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improving highway mpg S60 R 05 5 sp auto

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Won't switching from Premium to regular unleaded mess up your coils and plugs by fire too soon from the lower compression needed to combust the molecules?

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heyitsmebobbyd wrote:Won't switching from Premium to regular unleaded mess up your coils and plugs by fire too soon from the lower compression needed to combust the molecules?
No.
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Nothing you can do, unless driving slower. Higher altitude means less O2 means the engine will have less power no matter what.

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Dropping from 70 to 60 is huge in my T5

Drafting saves you gas money but it is offset by a big body shop repair shop eventually
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