Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:49:22 -0400
Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
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From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject: Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
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You'll never recover the $.20 to $.30/gallon more you will spend on premium
gas alone in improved mileage. Your mileage would have to go from 18 mpg
to 22 mpg to justify the price of premium gas. There may be some long
term advantages in terms of engine health, but that is pure speculation.
The Digijet FI system certainly won't know the difference.
Jay
Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
10/03/2002 10:27:17 AM
Please respond to Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
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Subject: Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
I dare not post anything w/o first doing an archive search :-)))
I did find that Joel Walker posted on this topic back on 17 Sep 94! (
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-
bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9409&L=vanagon&P=R17458 )
I then did a google.com search related to this topic as I was trying to
find backing for what my mechanic tells me: Premium gas is 'better' in
that one can go farther on a tank of premium than on a tank of regular
and that one should be looking at costs per kilometre/mile rather than
cost/litre (gallon). He also suggests that since premium burns more
slowly (I'll assume that this is correct) that there is more of 'push' on
the piston and less of a 'slap' therefore being easier on the engine.
So what did I find on Google? Nothing. I tried AAA and CAA too:
nothing. Can anyone speak to this issue? Malcolm
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