use effect and affect correctly, and I commend > you. Wanta go for lie/lay or sit/set? ;<))) > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim C" <bb...@crone.us> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 1:50 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The ex-SnookMobile is now in Los Alamos > > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> wrote: > >> Not that I want to start a premium fuel thread (or maybe I do! :) ), but >> do they really require premium? My indy was very upset with me when I told >> him I always put Premium in the E320. He said the car doesn't need it. I >> told him the owner's manual says it needs it, Mercedes says it needs it and >> the fuel filler door says premium only. He says that the car is equipped >> with a knock sensor and is you use 87, the computer will compensate for the >> lower grade and it will run just fine. I know he is correct that the car has >> a knock sensor and probably the computer will compensate, but is that really >> desireable? I mean, if it was designed to run on premium do we really want >> to have the computer compensating and lowering performance? Is it really >> "designed" to run on premium? In other words, is there some detrimental >> effect on the car running 87 all the time and having the performance >> affected? (by the way, I think I just used both effect and affect correctly >> in a sentence - but not sure). >> > > Not sure why he would be upset, it's your money. :) > > My Volvo had a knock sensor, and it was a beater, so I ran some tests. > I found that 87 would give me about 10% lower mileage. I didn't > notice performance degradation, even though I know that it must have > had some. > > This was back when stations had a 20c delta between regular and > premium, and gas was >$2/gal, so I stayed with premium after that. It > was also before ethanol, which would maybe add another 10% or so if > you're at one of the no-ethanol-in-premium places. > > -Tim > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
