I'm supposed nobody has raised the red flag on this one!

Most of you guys are making it sound like 87 octane is totally acceptable in this engine, when in fact it is not! The car REQUIRES premium fuel only, that's not a recommendation or an opinion. You might get by on 87 for a while, but it certainly isn't good for an engine made only to run on premium.

You can't fault women though, they just don't understand this stuff, but I'd have her put some octane booster in it asap.