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Old 09-26-2008, 05:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ptsmith24 View Post
Do you have any actual proof of this (besides commercials) somewhere or what? I really am curious...
Before I thought there was no difference as well. However, when I first tore down my tacoma due to bad mileage after I bought it, it was all gunked up. The guy I bought it from freely admitted he bought the cheapest gas he could find. Since cleaning it up (and tearing it down again to check it out ~30k miles later) I found virtually no build up anywhere, and I have only used the brands mentioned above. So at least in my experience, the 50 cents or less extra per fill up is worth it.

This is a good read with far more technical information than I am qualified to provide.

http://vettenet.org/octane.html
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