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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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Kinda sounds like an old "war story" to me.
 
Old Aug 3, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by IMG2
High octane rating and an Imperial gallon help explain why you pay $7.00 a gallon for gas.
Actually, it's mostly just tax. But what we get is delicious petrol!
 
Old Aug 3, 2011 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DaddyKnuck
Euros measure octane using the RON scale. US uses AKI. 98 RON is roughly 93 AKI. 95 RON is similar to American mid-grade.
Yes correct which is why I'd mentioned 95 Ron being our 'standard' with 97-99 being the high end and very expensive stuff (yes I know its all expensive compared to what USA members pay).

However the op that I was responding to mentioned 89 (on the aki scale) which is below the level of our 95 Ron and hence a reason for possible pinging

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
 
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