yupp,
what he ^^^ said ...
higher octane means you can compress the fuel more before it self-ignites.
low octane fuel will ignite premature in a high-compression engine (engine-knock) ...
running high-octane (the 100+ kind) in a stock engine is counter-productive.
the only one who will benefit is the sellers bank account.
the fuel will not burn "clean" in a low compression engine, thus you will,
at best, not feel any difference, at worst, your car will run worse than on normal fuel.
on a interesting side note (someone with better understanding please back me up here):
ever since i drove my first air-cooled car ('72 VW bug 1302) i noticed the following ...
the car runs noticeably BETTER when you mix high octane and low octane roughly 50/50,
but you DO NOT get the same "boost" running mid-octane rated fuel.
dunno why that is, but it was true all the years in germany and i get the same with my 914 here in the US.
maybe different additives for the different octane levels that work slightly better when mixed?
i dunno, but it works
Andy