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pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Grognard on 16 Sep 2013, 08:20 ---Here on the US East coast, we have 87 Octane, 89 Octane and 93 Octane. Different vendors have slightly different mixes for their 89 and 93 octanes, so we get GOLD and SILVER and SUPER...
And then there is Taxed (Road) Diesel, and untaxed offroad (Farm) Diesel.
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In the UK all modern petrol cars run on 95 octane (RON) unleaded fuel; it is hard/expensive to get other fuels for classic cars that require them. (Note that RON figures are about 5 higher than MON figures, which I presume those US ratings use.)
Before the introduction of unleaded petrol, we had four grades: ** = 92 RON, *** = 95 RON, **** = 98 RON, and less commonly ***** = 101 RON (also * = 89 RON, but not for road vehicles). In those days it mattered to use the appropriate fuel, at least one of high-enough octane. Now all cars will run on the standard unleaded fuel, but the petrol companies all sell 98 RON "premium" fuel at a higher cost to those who want to pay more for no advantage (and some sell 100 or 101 RON for even more). In fact, they even sell two grades of diesel, simply to get people to pay more.
We also have farm diesel, which has a red dye in it to enable illegal on-road usage to be detected.
Redball:
The only place I don't pump my own gasoline is in New Jersey. But I can't call that full-serve because that's all that's done when I pull up to the pump. No windshield wash, no oil or tire pressure check, as in the "old days" before self-serve.
Thrillho:
Hodgy, genuine question, why do you know so much about basically everything? Is it actually because of life experience, or are you just a walking, breathing, fountain of knowledge?
Welu:
I think he's a Mimir.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 16 Sep 2013, 13:52 ---Hodgy, genuine question, why do you know so much about basically everything? Is it actually because of life experience, or are you just a walking, breathing, fountain of knowledge?
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Both, of course. Plus extreme search skills which enable me to produce the answer to things I knew nothing about fast enough to fool you. :wink:
When I quote dictionary entries, of course, I've looked them up. I have the OED (two versions), Chambers and Merriam-Webster all to hand on my iPhone.
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