90 octane is mostly used for American imports in Germany.
They save a few pennies on a tank. I dont remember the
name (super plus extra???) and I have only seen it on Shell
stations in Germany so far. Maybe for the GT-1 street cars
and a few others. 98 octane is good enough for
most cars but there's no lead substitute in anything here
and it hasn't been for a while. Only MTBE but that will be
gone any year.
Thomas
The Belgian Roadster wrote:
> Super Plus here in Belgium and in Germany is 98 Octane!
> 95 Octane is Euro Super!
> Germans have also 90 Octane, they call it Normal Super! Much too poor,
> timing has to be reduce by at least 5B0.
> Here in Belgium we also have 99 and 100 Octane but as Thomas said,
> only on selected petrol stations.
>
> Regards,
> Chris - The Belgian Roadster
>
> -----UrsprC<ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Thomas in Sweden" <csp311@telia.com>
> An: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Gesendet: Samstag, 24. MC$rz 2001 09:45
> Betreff: Re: Crankshaft Woes
>
> > Yes, but it's RON rating. USA use MON wich is about
> > 3 units lower. 95 RON = about 92 MON. There are also
> > different factors to consider but usually about this difference.
> > I dont need anyone to tell me exactly what is different.
> >
> > We have 95, 96 and 98 unleaded and in Germany they have
> > 99 or 100 octane but only on selected petrol stations.
> > It's called super plus.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > Adam Bradley wrote:
> >
> > > 95 is low octane??? In the US, that's better than premium (92
> octane)
> > > and regular is 87 octane (I know it's a bit lower in some high
> > > elevations).
> > >
> > > Adam
> > > '70 1600, Northern California
> > > Gas here is about $1.65 for 87 octane
> > > Just came from Salt Lake City, Utah where it's $1.38 downtown
> > >
> > > --- Thomas in Sweden <csp311@telia.com> wrote:
> > > > Yes. 10.40SEK=$1 today.
> > > > SEK9.58 for one liter of low octane (95)
> > > > if you get a discount.
> > > >
> > > > Thomas
> > > >
> > > > James L Uhl wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > $3.50 a gallon even with the 10SEK=$1 exchange rate right now?
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Thomas in Sweden <csp311@telia.com>
> > > > > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > > <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > > > > Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:31 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: Crankshaft Woes
> > > > >
> > > > > >I would be really happy with gas price of $1.71/gal.
> > > > > >Right now it's from $3.50/gal. in Sweden and it's
> > > > > >about the same or even higher in most parts of
> > > > > >west Europe. 15 years ago it was $2.00/gal.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Thomas
> > > > > >
> > > > > >bob_wilson@agilent.com wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> OK, I goofed on the price of the crank grind job. It wasn't
> > > > $250, it was
> > > > > >> $125. ...senior moment. But this still is higher than what
> > > > others said
> > > > > they
> > > > > >> paid (like $60 or so). I think that everything is more
> expensive
> > > > in the
> > > > > SF
> > > > > >> Bay Area. Gas costs $1.71/gal for 87 octane if you go to
> the
> > > > cheapest
> > > > > place.
> > > > > >> I hear that it is near $1.00 in other parts of the US
> (Alabama I
> > > > think is
> > > > > >> much cheaper). Guess we pay a price for the nice weather.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Bob Wilson
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