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My wife's Forester, (going the way of the Dodo bird in the next few
weeks in favor of something else, most likely a Lexus 4wd hybrid), is
positively dangerous when fueled with the cheap stuff. It will run on
it, but when you merge onto the freeway you mash down the accelerator
and then make an appointment for something to happen. Whenever I accuse
her of "buying that cheap gas again" when her car won't accelerate she
sheepishly admits that she has done so. When I put in the higher octane
the computer allows her car to run properly, and acceleration is even
then only sufficient to be considered safe.

I could probably save a dime or even 15-cents a gallon if I were
content for my V-40 to run like an overloaded 1967 VW bus, but in that
case I could just drive an inadequately powered car and save even more.
:-)

Guess she doesn't have the turbo.
Has she looked at the re-designed Toyota Rav4 with the V6 engine?