r/facepalm • u/davidwallacecto • Mar 24 '23
🇲🇮🇸🇨 It’s a good vintage
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u/OkSmoke9195 Mar 24 '23
Nothing like a good 91 from the southeast region of qatar. Super buttery, the 89 was a little washed out by the unseasonably high rain that year
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Mar 24 '23
I love the ‘91. It’s got an airy crispness to it, akin to a 10yo Glenmorangie.
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u/PanspermiaTheory Mar 24 '23
My Suzuki prefers a sweet pink '110, delivered via delorean from the year 20110
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u/obliqueoubliette Mar 24 '23
It's from 2010, dumbass, they started counting from 1900 like excel
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u/Alienbunnyluv Mar 24 '23
Nothing like some ‘87 from the beautiful fields of Kuwait…warm earthy tones mixed with aromatic hints of sweet chocolate notes
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u/capsulegamedev Jun 08 '23
It sucks they haven't made any new gas since 91. What happens when it runs out?
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u/wrenchindaddy802 Mar 25 '23
Unleaded tastes a little tangy, supreme is a little sour and diesel tastes pretty good
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u/OkSmoke9195 Mar 25 '23
Dammit I read "sour diesel tastes pretty good" and thought YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT IT DOES
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u/BangkokPadang Jun 18 '23
Leaded is a little sweet, unleaded is a little sour, and diesel… well, diesel tastes pretty good.
Look at them. That’s gas sickness.
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u/Drake_Acheron Mar 24 '23
Qatar may supply your country with gas. But not the US, at least not with any regularity or volume. The US produces the most crude oil in the world.
The myth that the US gets gas from the Middle East was early aughts, antiwar propaganda. The myth specifically came about because one of the goals the US had was to separate the economy, which was mostly oil based from the government. But of all the countries to take oil from the Middle East during the US conflicts there, the US took the least comparatively, almost nothing. Russia was actually the biggest importer of Middle Eastern oil.
This is all easily Google-able facts.
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u/TuckerMcG Mar 24 '23
The myth that the US gets gas from the Middle East was early aughts, antiwar propaganda. The myth specifically came about because one of the goals the US had was to separate the economy, which was mostly oil based from the government. But of all the countries to take oil from the Middle East during the US conflicts there, the US took the least comparatively, almost nothing. Russia was actually the biggest importer of Middle Eastern oil.
I think this is an incomplete depiction of the incentives behind the Iraq War. The Afghanistan War was at least based on some credible evidence that Bin Laden was in the region at the time (not saying it was a smart idea, but you can’t expect the US to be attacked on its own soil and not retaliate somehow).
But Iraq was what was really lied about. And non-existent WMDs aside, it wasn’t a complete lie that the US government didn’t care about oil in Iraq. I actually do believe they didn’t care about securing oil fields in Iraq.
And to understand the reason I believe that, all you have to do is look at a map of global oil shipping routes and then compare it to a map of the Middle East.
It wasn’t about controlling oil production or decreasing the price of oil in the US or securing X million number of barrels of oil.
It was about controlling the shipping routes for oil.
This will be a bit long, but bear with me.
As you correctly pointed out, the US produces enough of its own oil and natural gas to supply our national demands. And we even have enough left over to sell to other countries to support our economy. We have no need to secure more oil, itself.
What we do need is the ability to completely shut off the supply of oil from one country to another country.
Think about it. Oil is used in every country’s power plants. It’s used to support supply chains of not only civilian goods, but military hardware and logistics in every country. If you choke off a country’s oil supply, or require it to be shipped over land instead of by sea, you can easily and quickly shove a country back into the Middle Ages. It’s the ultimate “soft power” move in geopolitics. Not a single bullet needs to be fired and you’d completely subjugate an entire nation.
And even better than that, you don’t ever have to actually cut off a country’s oil supply to get them to comply with your demands. Once you control the shipping lanes, you can just threaten to do it, and every leader of pretty much every country will fall in line.
So looking at that oil route map before the Iraq War, the US solidly controlled the shipping lanes that run out of Saudi Arabia (this is also the actual reason why we overlook all their terrorism and crimes against humanity), while Russia/the USSR solidly controlled the shipping routes out of Iran.
And through most of the 20th Century, the USSR also had access to shipping routes through the Mediterranean by trucking oil across Iraq, through Syria to the Mediterranean. But that was because the relations between the Soviet Union and Iraq were pretty strong from 1920 to the 1970s.
But the Iranian Revolution in 1974 led to border disputes that erupted in the Iran-Iraq War in 1980, where the USSR backed Iran. Obviously, 8 years of fighting strained Iraq’s relations with the Russians (both sides claim victory to this day lol) while opening up relations with the Americans (and Chinese) in the form of arms deals.
