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Originally Posted by yelpir
With you on this, I use 91 but like you I accelerate briskly and the auto changes nicely and no huge effect on petrol consumption compared to when I used to nurse it. Then, the car sometimes felt slow and sluggish.
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Despite what Ford AU and NZ would have us believe, the minimum octane rating for the 2.3 engine is 95. My car has a sticker inside the filler flap that says this, and I was also told by my dealer to run it on 95.
Petrol in NZ is made to just meet the minimum octane etc. standards, so 91 really is 91 and my car ran like a dog on the full tank supplied by the dealer.
Gull sell an E10 98 octane petrol in NZ. It's only a few cents more than 95, and my car goes really well on it.