NO GAS AVAILABLE!!!, What to do when there is no 93 octane!?! Options

[easternpiro1]

Hey guys, i guess im in an interesting dilemma. many areas in the south east are stricken with a CRAZY gas shortage! long lines, NUMEROUS fuel stations out of gas. all because of speculation and panic.

it struck me the other day while i was contributing my share to the panic when i was getting gas that there was ONLY 87 octane available...

I got teh thinking

1. Im getting my 3s back soon and anything less than 93 octane is a BIG NO NO

2. what the @%&@ am i going to do?

3. will octane booster work?


I got the answer to #3 and i cant say im a big fan of it (VERY bad idea to do). a friend of mine has a audi awd (a4 ithink) tuned to hit 500whp on race gas and around 400ish whp without. he told me about some interesting chemicals rated at about 114 octane that can be found in the paint section of home depot. he also said alot of guys use it when they go to the track and can be mixed with 93 octane (maybe lower) fuel. its name brand is xeylol but the chemical names are xeylene and toulene i couldnt find it when i looked in wikipedia (misspelled?)

but anyway, can you guys offer some suggestions?

[presure2]

like jim said, if its your daily driver, and you have no choice but to drive it, theoreticly, you can put whatever in it, and limp it around town if needed.
if you do STAY OUT OF BOOST.
what i would do, in a worse case scenario, is baby the car around, and prolly retard the timing a couple degrees.
since you have a larger turbo that spools a bit later, that will help with staying out of boost.
no quick throttle stabs or anything either. slowly roll into the throttle, to keep the load on the engine low, and you will be just fine on the cheap gas.