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Originally Posted by rick35
We bought a Chevy Equinox with the 2L turbo last year. It is a peppy car and we liked the performance during the test drive. It was great until we got it home and when reading the manual discovered it ran on 93 octane gas. It gets good gas mileage but the cost per mile isn't that much better than my Silverado which runs fine on 87 octane. It's my fault for not knowing this before but it should probably have been mentioned by the salesperson. I've heard other turbos need high test too so it's something to consider.
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The need for high octane was one of the reasons I chose an NA engine in my one full-sized pickup, though I believe many of the new T/SC vehicles with direct injection run fine on regular.
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