Max,
At least some of the octane booster products on the market are lead free. All
ecologically conscious MG folks can use those brands if they feel the necessity
to use anything. Why not buy 94 octane unleaded? I see it for sale almost
everywhere these days.
Jim (the older one)
Max Heim wrote:
> Frankly, I think they are all eligible for a big fat fine, and deservedly
> so. Lead is a poison, is absorbed in the tissues, and is particularly
> damaging to developing bodies. Just because you as an adult don't think
> you are being damaged breathing lead-containing fumes at your autocross,
> doesn't excuse you for exposing other persons, possibly including young
> children and/or pregnant women, that might be nearby or just downwind.
> This is not a question of "tree-huggers" -- think of it as an example of
> greedy corporations using a profitable but dangerous method of increasing
> octane until finally stopped by public outcry over the increasing amount
> of scientific evidence.
>
> Fine, scoff at "do-gooders"... you would probably have enjoyed eating
> chalk and arsenic in your bread, and rat feces in your hot dogs (to
> mention a few instances of consumer protection)... how would you like the
> air in the "Great Northwest" to look like LA? or Houston? or Mexico City?
>
> (I'm sorry, these "dittoheads" make me sick)
>
> End of rant...
>
> Dave Wood had this to say:
>
> >Thanks Dan,
> >
> >I bit my tongue and decided not to respond. Out here in the great North
> >West some of us have a real problem with tree huggers. My problem is with
> >do-gooders in general...Most of the autocross and rally cars out here go to
> >the smaller airports to get aviation gas instead of mixing boosters in with
> >regular gas and wondering what the final octane will be.
> >
> >Dave 72 B
> >
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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