Hi Rick,
Do you really need 93 octane gas? I run my B on 87 octane regular
unleaded.
Chas.
Rick Morrison wrote:
>
> Well,
> just to put my tuppence worth in the pot, I filled up with 93 octane
> yesterday and paid the princly sum of $.98 per for the stuff.
> One thing to remember, the actual cost of gasoline is pretty much the
> same world wide. The disparity is price is more of function of taxes, and
> taxes, and more taxes.
> The more levels of government, the greater the taxes on gasoline, and the
> amount of each level of tax is inversely proportional to the degree of
> citizen input into the taxing structure, and directly proportional to the
> input of the anti-car contingent.
>
> Rant mode off
>
> Rick Morrison
> 72 MGBGT
> 74 Midget
>
> On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 05:48:41 -0500 "Harlan Jillson"
> <hjillson@argolink.net> writes:
> >Neil,
> > Most of us in the States don't have it quite as good as John does
> >in Georgia. Currently regular unleaded is running $1.02 to $1.10 in
> >the Houston Tx. area, with some discount stations around $0.98. In
> >California the prices are quite a bit higher. There are fairly
> >significant
> >differences from State to State, depending on local SMOG rules and
> >distances to refineries etc. Some States are still selling leaded
> >regular while others are strickly unleaded only. Then there is the
> >fuel/road tax added in, which in Texas amounts to about $0.39 per
> >gallon, of course you probably don't know anything about taxes in
> >the UK ;-) ( tounge firmly planted).
> >
> >Harlan
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: neil.cairns@virgin.net <neil.cairns@virgin.net>
> >To: Jethogger@aol.com <Jethogger@aol.com>
> >Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 1:15 AM
> >Subject: Re: Smog Woes (part one)
> >
> >
> >Jethogger@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Pat. And regular gas is only
> >> $.79 a gallon.
> >> John Flintstone, ga.
> >
> >WHAT!!!! Petrol at only 49p a gallon!!!! ( £1 = $1.60) No wonder the
> >States can run such huge cars!! In the UK we pay the equivalent of £3
> >a
> >gallon, ( unleaded,) which equates to $4.80........though here in
> >Blighty we are cursed by the EEC, and leadfree petrol is sold at 69p a
> >litre. ( US gallon is a bit smaller than a UK one.)
> >
> >Now you know why my wife & I run a '89 MG Metro, ( at 50mpg on a run.)
> >
> >Neil
> >
> >
> >
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