What gas do you use?
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Here in Sweden you can choose from 95, 98 and 100(V-power from Shell).
I always choose the highest octane when available. It is better for the engine. When I had bmw 530i I tested 95 one time - big mistake. The engine started to make noises and it didn't run smooth at all. Changed back and all was good again.
I always choose the highest octane when available. It is better for the engine. When I had bmw 530i I tested 95 one time - big mistake. The engine started to make noises and it didn't run smooth at all. Changed back and all was good again.
The car seemed to go faster and the motor did work smoother imo.
In Sweden it is very strict that the gas is as clean as possible and when it says 95 or 98 octain, it is. It is no Ron index.
Our gas costs a lot more than yours. For one liter 95 costs about 15 SEK which is about 2,3 USD.
In Sweden it is very strict that the gas is as clean as possible and when it says 95 or 98 octain, it is. It is no Ron index.
Our gas costs a lot more than yours. For one liter 95 costs about 15 SEK which is about 2,3 USD.
AKI ~= RON * .955
RON 95, 98, 100 ~= AKI 91, 93, 95
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Shell 93
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SUNOCO race fuel GTX 260, which is 98 octane with no E85 and zero oxygen for MOAR power/boost or the 98 plus some 93 octane...
regular driving = Hess 93
Found a place near Riverhead NY that supplies the raceway with the Sunoco race fuels....... my car flies on the 98, loves it
regular driving = Hess 93
Found a place near Riverhead NY that supplies the raceway with the Sunoco race fuels....... my car flies on the 98, loves it
Most of the fuels today are very similar and don't really offer any benefits versus any others. Amoco came out with their clear gas back in the early 90s that had superior detergents which was the last time anybody really had a product that could be deemed superior to all others.
The additives added to each gas at the refinery are proprietary to each retailer, but due to the maturity of gasoline research, most retailers are selling products that are more and more alike every day. In addition to this, and just as significant if not more significant is the adoption of increasingly strict emissions and pollution standards requiring refiners and retailers to add the same or very similar additives to all of their products.
No name gas is always brand name gas that simply doesn't carry a brand name price since the end retailer doesn't have the overhead of paying the major retailer (i.e. ExxonMobil, Chevron, etc) to use their name. I always laugh when people say they won't buy gas from a station that isn't brand name because you're getting the same stuff. The only thing is you don't know what brand name the gas is, but as I already said, all brand name fuels are pretty much the same anyway!
By the way, I used to work for the leading hydrocarbon/petroleum/oil industry advisor in the world (IHS) and on a daily business dealt with every major company in the world from producers to pipelines to refiners to retailers, plus every major oil producing country on the planet, including spending a ton of time in Saudi Arabia advising their leading petroleum organizations. I know more about this stuff than I care to even think about! I just wish we had Saudi gas prices (35 cents US for 95 octane and 38 cents for 98 octane - and that's US octane not European RON!).
The additives added to each gas at the refinery are proprietary to each retailer, but due to the maturity of gasoline research, most retailers are selling products that are more and more alike every day. In addition to this, and just as significant if not more significant is the adoption of increasingly strict emissions and pollution standards requiring refiners and retailers to add the same or very similar additives to all of their products.
No name gas is always brand name gas that simply doesn't carry a brand name price since the end retailer doesn't have the overhead of paying the major retailer (i.e. ExxonMobil, Chevron, etc) to use their name. I always laugh when people say they won't buy gas from a station that isn't brand name because you're getting the same stuff. The only thing is you don't know what brand name the gas is, but as I already said, all brand name fuels are pretty much the same anyway!
By the way, I used to work for the leading hydrocarbon/petroleum/oil industry advisor in the world (IHS) and on a daily business dealt with every major company in the world from producers to pipelines to refiners to retailers, plus every major oil producing country on the planet, including spending a ton of time in Saudi Arabia advising their leading petroleum organizations. I know more about this stuff than I care to even think about! I just wish we had Saudi gas prices (35 cents US for 95 octane and 38 cents for 98 octane - and that's US octane not European RON!).
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I use 93 octane from a retailer in Atlanta called Kwik Trip. Works just fine for me in my Turbo. Agree with Teflon, not much difference in gas these days. They all have to meet the same gov't requirements.
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Most of the fuels today are very similar and don't really offer any benefits versus any others. Amoco came out with their clear gas back in the early 90s that had superior detergents which was the last time anybody really had a product that could be deemed superior to all others.
The additives added to each gas at the refinery are proprietary to each retailer, but due to the maturity of gasoline research, most retailers are selling products that are more and more alike every day. In addition to this, and just as significant if not more significant is the adoption of increasingly strict emissions and pollution standards requiring refiners and retailers to add the same or very similar additives to all of their products.
No name gas is always brand name gas that simply doesn't carry a brand name price since the end retailer doesn't have the overhead of paying the major retailer (i.e. ExxonMobil, Chevron, etc) to use their name. I always laugh when people say they won't buy gas from a station that isn't brand name because you're getting the same stuff. The only thing is you don't know what brand name the gas is, but as I already said, all brand name fuels are pretty much the same anyway!
By the way, I used to work for the leading hydrocarbon/petroleum/oil industry advisor in the world (IHS) and on a daily business dealt with every major company in the world from producers to pipelines to refiners to retailers, plus every major oil producing country on the planet, including spending a ton of time in Saudi Arabia advising their leading petroleum organizations. I know more about this stuff than I care to even think about! I just wish we had Saudi gas prices (35 cents US for 95 octane and 38 cents for 98 octane - and that's US octane not European RON!).
The additives added to each gas at the refinery are proprietary to each retailer, but due to the maturity of gasoline research, most retailers are selling products that are more and more alike every day. In addition to this, and just as significant if not more significant is the adoption of increasingly strict emissions and pollution standards requiring refiners and retailers to add the same or very similar additives to all of their products.
No name gas is always brand name gas that simply doesn't carry a brand name price since the end retailer doesn't have the overhead of paying the major retailer (i.e. ExxonMobil, Chevron, etc) to use their name. I always laugh when people say they won't buy gas from a station that isn't brand name because you're getting the same stuff. The only thing is you don't know what brand name the gas is, but as I already said, all brand name fuels are pretty much the same anyway!
By the way, I used to work for the leading hydrocarbon/petroleum/oil industry advisor in the world (IHS) and on a daily business dealt with every major company in the world from producers to pipelines to refiners to retailers, plus every major oil producing country on the planet, including spending a ton of time in Saudi Arabia advising their leading petroleum organizations. I know more about this stuff than I care to even think about! I just wish we had Saudi gas prices (35 cents US for 95 octane and 38 cents for 98 octane - and that's US octane not European RON!).
Still cheap though!
