Aren't penguins from the south pole?  Or is Quesnel
just a little backwards?

Bob, i've actually kept a bit of an eye out for this
and havn't really noticed the dramatic effects you
mentioned over here in BC.  The only overt difference
that i know of is that a couple brands (Mowhawk in
particular) puts some ethanol and a couple other
things to make their gas more "environmentally
friendly".  I use that stuff, and havn't had any
problems yet.  Honestly, though, i really havn't been
driving much, so i havn't gotten a good feel for the
fuel economy average yet.

Hope that helps,
-Damon

--- David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> wrote:
> We have a serious problem with penguins falling into
> our fuel tanks here and
> contaminating things - the better filling stations
> have those sticky penguin
> strips to keep them out of the fuel... sorry about
> the troubles you were
> having.  :-)
>
> I used to live in Nova Scotia and there are some
> stations that I would stay
> away from for that reason.  I had a similar
> experience going to Washington
> so I don't think it is a Canada only thing.  As
> always, I go to filling
> stations that are busy and that are brand name.  I
> mainly stick to Petro
> Canada or Chevron.  I've never had a bad experience
> like that in BC or AB,
> both of my two current gasoline powered VWs have
> never skipped a beat and
> unfortunately they drink their fair share of fuel.
> Of ROBERT DONALDS
> Subject: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas
>
> Fellow listees
> I want to hear from anybody who travels back and
> forth from the states to
> Canada or vise versa about there experience with the
> two fuels. This past
> summer I traveled to Amherst Nova Scotia and I made
> it on one tank of Texaco
> gas I filled up just before I crossed over the
> border. I filled the tank in
> Amherst NS with Erving gas as I recall and had to
> add 10 dollars Canadian to
> make it back to the same Texaco station. The power
> was down and the now
> famous Ken Lewis O2 monitor had to be pinned to keep
> the vanagon moving at
> the pace I am acustomed to (75 to 80 MPH). Also this
> past week I had a
> customer with a classic 71 bus call me from Canada
> and tell me the van was
> skipping at highway speeds after about the first 1/2
> hour of driving he
> admitted to going faster than I recommended but this
> skipping as not
> happening in the states the engine had a few
> thousand miles on it
> any thoughts
>
> going faster miles an hours
> I remain
> Bob Donalds
> Boston Engine Exchange
> http://www.bostonengine.com

=====
'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!)

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