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Old 11-14-2008, 02:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RH77 View Post
Or is there option "E"?
Don't know what your choices are there, but here in South Dakota, we typically have three choices at the pump.
  1. 87 octane "May contain up to 10% Ethanol" Currently $2.18 per gal.
  2. 85 octane Regular Unleaded. Currently $2.28 per gal.
    About 10 cents more than 10% Ethanol.
    Must still contain some Ethanol, because ethanol replaced MTB.
  3. 89 octane Premium Unleaded. Currently $?.?? per gal. (will check tonight)
    About 20 cents more than Regular Unleaded.
    Also must still contain some Ethanol, since ethanol replaced MTB.
With gas prices low, my % drop in FE with 87 octane is less than the % price difference from Regular Unleaded. I've never tried timing adjustments based on the octane difference between the two.
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