RE: Higher than 92 Octane (Northwest Post) -Reply

["Squier, Craig L. " <Craig.Squier@alcoa.com>]

The W12 is coming out in 1-2 years. 12 cylinder 2 seater supercar.
Probably the most expemsive VW ever ~$40K (not too bad for a 12
cylinder). Save your bottle deposits (and hope the Miata trade-ins go
up)... ;)

Cab

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>From: 	Jim Seibert[SMTP:jseibert@netwalk.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, November 26, 1997 12:50 PM
>To: 	jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: 	Re: Higher than 92 Octane (Northwest Post) -Reply
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>the octane thing is interesting...my miata runs like hell if i put more than
>87
>in it...weird little japanese car......veedub needs a 2 seat sportscar so i
>can
>get rid of the thing....
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>Vojin Janjic wrote:
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>> >>> Jim Seibert <jseibert@netwalk.com> 11/26/97 06:52am >>>
>> >this car prefer higher octane or is 87 fine....one of my other cars
>>(miata)
>> >hates anything higher than 87....comments??
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>> You may notice some, but not too much difference in performance of
>> VR6 engine...  A label on the insisde of my gas cap door states someting
>> like:
>> "unleaded gas 87 oct or higher 92 oct rec"
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>> Some people claim that 92 octane gas is cleaner, so although is costs
>> more, you may save $$ on the long run (less engine deposits, less
>> maintenance).  Others say that since different octane ratings are
>> formulated from the same distillate fractions, there should be no
>> difference in clenliness, just performance.
>>
>> I use 92 octane almost all of the time.
>>
>> Happy TG.
>> Vojin
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