OT: Oil companies

[matt at safearmy.com (matt)]

 I'm not sure what you are asking but in the United States octane is measured differently. 91 ron is  equal to 87 octane in the U.S. So in the states the  minimum recommended octane is 87

>  Matt Wieder
>  1981 mars red
>  1984 wolfsburg
>  1987 8v auto
>  1983 Audi CGT
>  Louisville, KY
>  
>  
>  >  -------Original Message-------
>  >  From: Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>
>  >  Subject: Re: OT: Oil companies
>  >  Sent: 29 Jul '06 00:09
>  >  
>  >     I thought the recommended minimum was 91 RON?
>  >  
>  >  Jean-Claude
>  >  84 8v (87 octane? Bleeh!)
>  >  
>  >  Craig Steiner a ?crit :
>  >  > I've run just about every grade/brand of gas in my '88 16V and the only
>  >  > thing I ever noticed was the mileage I got.  No noises, acceleration
>  >  > problems etc.  I actually tested this out about 2 years ago and I could
>  >  > get 360 miles on a tank of 93 octane Shell gasoline during highway
>  >  > driving.  87 octane BP was the worst at 270 miles.  BP was also the
>  >  > worst of the Premium gasolines.  310 miles if I remember correctly.  
>  >  > Shell was the best for city driving too, averaging about 330 miles per
>  >  > tank.  Now, my tests weren't exactly scientific. I'd try to fill up at
>  >  > the same indicator level every time and would, on average, take about
>  >  > 10.5 gallons, give or take about .3.  I think I sampled the different
>  >  > stations enough that most errors probably averaged themselves out.
>  >  >
>  >  > Craig
>  >  > '88 Alpine White 16V
>  >  
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