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
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