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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
Not really. But keep on digging. Colorado has similarly low octane fuels.
Yep, that's us - poor, destitute, poverty-stricken Colorado!

I've had a running argument with one friend for years over octane. He constantly puts "mid grade" into his tank and I constantly remind him that he could just as easily throw the 10 cents a gallon down the drain - it doesn't do anything for his "performance." It apparently does something for his ego.

New cars are so thoroughly computer controlled that you could probably use 84 or 83 octane gas and STILL not get knocking.
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