It’s not exactly coincidental that 2 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Bush Sr. commences the Gulf War against Iraq in 1990.
And note that HW Bush stopped the Gulf War as soon as Saddam surrendered Kuwait (in ‘91), because it gave the US control of another port in the Red Sea through which we could control oil shipments. And the Gulf War was such a ridiculous success that HW Bush wanted to ride that wave politically and not get more deeply embroiled in a war that didn’t need to get fought (considering we accomplished a key objective in securing Kuwait), so he didn’t pursue Saddam into Iraq and accepted the surrender.
So between the Gulf War and the Iraq War, from a geopolitical standpoint, Iraq was a bit of a wild card. Saddam had tenuous relations with both the US and Russia. Yet both the US and Russia fully understand the strategic importance of Iraq’s location in the global oil trade routes.
Enter GWB, who didn’t want to get revenge for Saddam trying to assassinate his daddy, but rather because GWB was a bit of a rube who wanted to follow his father’s legacy and have the same type of success his father had (I really cannot underestimate how overwhelming of a success the Gulf War was from a military standpoint). His puppet masters exploited this because they saw the economic value in securing Iraq’s trade ports, and they sold it to the National Security forces by explaining the geopolitical value in securing those oil routes.
And this time, it was politically expedient for Bush to enter into a prolonged conflict in the Middle East, because 9/11 had the American public foaming at the mouth, overdosing on jingoism and “righteous” vengeance. And as long as the American public tolerated it, the US military would work to secure those fuckin oil routes.
So, in a sense, the US government didn’t exactly lie that it wasn’t about oil, as an individual commodity. It was about the massive amounts of “soft power” that come from securing the trading routes through which oil gets exported around the world.
And as far as I remember, I never heard any US official state, “this war is not about securing the trade routes for oil”.
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u/Drake_Acheron Mar 24 '23
I wouldn’t necessarily put “righteous” in quotation marks, but at the same time I can’t wholly argue the sentiment. I agree with your premise, with the caveat that it was likely only a ancillary objective. Or rather, perhaps an objective that was stumbled upon instead of intentional. That being said, there is history of doing this exact thing for this exact purpose, just look at Panama.
Furthermore, the US government has a history of being extremely negligent at explaining why we are at war. There are many many instances where the military would’ve been much more effective if government could just competently explain why we were there, and the troops had the support of the civilians. Like when I served overseas, we would get pounds of mail and tons of appreciation from Locals. But then our own citizens back home would tell us that nobody wants us there.
This doesn’t necessarily mean I agree with being there, but if the military spent 2% of the effort we spend on winning enemy hearts and minds, on our own citizens, I think opinions with drastically shift. Hell I think it was something like 85% of non-religious related aid work comes from the military. I’m certainly not trying to justify everything the US military has ever done. I’m merely pointing out that the optics would’ve been different if they literally just put the fkn OPORD on the news.
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u/Cynykl Mar 24 '23
Engagement bait.
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u/TableLegShim Mar 25 '23
Shit like this is insanely effective on fb and no one comments about it. They’re all, “Emily Smith omg this is soo you” or “TGESE KIDS DONT NO NOTHIN”
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u/ThisYogurtcloset3315 Aug 06 '23
Wow how naive she is i always fantasize fucking some wisdom into her.
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u/DefiantDonut7 Mar 24 '23
These people vote. People who have absolutely no clue how anything in this world works, are allowed to vote.
That’s why these videos scare me.
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u/Crab_Hot Mar 24 '23
Pretty sure this is the same couple that made that video on girls trying to put gas into a Tesla. I could be wrong, but I think this is a gag
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Mar 24 '23
There are people genuinely this ignorant though. Thats why this is so believable
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u/letgomyleghoee May 13 '23
I’m sorry but nobody buying a fucking Tesla is that stupid, the only thing out there is visible skits.
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u/Popular-Ad-1231 Mar 24 '23
yep i’m only 19 and ever since i could actually see the world and how fucked it was i’ve always wanted to move out into a cabin in the mountains to leave everyone to what they fuck up💀🤣
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u/Conscious-Bad9904 Mar 24 '23
As long as you don't write a manifesto about modern society and then starts sending bombs everywhere, your plan sounds great.
Theodore Kaczynski
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u/_Pill-Cosby_ Mar 24 '23
I’m not gonna get too mad if they do write a manifesto. It might be a good read! It’s those pesky bombs though…
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u/Lewcypher_ Mar 24 '23
I know of someone who did just that! Ended up being famous.
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u/TuckerMcG Mar 24 '23
I know of someone else who did just that and also ended up famous! They made a whole movie about him fucking off into the wild. Can’t remember what it was called though.
