I had the first ever ford laser a rebadged Mazda 323 had that for over 20 years couldn't even use it as a trade in . Bought a sigma made in the same year . That just about put me off Mitsubishi for life lol . That drank petrol like you wouldn't believe. And it stalled going up a hill in an...

Lancer1993 I'm one who hangs onto a car for a long time . If I buy it from new lol . Normally I drive my 20 minutes to work a bit longer home . I have driven a couple of times to Halls Gap from Adelaide. Won't be doing any long drives . Now when I fill up I go by what I used to put in my c...

I'm not that bright I'm just driving around Adelaide Itsagrantos .

Does raise the question why newer cars come with a sticker saying only use unleaded .
Is this a thing done by dealers to get more work out of owners !?

Seems to be fixed now
Cheers

Ok so I let the tank get to almost empty added the injector cleaner and used premium fuel .
Might be my imagination feels a bit more powerful when I was doing 80 by the Airport legally doing 80 lol

Good to know and I may test that to see if the better mileage is offset by the higher cost, guess youll need a couple of tanks to flush out the regular ULP. Looking at current prices youll need an increase of more than 10% in fuel economy to justify the increased costs of 98 over ULP. Will there be...

mine still wont funny i can read it and when i go to post its just a blank

once again thank you everyone

Just thought Id tell the Admins . My Iphone is having issues posting in this forum . Was ok on the weekend . Now when i post nothing happens .

Well as a tuner I can tell you the normally aspirated Lancers are setup for 98 octane premium fuel. They are a high compression motor and the spark maps reflect that. Run them on 95 or 92 and they will ping and start pulling spark ie they will start to interpolate towards the low octane spark maps ...

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Thank you Speedie and everyone who has answered my question

Interesting thought perhaps ive never considered my lancer a sports car and the insurance company does

my phone is having issues posting on this forum .
Hypothetical question
Dealer gives you a bottle of injector cleaner can i still use it if im using premium fuel

Yeah before everyone says public transport .
My guess it would two buses and maybe a couple of hours to get to my work .Biggest issue with PT is i start at 6.30 am and no way could i get two buses from Richmond to Hendon in time lol