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High octane gas will not hurt your Subaru's motor but will offer little to no advantage over the regular grade gas that the manufacturure recommends.

High octane fuels resist detonation better then regular octane fuel, this is required in high performance high compression engines like the Suburu STI turbo motor, your car has the regular compression non-turbo motor so save your money and just get the regular grades. Detonation- When the fuel ignites and explodes before the spark plug fires, causes knocking sounds and can hurt the motor. Compression- the squeeze force in the combustion chamber, the higher the compression the greater the heat and the higher the risk that the fuel will detonate unless a higher octane fuel is used. Diesel engines use high compression alone to ignite the fuel mixture hence they have no need for spark plugs but require diesel fuel rather than gasoline.

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