Dr No
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There are proprietary additives in different gasolines, Anthony . . .
. . . and the common conception about Arco might be due to it's being refined from mostly lower grade Alaskan crude. I've noticed differences in response, too, when I was driving a relatively high performance VW GTI, but now that I'm driving a Honda Civic, I've never noticed a significant difference between brands. I still prefer to buy branded gas rather than from independents due to a few bad experiences with sediment contamination, though . . . it's cheap insurance to pay a few pennies more per gallon than to have to replace a fuel filter . . . regards, Art
Cheap Gas vs. Expensive Gas
I'm sitting in my car now waiting to meet someone for lunch, and I was thinking about the different brands of gas you can fill your car up with. Over in California here, you have many choices of gas stations to pick from: Arco, 76, Shell, Chevron, Exxon/M...
Have you tried Costco gas?
Arco is know to car enthusiasts as really bad grade of gasoline. I recall that in the past the Porsche forum guys had a technical post about the different gas available in Southern California. Costco if there is one close by is inexpensive and good gasoli...
OUCH ...
... A PUNCH UNDER THE BELT ...... LOL, .... SO YOU SAY HE DRIVES A DAF VARIOMATIC ? Cheers, Filip...
I'm not much of a car guy to understand Don's punch under the belt :P
I don't even know what a Daf Variomatic is :P Cheers, Anthony
Thinking of buying one ....
and selling a few other cars ... then maybe i'll have some money left for a FF ... LOL filip
I've tried the various brands with the exception of Arco
and found that I pretty much get the same mileage no matter which I use. As for the performance, I purposely used the various brands to see if there would be any change in performance but I didn't notice any. I need to use the premium, higher octane. But ...
Knock sensor
If your car has a knock sensor, it will compensate for the lower octane rating by modifying the ignition curve - basically retarding the ignition a little. This may account for the worse consumption (as well as the lack of 'zing' that Anthony notes)