Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!osmigo From: osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (osmigo) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Good gas? Message-ID: <1962@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 16:19:32 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1962 Posted: Wed Jul 3 16:19:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:59:37 EDT References: <1300009@prism.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 20 It's hard to say that one gas is better than another one. Their effect on performance varies a great deal, even between two identical cars coming off the assembly line next to each other. Gas companies and refineries put in various additives in their gasolines, to discourage condensation, internal rust, and so forth. It's even possible to get bum gas by filling up your tank right after the gas station has refilled its storage tanks, and the slop on the bottom is still stirred up. Trial and error is the only way, if you're keen enough to detect any difference at all. Just stay with the major brands, like Exxon, Gulf, Shell, etc. The above information is derived from a book entitled, "Drive it Forever." I forget the author, but he is a former president of the SAE (Society of Auto- motive Engineers). If you are serious about getting your buck's worth out of a car, this book is a MUST read. ...Ron Morgan ut-ngp :wq :q! *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***