91 octane

[beate]

Does anyone in the Alexandria, VA, DC area know of a gas station that offers 91 octane gas?

thanks,
B-

[redsmart]

If you have a bp station they all have it.
redsmart

[jefferios]

At the local conoco station near me they offer 93 w/ ethanol and 90 without ethanol. Now which one gives better mileage?

[Old smart]

Originally Posted by jefferios

At the local conoco station near me they offer 93 w/ ethanol and 90 without ethanol. Now which one gives better mileage?

The Euro W451 Operators Instructions (pg. 269) specifies a minimum of the equivalent of North American 90 pump octane ((95 RON + 85 MON)/2) with no ethanol.

[JPaul]

Check this tool, it lists some specifics i.e. "Premium"... I don't know about 91, but it'll give you some kind of a shopping tool for cheapest, or nearest...
Washington DC Gas Prices - Find Cheap Gas Prices in Washington DC

[headless]

This is interesting, here in Britain I run my smart roadster on superunleaded fuel, Bp is 97 octane, Shell do Optimax which is 98 octane, and Tesco does 99 octane, so the fuel over your way is a lot less volatile than our stuff, but the drawback is our fuel is £1.10p a litre, about $2.20, so it is about $8.40 a us gallon according to my conversion table, we are being priced off the road over here, and the bigger the gas guzzler you have got, the more road tax you have to pay, eg, a for 2 is £35 a year to keep it on the road, but say a 4.0ltr Range rover is £400 for road tax, so that is why smart cars are becoming more popular over here.
Road tax is a tax you have to pay to have your car on the road and you get a disc that goes on your windshield to prove to police that you have payed it, so the bigger the car, the more you pay.

[smarticus]

That kind of stuff is why we left. lol

[Dinky smart]

Originally Posted by Old smart

The Euro W451 Operators Instructions (pg. 269) specifies a minimum of the equivalent of North American 90 pump octane ((95 RON + 85 MON)/2) with no ethanol.

No ethanol? Here in Oregon by law, we now have 10% ethanol year round in all grades of gasoline! Our Prius gets 10 MPG less now than it used to get, when I complain to the gas station attendants that we get 43 MPG instead of 53 MPG I get "well, thats still good"!!

[fortow]

Originally Posted by headless

This is interesting, here in Britain I run my smart roadster on superunleaded fuel, Bp is 97 octane, Shell do Optimax which is 98 octane, and Tesco does 99 octane, so the fuel over your way is a lot less volatile than our stuff, ...

Octane is measured differently - In North America it is pump octane which is MON+RON/2.

[jediknight36]

Originally Posted by Dinky smart

No ethanol? Here in Oregon by law, we now have 10% ethanol year round in all grades of gasoline! Our Prius gets 10 MPG less now than it used to get, when I complain to the gas station attendants that we get 43 MPG instead of 53 MPG I get "well, thats still good"!!

Yea, good for the oil companies. Its tragic that we have to take this ethanol in our gas. It should have been a choice. I found out today that the Model T ran both gas and ethanol and got 25 mpg, while today's average car gets 21 mpg! And they had electric cars then too, but liquid fuel was easier. 100 years later and we are less efficient than Henry Ford.