why in the hell would anybody complain about someone designing an engine that gives you all the power, efficiency, and reliablity you'd ever want or need, and have it run on 87 octane? that's a tribute to honda's engineering. if you go look at nissan, toyota, and a bunch of other V6's out there, most of them that put out any kind of power have to run premium...that's one of the main draws to the accord's V6. you get all that power, etc. and dont have to spend extra money on higher gas prices for no reason. gasoline is high enough as it is, why would you wanna pay more? and that overseas gas being better than US gas because it's $4 a gallon has nothing to do with quality. all gas is pretty much refined the same way. the main causes to price are the markets their in, taxes, fees associated with production, and the price of crude (that's the biggest one) all gasoline begins as sweet or sour crude, so it's all the same crap. if an engine here can put out 240hp, on regular pump gas but overseas it has to run on their 94 octane, that's not a knock on the engine at all. that's attributed to different emissions laws, and the way the engines have to be tuned accordingly. i just feel sorry for the people that have to pay for 94 octane. and for you guys thinking u're doin somethin by using 94 octane, you're not. honda recommends 87 for a reason. they designed the engine to run on 87, so by using 94 you're not helping it at all, and could possibly confuse the sensors and other minor things in the engine. and there's no performance bump for using 94, all it does is give you some way to feel good about yourself because you pay more money for gas haha. the best gas to use if not 87 is mid grade 89... if you're putting 94 into a car that doesn't call for it, you're basically just paying extra so you can say you put 94 in your car. 89 may give you a slight performance advantage, and be better for the engine than 87, but it's still close enough to 87 to work fine with the engine. and i dont mean to burst anyone else's bubbles in here...but i know some people are real picky about what gas station they use... citgo, chevron, conoco, exxon, shell, whatever...it's actually all the same gas lol i work at a citgo refinery, and even tho you may go to a conoco or shell station out here, it's more than likely citgo, or some mix with it. same thing at a citgo station, it may be exxon gas. all those companies get gas from each other. once it's in a pipeline, there's no way to tell where that gas came from. it all gets mixed together. especially an any cities with multiple refineries. chevron sometimes will buy gas from citgo or conoco then just add their techron and stuff and up the price one you, but it's all coming from the same place. so you might as well just buy gas where ever it's the cheapest, and use what your car is designed for. otherwise you're just wasting money so you can have the satisfaction of knowing you paid more than you had to haha