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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 05:34 AM
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87 octane pure gas or 93 octane with ethanol? Does anyone sell 93 pure gas?

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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 06:06 AM
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You guys sure make a BIG deal out of REAL GAS. We've had 10% Ethenol here for years-no issues.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 07:48 AM
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All fuel up here for years has had 10% ethanol no matter what grade you buy. Everyone stop worrying about it.
I'm more worried about the 1.38 a litre I'm paying!!!
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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You should try to FILL UP your tank over in England or Norway!!!!

I was just in Norway. A friggen medium two topping pizza was $36.00

On the other side of the scale look at fuel prices in the middle east!

Price in USD/gal


Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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Taxes are the reasons the Europeans pay more for fuel. It is their own doing. The pizza, is a completely different matter. Put 93 in the car, it is designed for it. The 10% ethanol sucks for fuel economy but I would still take 93 over 87.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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Time to move to Venezuela!
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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89 cent a gallon here where I am deployed to.
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We are lucky enough here to have two stations with ethanol free premium gas. It is a few pennies more but when I put any other fuel in the '98 within a few miles I get the fuel gage issue and it shows I am on reserve fuel. I have run Techron with the ethanol and that helps some but for my money I still use 93 without ethanol. No issues and miles per gallon improved 2-3. Good Luck .
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We are lucky enough here to have two stations with ethanol free premium gas. It is a few pennies more but when I put any other fuel in the '98 within a few miles I get the fuel gage issue and it shows I am on reserve fuel. I have run Techron with the ethanol and that helps some but for my money I still use 93 without ethanol. No issues and miles per gallon improved 2-3. Good Luck .
Ok thanks!
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Some Southern States places that sell gas don't have ethanol.
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