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Hi. I am new here.. and interested in new civic hatch. I prefer to have a MT. also sport over Lx bc I want some more features. (would be better if ex comes w/ MT.) But I wanna see if regular gas would be OK in terms of reliability of engine. I guess the word recommended could be used differently by each manufacturers. I have 2005 miata now and that recommend premium, and the my local miata specialist said it is OK to use regular. But for civic hatch, they use turbo, so I am worried.
I saw a post with owner's manual pdf file on this forum, and the guy pointed out that
on p.519 (model w/ the label 'Premium Recommended')
Use of a lower octane gasoline can cause occasional metallic knocking noise in the
engine and will result in decreased engine performance.
Use of a gasoline with a pump octane less than 87 can lead to engine damage.
They don't say, they will guarantee using regular.
I watched a lot of Youtube videos, and I found only one channel answered my question
if you watch from 2:57 the guy said regular fuel is normal fuel for the whole lineup from 3:20. The video introduced him as 'Honda Civic Product Planner' from 1:10. I am short in English, but I think he said it is ok to use regular for whole lineup including sport trim. Do you guys think so too? I believe since he works for Honda Civic, his statement could be considered official. I watched something Canadian car review posted in the forum, and the Honda guy in the video avoided to answer the question about the premium fuel. So I am confusing what he was worrying about and why he couldn't say just use regular and use premium when you feel like.
I saw a post with owner's manual pdf file on this forum, and the guy pointed out that
on p.519 (model w/ the label 'Premium Recommended')
Use of a lower octane gasoline can cause occasional metallic knocking noise in the
engine and will result in decreased engine performance.
Use of a gasoline with a pump octane less than 87 can lead to engine damage.
They don't say, they will guarantee using regular.
I watched a lot of Youtube videos, and I found only one channel answered my question
if you watch from 2:57 the guy said regular fuel is normal fuel for the whole lineup from 3:20. The video introduced him as 'Honda Civic Product Planner' from 1:10. I am short in English, but I think he said it is ok to use regular for whole lineup including sport trim. Do you guys think so too? I believe since he works for Honda Civic, his statement could be considered official. I watched something Canadian car review posted in the forum, and the Honda guy in the video avoided to answer the question about the premium fuel. So I am confusing what he was worrying about and why he couldn't say just use regular and use premium when you feel like.
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