| Premium vs Regular Gas
Now I'm sure no one on this board would ever consider putting regular or mid-grade gasoline in their M-B. Or at least they wouldn't admit it on here ;) Having a brand-new model, I wouldn't have considered it. Until now, that is. Don't need to save the money, don't drive much frankly. But still I wonder--is premium fuel just a waste for most of us?
Here's a quote from today's article in WP on this topic (link at end)
"It's not going to hurt anything," said Peter Gregori, service manager for EuroMotorcars, a Mercedes-Benz dealer in Bethesda. In fact, Gregori has been using regular gas in one of his own Mercedes cars for two years, and "it's perfect," he said -- even though Mercedes-Benz says owners should use only premium.
"I get better mileage with the regular than I do with the high-test, in this particular model that I have," Gregori said. Among cars that come in for service, Gregori said, he can't tell which have been sipping premium.
Apparently, drivers are figuring this out.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/05/AR2005080501595.html
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