[Healeys] Vapor lock gas

[Michael MacLean]

I was happy to get 92 Octane gas for my Harley Davidson back when I bought
it 20 years ago.  A few years later 92 Octane disappeared. We were told it
was very expensive to get that one more point of octane, so they
discontinued it.  If you now where to go, you can get Shell premium (91
octane) for $4.05 per gallon.  Not sure how much longer that price will
last though.
Mike MacLean

On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 5:11 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> "... $2.41 per litre for premium 98 octane petrol ..."
>
> Before us Yankees get all excited, I believe this is per the 'research'
> method. In the 'States we use the average of the research and motor
> methods, and there's generally a 7-8 octane point spread between the two,
> so this would be equivalent to 93-94-octane here.
>
> "... NO ethanol content ..."
>
> Now, THIS gets me excited! I presume NZ doesn't have corn
> mega-agribusiness shoving their product into our cars.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 5/8/2021 4:48 PM, Mark Donaldson wrote:
>
> Gentlemen, to put things into perspective,
>
>
>
> Way down here in New Zealand we are presently paying NZ$2.41 per litre for
> premium 98 octane petrol guaranteed with NO ethanol content from selected
> *Mobil*, and some *BP* and *Caltex* stations around the country.
>
>
>
> At the current USD v NZD exchange rate of 73 cents, that is US$1.76 per
> litre – or $6.66 per *US gallon*.  That is exactly NZ$8.00 per *Imperial
> gallon*.
>
>
>
> I got 27.5 mpg from our tri-carb on a 2,278 mile trip to our National
> Rally in the South island in March. I’m very pleased with that.
>
> The further south we got, the worse the gas got.  It seems to be more
> prevalent in the South Island.
>
> The car LOVES being back home in Auckland.
>
>
>
> In the Auckland region we pay an extra 10 cents plus tax to fund roading
> and transport projects.   At least, that’s where our government tell us
> it’s going.
>
> Frankly, I think a lot of that money is funding the literally hundreds of
> thousands of orange road cones clogging up our roads!
>
>
>
> Mark
>
> Ardmore, NZ
>
>
>
> *From:* WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink at msn.com> <ynotink at msn.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 8 May 2021 6:07 a.m.
> *To:* Bluehealey <bluehealey at gmail.com> <bluehealey at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> <bspidell at comcast.net>; Michael
> Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> <michaelsalter at gmail.com>;
> healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Vapor lock gas
>
>
>
> I feel your pain... But don’t worry, our politicians are busy working on
> ways to close that gap. Unleaded regular is up 60 to 70 cents in the last
> three months. Funny how that works.
>
>
>
> Bill Lawrence
>
>
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