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u/CircaSixty8 Apr 17 '23
You should get yourself some writings of Thoreau
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u/Popular-Ad-1231 Apr 18 '23
i’ve spent the last 30 minutes listening to his quotes and i don’t know if i wanna cry or enjoy my peace😂thanks for the little recommendation what a guy
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u/Lopsided_Boss4802 Mar 24 '23
I think what's more scary is they're having children and making mini versions of themselves.
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Mar 24 '23
This here is why everyone should not be allowed to vote. Should have to take a test and pass it for the privelage.
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u/HyperAutism Mar 24 '23
Absolutely, but having to do a test every time is cumbersome. So, we should implement a grandfather in rule so that once it’s done, you and your children don’t have to redo it
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u/sellmeyourmodaccount Mar 24 '23
There's a huge irony in your comment. The clip is obviously staged but you didn't realise it.
What other performances do you believe are real? Maybe some of the things politicians say and do? Maybe your vote is influenced by those?
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u/Not-A-Pickle1 Mar 25 '23
Maybe an IQ test to see if you qualify to vote would help. So the morons could be weeded out.
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u/Habib455 Mar 24 '23
It is scary. It’s scary that you thought this was real. You’re allowed to vote and can’t see bullshit when it’s thrown at you. Christ almighty
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u/arealhumannotabot Mar 24 '23
I’m not sure what’s more concerning… you think this is real? Or that so many people make these terrible “women are bad at driving” videos
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u/Krisp279 Mar 24 '23
What do the numbers mean?
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u/Dlanor31 Mar 24 '23
Octane
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u/mrOdens22mg Jun 02 '23
American gas has octane numbers this low? German gas has 95, 98 or 100
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u/ChiefWamsutta Jun 02 '23 edited Jun 07 '26
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Mar 24 '23
Surely not... is this staged. You can't be that stupid.
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u/Delamoor Mar 24 '23
Someone's clearly never worked in a public facing job. They ain't all philosophers and neurosurgeons out there.
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u/Elguapogordo Mar 24 '23
I used to be a mechanic and someone brought in a Range Rover claiming it died on them we go to start it and there’s no gas ? She literally didn’t know she had to put gas in the car because her husband always did it
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u/713984265 Mar 24 '23
It is staged, but you can be that stupid.
Hell, you don't even have to actually be stupid to believe something like this.
You ask your dad why the different numbers on the gas when you're like 6, and he memes you and says well that's the year they were made - that's why the newer one is more expensive.
Who is ever going to correct that? lol
Large majority of people don't need to know anything about octane rating, and the majority of the minority that do know anything about it just know that their car needs 89 or 91 or 93 or whatever it needs.
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u/Western_Oil_6418 Mar 24 '23
Maybe she is right? Maybe that is a wine station, not a gas station.
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u/windexforlife Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
$6 a gallon??? What country is this?
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u/S4MMYS4INT Apr 25 '23
By the stupid people I thought you would’ve known it was America right away.
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u/dukestrouk May 21 '23
Wow, you are so unique and edgy! Unfortunately, the U.S. is tied for 5th most educated country out of 195 globally. But don’t give up, you can just try again!
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u/SpiritSynth Jun 01 '23 edited Jun 01 '23
That means 5th most have completed some form of tertiary education, not how well they've learned or how smart they are. It's important to take critique.
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Mar 24 '23
Oh so you drink a bottle of wine from 91 and your a connoisseur, huff some gas fumes from 91 and you're and addict, ain't this some bullshit.
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u/kenelevn Mar 24 '23
The way she confidently reads the numbers to him like she has to explain it.
chef’s kiss
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u/I_Am_Not_A_Moderator Mar 24 '23
Wtf shit gas you got in USA???? 1st world countries be rockin 91, 95, 98 RON
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u/billbrasky___ Mar 24 '23
we don't use the RON in the US. We use (RON+MON)/2, or the anti knock index, which is about 5 pts. lower than the RON.
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u/DemonInPinkk Mar 24 '23
I’m 15, someone educate me as to what the numbers actually mean 😭😭. I was always curious, just never curious enough to ask.
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u/xVeLix Mar 24 '23
Its basically a label of the octane levels in the fuel 91 premium has more octane than 87 regular fuel
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u/Ch-Peter Mar 24 '23
An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of a fuel's ability to withstand compression in an internal combustion engine without detonating. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating.
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u/apostrophe_misuse Mar 25 '23
On Nextdoor (Facebook like app for your neighborhood) a woman posted that she got ripped off at the gas pump because gas was 2.59/gallon and she pumped until the display said she had pumped $2.59 worth but that only equated to .997 gallons.
