What octane rating does your local fuel have...?

[R8audi]

I'm interesed to find out, the different types of octane ratings that fuel in different countries have. In my country, it depends where you're situated, the higher the altitude, the less the octane rating. So at sea level, you get 97 RON, but inland you get 93... and only very occasionally find 95. If you're really willing to pay a premium and know a few people you could get 102.6, but it's only really allowed for track use.

Another thing, there was a rumour going round recently that all the petrol stations use the same fuel. The trucks that deliver the fuel to the different stations are all unmarked and look the same. So how can Shell claim it's fuel is developed specifically with ferrari, or BP claim that there fuel is heavy metal free, when it all seems to be delivered by the same depot trucks? :?

Any comments

[dingo]

Fuel for normal cars (i.e. not sports cars) is 95RON, but we also have Ultimate fuel which is 98RON - thats what I use for the WRX. Its costs about 10c/L more than 95.

[stradale]

Here normal fuel is 95 and 'Superplus' is 98. I usually fill my car up with Shell Vpower, which is 97. Across the border in Germany, Shell Vpower is 100.

[No.1]

most here is 98RON, but then there are the premium fuels such as BP Ultimate/Shell Optimax etc...

Racing fuel isn't widely available, but Tesco were going to trial 99RON on their forecourts.

Evo siscussed this in a couple of issues, and it seems that you don't neccesarily get the same fuel each time you fuel up. Tesco may stock BP/Shell/Esso etc... and Shell 98 may come from a BP refinery - its wierd like that :?:

[agentorange]

87, 89, 93, houston TX. always fill up with shell vpower, espacially with the new gas beign 10% ethanol.

[antonioledesma]

87 and 93, but they feel like shit

[EnzoLover]

95(all), 98( all), 100 (BP ultimate)

[Wutputt]

About the same as the rest in Europe: normal fuel is 95 RON. I little more expensive is 98 RON. And then there are the most expensive are fuels like Shell V-power, BP Ultimate, etc. But I don't know if they have the same octane number as in Germany for instance, where they range from 100 to 101 RON.

[ZfrkS62]

i think all over the US it's 87,89,91 with a few stations dealing in 102 and 104 for racing.

i think all companies use the same trucks, but they have their own holding tanks they fill from. The cheap companies use the same fuel, which is why they are 3-4 cents cheaper than Shell, BP and the others. this is the kind of gas you put in a commuter car like Hondasa and Toyotas.

[Wutputt]

i think all over the US it's 87,89,91 with a few stations dealing in 102 and 104 for racing.

That's MON right?

Though one can't convert MON to RON and visa versa with a formula, that would be about 94, 97, 99 RON. Thus pretty much the same as in Europe.

[DeMoN]

93 heighest average. But Sunoco has 110 unleaded though in the sunoco website, 110 is said to be leaded and 105 unleaded, so I never tried 110 on my car.

[TNT]

Here, i have 87, 89, 91-93. all range about 5 cents in between each grade.

[ae86_16v]

87, 89, and 91. 10 cents difference per grade.

[ZfrkS62]

i think all over the US it's 87,89,91 with a few stations dealing in 102 and 104 for racing.

That's MON right?

Though one can't convert MON to RON and visa versa with a formula, that would be about 94, 97, 99 RON. Thus pretty much the same as in Europe.

I think there is a formula for it. I know i've seen it in the test plans in the diagnostic computers for the BMWs. Every now and then someone will get some shit gas and we can go in and have the computer run a test to determine the octane rating of the fuel. It's displayed in RON, but there is a chart or something to compare it.

[Skaala]

we have 95 and 98, vpower over here is 95 and is priced between regular 95 and 98

[Shinigami]

95 and 98 ron over here. Vpower is 100ron.

95 ron is equivalent of 89 pon or something like that in the USA.

[Mattk]

We get 95 and 98 over here in New South Wales. 98 is used primarily for more expensive cars, usually European makes.

[5vz-fe]

http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/Reference/RONMONPON.html

PON = (RON+MON)/2

87, 89, 91, 94 (all in PON)

[stracing]

what mattk said but we also have 100RON from shell but it has 5% ethanol. quite stupid really because no one is going to pay for it. the average user won't bother with it coz the price is sky high and secondly it won't make any difference to most cars

i want to point out that 100RON is very common in Japan. however, only the rex's evo' and skylines are going to notice any difference. but it doesn't matter coz they have plenty of those sort of cars.

[Mattk]

Is that the Shell V-Power? I only use the 95 RON for my parents' car.

[gis]

Racing fuel isn't widely available, but Tesco were going to trial 99RON on their forecourts.


my local tesco have the 99 octane for a while now,never used it though,and its actually cheaper than optimax and BP ultimate

[No.1]

Racing fuel isn't widely available, but Tesco were going to trial 99RON on their forecourts.


my local tesco have the 99 octane for a while now,never used it though,and its actually cheaper than optimax and BP ultimate

Hmm.... i'll have a look next time i pop in for petrol at my Tesco. It's not actually that much different.

Optimax and BP Ultimate have additive/cleaning agents etc... but i reckon Tesco 99 is just a higher octane rating, without any of the bnefits o Optimax/ultimate :bah:

[gis]

yea,ive used optimax everytime since i got my car,its down to 97.9p a litre now,that 99 octane is 95p a litre i think.

[T-Bird]

In the Midwest it is 87 - 89 - 93 with the ocassional 91 thrown in to replace the 93. And alot of stations around here offer 105 and 110 racing fuel 105 is purple and 110 is a pinkish color, both are about 50 cents more than the last. The reason racing fuel is soo common here is because of all the lakes here (i.e. Lake County) and the boats use it for racing.

[SFDMALEX]

The gas outta ma ass produces one ten octane you cant surpas.











yea Im bored :lol:

[Mattk]

Great! Sell it while you can! :lol:

[taygunho]

There is 95 98 and 100 octane in Turkey.

[Igorionia]

we got 92/95/98 in Lithuania. Few years ago Shell were selling and V-Power ,but no more Shell gas stations at all! Only Neste/Statoil/Lukoil and some Lithuanian stations
and 82/92/95/98 in west Russia

[Mattk]

Why isn't Shell selling in Lithuania anymore? Not profitable?