12-18-2010, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeffblue
weird. i thought that UK Gas, at a given octane level had a higher octane than US gas. like 93 in US would be less than 93 in UK. interesting. on top gear they will make fun of the gas in the us for being like watered down and low octane. 'that stuff they [USA] refer to as petrol'
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Well we do water it down with ethanol. And because ethanol has a naturally high octane rating they can use lower octane petroleum and still make the average. Europe is just starting to adopt the ethanol trend, some countries now have E5 or E10 like the US has had for the last few years.
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