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Old 10-25-2006, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='348510' date='Oct 25 2006, 12:21 AM
How much in Germany ?
Here Shell V Power 100 Octane is expensive (?1.45/lt) ... I have used it for six month on both cars (MCS and 545i), but now I prefer the 98 for ?1.25/lt .
Same price. About 1.45? per litre.
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Here in Taiwan we have 92. 95, and 98. I heard Japan has 100! When I used to lived in Hawaii, there was a gas station which sells 100 octane racing fuel as well.
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Originally Posted by Bubbarossa' post='348500' date='Oct 24 2006, 10:55 PM
Higher octane=faster car
Minus catalytic converter=faster car
autobahn=any speed i want

me=moving to europe!!!
Fuel = $8/gallon
You= changing your mind



(BTW - cats are compulsory everywhere in Western Europe; in CEE there's - I think - still some choice, but there's few decent roads on which to exploit the choice)
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='348722' date='Oct 25 2006, 05:38 PM
Fuel = $8/gallon
You= changing your mind

Old 10-25-2006, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='348722' date='Oct 25 2006, 07:38 AM
Fuel = $8/gallon
You= changing your mind



(BTW - cats are compulsory everywhere in Western Europe; in CEE there's - I think - still some choice, but there's few decent roads on which to exploit the choice)
heh heh, sounds like it. :'(
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93 is tops here in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia. I use Chevron 93 for the techron additive.
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='348538' date='Oct 24 2006, 07:46 PM
ImolaRedM and noonehome are right. US gas often gets a bad press because people focus on the number and misunderstand the scale that is used. The US uses a different measurement and you need to add 4 or 5 to the US rating to get an apples to apples comparison with other (i.e most) countries or regions that use RON as the basis for measurement. 91 to 92 gas here might be sold as 95 to 97 elsewhere.
Correct. Our "93" = Europe "98".
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='348520' date='Oct 25 2006, 12:45 AM
$5 /gallon ... ?1/lt ... Like in Switzerland .

But .. When I am on mountain I often go to a country 30 km far (the road is very funny because that country is at 1800 mt of altitude), near to switxerland border, where the gas costs ?0.85/lt for taxes advantages (for ex. there isn't VAT) and it is a big pleasure fill in : 40 liters, ?35 .
How much the gas in UK, sos ?

Livigno or Samnaun, both taxfree, know it from summer holiday
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Originally Posted by sese' post='348662' date='Oct 25 2006, 11:36 AM
Same price. About 1.45? per litre.
1.34?/L today in Frankfurt.
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In NJ sunoco has 94 octane, so thats about 100 european. All other gas stations have 89-91-93. So if you can get 100 here its like 105-106 european.


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