Re: A question on fuel grades or octane

[Jorel <jorel140@yahoo.com>]

--- Casey Webster <tinfool@home.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have always used premium fuel in my Scirocco
> > thinking this was a better way to go. I just
> bought a
> > brand new car (which will not supplant the
> scirocco)
> > with an owners manual that reccomends against the
> > premium brand fuels, and says the 87 octane fuel
> is
> > best. Maybe so for a 2000 Neon, but what about a
> > Scirocco? Have I been wrong to use the 91 octane
> fuel?
> 
> Maybe this is one more of the car companies ploys to
> make the car last a
> shorter life.  I am in school for automotive design,
> and one thing I have
> learned is that the technology is there to make a
> car that lasts over 50
> years easily.  Car companies refuse to produce such
> a vehicle because then
> who would they sell cars to once everyone has a car
> that lasts them forever.
> 
> Not sure to answer your question about octane, but
> from what I know, the
> octane rating just means resistance to knocking
> 
> Casey
> 84 Black Roc

An interesting point about car companies. The 91
octane has served well and I even get better gas
mileage from it. It just kind of threw me for a loop
when I read that. I wanted to see what others thought.


Jorel

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com

--
Email problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org  To unsubscibe send
"unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org