Regular or Premium
 

Alright this seems to be a girly question but for some odd reason some guys are unable to give me a proper response without the bull****.
Gas.....Regular or Premium?
My manual says unleaded gas but nothing about regular or premium or 89 or 92 etc. etc. It just says unleaded. I notice all the older Hondas that have some type of performance on them usually have premium unleaded but for my V6 it just says unleaded. Since I am too lazy to look online for the answer I decide to place this task on all those Honda accord enthusiast on this site the challenge:D

RE: Regular or Premium
 

When Hondas or Acuras require premium they say premium unleaded. Since the manual on your accord says unleaded it means regular unleaded. So basically if you put premium it would just be a waste of money.

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If you knew the compression of your engine that would ultimately decide regular or premium, if you have a higher compression engine you would want a higher grade gas in your car because high compression engines need higher octane gas to prevent premature detination

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Well wouldnt the compression be higher since it a V6. I havent check the spec on my car completely but thats seems to be the reason why all the former Hondas used premium gas since its a performace car. I wouldnt see why the former cars would use premium gas and mine would only use unleaded unless they did change something to the engine.

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honestly dont know, i think your accord only has 200hp..... that tells me that it probably has lower then a 10:1 compression, like h22 engines, those stock have a 10.3:1 compression in most cases, so its usually best to run higher then the 85 octane in it but compression is based on how the piston and head is designed more then the number of cylinders

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Kay i went to look it up and my car has 244 hp with a 10.0:1 compression ratio

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*blinks* really? 244hp? what year and model? and it will most likely run a little smoother when you use 92octane vs 85..... my brother is totally obivous on why his car runs smoother with a higher octane...

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2006 honda accord V6 manual :D

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oooooooooh......... thats cheating! ^_^ but that also explains why its 244hp lol very sexy car ^_^ but yeah, 89 or 92 octane is what you want to run, yeah it may cost more, but it will be in its "happy zone" because of it

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hahaha I never knew that was cheating. lol. Yeah so thats why I was wondering the whole regular or premium deal. Although I have been putting 92 into the tank, I was just curious why it just say unleaded in the owners manual although premium would be good for it. :)