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Subject:Re: 85 octane in Colorado
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:52:43 -0400

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Brush wrote:

> I don't understand why anyone who is traveling in a vehicle that they
> believe needs 87 would care if a gas station sold 12 octane. As long as
> they have the 87 you need, what's the difference?

I think people are just annoyed that the 85 octane in Colorado costs more
than the 87 octane in their home states. ;)  You'd also be sorta screwed
there if you had a sports car that needed 93 octane, the highest anyone
seems to sell there is 91.

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