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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: UNLEADED GAS - THE STRAIGHT SCOOP
Message-ID: <1094@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 13:13:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  9 13:13:37 1985
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In article <293@rduxb.UUCP> williams@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS) writes:

>	The way I figure it, if it's some classic car you're worried
>about, it probably doesn't get driven enough to matter. Otherwise,
>who cares what happens to some old beater with a couple of hundred
>thousand miles in it :-)

There are some of us that enjoy driving older cars requiring leaded
gas daily.  People drive restored 1956 Beetles, 1968 Karmann Ghias,
1965 Porsche 911's, ...  These are neither beaters not classics that
just sit in the garage.

>	Personally, I'd rather run the high-test unleaded in my fresh
>'69 Camaro 350 4-bbl. to prevent the destructive detonation from 
>occurring, than a lower-octane leaded. That way my $2000 worth of
>machine shop work and new parts won't self destruct before I dump
>another couple of $K into the body :-)

I hope you realize that the (expensive) premium unleaded is often of
no higher rating than regular leaded.


				   \tom haapanen
				   watmath!watdcsu!haapanen
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