2002-01-20 Hmm. Interesting! Sunoco in our area has more grades then just three. They also have an 85 octane gas. They call it economy. I can't imagine any vehicle running on it. Unless it is meant for lawn mowers and such or old clunkers from the "old" days still in use in the bad neighbourhoods.
I think Cleveland is only 60 m above sea level. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-01-20 11:51 Subject: [USMA:17493] Re: Petrol/gasoline costs > At 09:06 PM 1/19/2002 -0500, kilopascal wrote: > >It seems so-far the prices betwen Germany and France are very close. The > >funny thing is the octane numbers are different. In the US, the octanes 87, > >89 and 92 and these correspond to regular, plus and super. > > What octane correspond to regular, plus and super varies depending on where > you are in the country. I see the numbers John lists in New York. However, > here in Utah, 85, 87 and 91 are pretty standard. Probably related to higher > altitudes (Salt Lake is at about 1500 meters above sea level). > > Jim Elwell >
