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On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 00:01, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Chris wrote: > > I've got one question regarding gas: would it be better for my > >car to alternate between 89 and 91 octane when I fill up (to try and keep > >it around 90), or would 91 be even better? > > This will certainly open a big can of worms with very different responses. I > myself prefer to run the best gas I can get, usually 92 or 93 octane, but then > I've also burned 2 engines up on 87 to 89 octane and that made me skittish. I > feel its a little of that I can pay more now or I can pay alot more later. It > just seems like the engine really seems to like the higher (but todays poorer > quality) gas. Just my 2 cents worth, now for the others... > > Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof > 69 Squareback-AT - the baby suburban > 71 Squareback- undecided, but about to become something : ) > And I run 89.5 octane ethynol in mine on a daily basis. No ping, rattles, or knocks. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org