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Date:         Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:49:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject:      Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
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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

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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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