Please correct me if any of this is untrue/incorrect!

Bentley states on the back cover:
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Gasoline octane requirement
US Cost of Living rating (CLC)...87
CLC rating method. (RON+MON)/2 = 87
MON = Motor Octane Number
RON = Research Octane Number
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As far as Vanagon engines are concerned,
regular 87 octane gas has more energy than high octane
gas and produces more power -in a stock engine-
because it is not diluted with additives that produce
much less energy than raw gas.

The only difference between High octane and Regular
are additives: anti-knock and cleaning agents.

As far as I know (and I may be wrong on this) Vanagon
engines with digifant do not have the capability to make
use of high octane gas. I've heard some high performance
high compression engines have preignition sensors
that adjust to lower power levels when 87 octane is used.
(porsche,corvette?)

I have a friend who owns a Chevron station.
He has a stable of very expensive collector cars- all
paid for with profits from overpriced premium gas.
Suckers, he calls em.  30 cents a gallon suckers.

Flamesuit on.

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