Sure. You can get away with using Plus...or even Regular. And...you'll save at the pump doing so.

In fact, you'll save a lot of money...that is until you destroy the engine due to the increased knock/detonation and significantly higher internal operating temperatures caused by that lower-rated fuel. At which point you will spend even MORE money on overhauling that engine several years before you'd otherwise have needed to.

I've not had to do an overhaul in quite some time. But, my guess is that an O/H on one of our engines will run somewhere in the $4000+ range...assuming it is done properly, of course.

We won't even mention all of the additional damage to the engine and transmission which was incurred because you were at (or well above) speed on the motorway when it all packed up, locked up, and took a powder.

Gee. Saving a dollar or three at the pump suddenly doesn't seem quite so much the bargain now, does it?

Nice cars are like pets: If you can't afford to feed them, then perhaps you shouldn't have taken one home in the first place. If you just want to destroy something...focus on the neighbours kids instead. They're undoubtedly more deserving.

...sT