# 2019 Honda Insight - How do I avoid MMT?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-honda-insight-how-do-i-avoid-mmt/146627>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** honda\
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-honda-insight-how-do-i-avoid-mmt/146627 "2019-08-13T15:26:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![TomWebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@TomWebb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TomWebb)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-honda-insight-how-do-i-avoid-mmt/146627/1 "2019-08-13T15:26:29Z")

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The owner’s manual for my new car says not to use fuel containing MMT. What brands of gasoline should I avoid? (I know what MMT is.) I ran my previous car for 10 years on Shell regular (87 octane) with no problems.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-honda-insight-how-do-i-avoid-mmt/146627/2 "2019-08-13T15:41:10Z")

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Pretty much a non issue in the US .

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**Author:** ![TomWebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@TomWebb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TomWebb)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-honda-insight-how-do-i-avoid-mmt/146627/3 "2019-08-13T15:54:52Z")

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Thank you, VOLVO V70. I tried to check on-line, but most of the information I saw was rather old.

TW