[skelly3030]

Hello, forum. I'm new here, but have been driving and loving my 2014 FR-S (automatic transmission) for the past 3 years. I've never put less than 93 octane gas in it before, and I understand that using 87 octane gas is wasteful, stupid, and really just a bad idea all around. I've read those threads, so we can skip that part.

However, thanks to Hurricane Harvey, there is now a severe gas shortage all over Texas. Starting 8/30, more than half of the gas stations here in Austin were out of gas entirely. I had about a quarter tank of 93 octane and this morning I waited in line an hour at one of the only stations with gas to get 5 gallons of 87 octane fuel in my car (this was the only fuel available.)

I'm no mechanic, but my basic understanding is that the car's computer will notice the lower octane gas and make some adjustments to both lower the power and up the fuel consumption in an attempt to keep the engine from damaging itself. For once I'm getting an advantage out of having the automatic, as it can basically force you to drive gently/efficiently as long as you keep your pedal off the floor.

However, I'm really not sure how long it'll be before I can put 93 octane gas in my car. Any advice about what I should do until the gas crisis is resolved? Should I avoid driving altogether and try to Uber everywhere, or do you think I'll be okay assuming this doesn't go on for weeks/months? I'd really, really like to avoid shelling out thousands of dollars in repairs thanks to a situation totally out of my control.

Thanks in advance, everyone. Looks like you've got a great forum here.