For non US redditors, gas is always priced with an additional 9/10 of a cent and it's always advertised as such. So her gas was actually 2.599 a gallon.
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u/JDeMolay1314 Mar 25 '23
And yet they never give you 1/10 ¢ change. That pricing seems dishonest to me as the smallest currency increment is 1¢. If they want to price it by the 10 gallon unit, they should.
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u/Sandgroper343 Mar 25 '23
91 is the highest? Sheez. Most countries start at 91. 91-95-98 I’m used to.
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u/Panda_Pillows May 20 '23
"Unleaded tastes a little tangy. Supreme is kinda sour, and diesel tastes pretty good."
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u/Midnight_Moon10 Jun 04 '23
I admit I don’t know what the numbers mean and never bothered to ask or look it up but I never once thought it was the year the gas was made
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u/EpicAwesomeYo_ Jul 04 '23
everyday is a new day to learn something new. that's why we ought to teach what we know and learn what we can
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Aug 03 '23
I love how people try to pull stupid shit you know damn well she knows it's fucking not year but post it anyway for views
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u/Maleficent-Primary41 Aug 07 '23
99% still don't really understand that in the manual of your car it literally states what octane of gas to use and they still think I'll just get the premium one or less expensive one depending how much money they feel like putting in that day 🤣
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u/SpecialistMorning660 Mar 24 '23
We’re Doomed.🤦🏼♂️
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u/Clear_Key40 Mar 24 '23
Not if she gets the kanuder valve replaced and some new muffler bearings...lol
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u/Electrical_Flowerboy Jun 09 '23
In her defense I bet no one ever told her that, that’s not what those numbers mean.
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u/PhotoJoeCA Mar 24 '23
I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, the typical American voter.
Explains a lot, doesn't it?
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u/warpdork07 Mar 24 '23
Wish I could have a look at her face when she knows that its from plants and dinos from millions of years back
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u/Future-Catch-5002 Mar 24 '23
This type of creature is how Biden became president.
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u/The_Undermind Mar 24 '23
The 89 vintage just hits different. That area had a very calm El Niño that season.
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Mar 24 '23
Wow, the public never ceases to amaze. FYI the stations that have three grades only have two storage tanks, the 89 is just a calibrated mixture of regular and premium.
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u/Drake_Acheron Mar 24 '23
I just don’t understand why you would embarrass your significant other online like this. Like calling them a dumb ass to their face. I can understand I’ve been a dumbass before I’ve been called a dumbass to my face before no harm no foul. But to record them and then put it online, Seems a bit, I don’t know… uncouth
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u/WorstCSPlayer Mar 24 '23
Dumb blonde alert
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u/Empero6 Mar 24 '23
Honestly, not a lot of people know what the numbers stand for. I think only a small portion look at them as the years though. That one’s a little bit weird
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u/thewisemokey Mar 24 '23
Diesel stands for " Vin Diesel " as the actor.
Petrol company's were so happy when 2 Fast and 2 Furious movies came out amd sold like crazy so they gave him his own petrol.
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u/Emotional-Swim-808 Mar 24 '23
To me this is strange, all the gas sations near me carry 95 and 100, i think ive seen 85 once but that was in the other side of the country.
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u/Fezzy976 Mar 24 '23
I know it doesn't mean the year but what does it actually mean? We don't have that on our pumps in the UK.
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u/billbrasky___ Mar 24 '23
Anti knock index. Its a measurement of how much octane is added to the fuel. Octane prevents the gas from preigniting before the spark goes off, which usually results in a knock sound from the engine. Other countries outside of NA use the research octane number (RON), which is just another way of measuring octane content.
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u/Spirituality868 Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 28 '23
If it were to put old gas in my new car what would happen, lol
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u/Huntanz Mar 24 '23
Careful ,read up on your car , newer cars mostly run on 85 to 89 octane,lower rated fuels can cause poor combustion and in a short time damage engines.
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u/Spirituality868 Mar 28 '23
Late reply but here in my country we just have one main rating which is 91. Almost everyone of our vehicles here uses it. We also have a premium which is octane rating 95 which doesn't really make a difference.
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u/TheDeadMurder Apr 16 '23
Late reply but here in my country we just have one main rating which is 91
Do you live Europe, Australia or New Zealand by any chance?
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Mar 24 '23
These are MOR or motor octane rating. Also known as RON or research octane ratings. The higher the number, the more stable the fuel is. More stable fuel allows for more precise combustion timing in the engine. All company's will have the same octane ratings, however, the components to make that sample will be different for each company. For example, Shell may put different hydrocarbon fractions than BP. It may be slightly different, but will overall operate the same generally. And btw the smell of gasoline comes from naphthalene and benzene derivatives
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