Greg ~ I'll have to get some of that, just to have along when we're traveling. Fortunately, here in WI we still have quite a few stations that have ethanol-free fuel. You just have to know where to g
According to the fuel-testers.com site, California requires a label on the pump for ethanol presence. I stopped by my nearest gas station which recently converted from a USA station to a Shell statio
In Nebraska, ethanol, is required to be labeled, most stations have regular, a 87 octane, midgrade at 89, and premium at 91 or 92. The midgrade (called different names at different vendors, often "pl
Have always heard the 'midrange' fuel is the low- and high-test blended (that's why it is usually 89-octane and the low is 87 and premium is 91). If the midrange is the only one labeled as containing
In the Netherlands there are only 2 or 3 refineries. ALL brands big and small get their fuel from these. It even goes as far as trucks from Shell, Esso, Texaco, BP etc supplying other brands or each
With regard to performance, Len, you should have also mentioned that you received the award for best (smoothest) idle of all the Big Healeys at the 2010 Rendezvous in Eugene, OR. Not too shabby now t
Thanks, Bill. I forgot about that. Senior Moment combined with Short Term Memory Loss. Although the matter of performance always comes up when people try to justify the use of premium gasoline in the
My Mustang will run on anything from 87-octane on up. The specs say I get 10ft-lbs more torque in the midrange if I run 91-octane or higher. It's pretty subjective--you'd have to put it on a dyno to
I doubt if anyone is testing the octane rating any more and with the computers controlling everything on a car nowdays it may not be necessary if the rating is off a point or two. That being said, In
What is "top tier" fuel? Never heard of it in EU. Kees Oudesluijs [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of coudesluijs.vcf] _______________________________________
What is "top tier" fuel? Never heard of it in EU. Kees Oudesluijs [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of coudesluijs.vcf] _______________________________________
It's a) a legitimate effort to qualify fuel, b) marketing BS, c) both. I think it's all three. Bob -- ** Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net ** ____________________________________________
It is probably similar to e.g. BP excellium or whatever fancy names are given. The claims made are totally unproven and cannot be established. Many have often tried to research scientifically it but
Did you read your link? Top tier is not an effort by the oil companies to make themselves look good, but rather an effort by the car companies to make sure they cars can and will stay in compliance
Did you read my message? "http://www.toptiergas.com/ It's a) a legitimate effort to qualify fuel, b) marketing BS, c) both. I think it's all three. " Where did I say "an effort by the oil companies