Your 96 is about equivalent to US 93 . Differing ways of defining  
what constitutes Octane. It is a common misconception that other  
parts of the world have higher octane that the US. The reality is  
that they don't.

Kerosene is rated by ketane. Not octane. At least in the US.

On Aug 8, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

>> Even the petroleum people will tell you that 80 percent of  
>> vehicles using
>> the higher octane don't need it.  Very few auto mfr require the  
>> higher
>> octanes and some others only need it under certain conditions.   
>> There used
>> to be a risk of damage with too high or low of an octane but most  
>> vehicle
>> computer systems using knock sensors can adjust accordingly.  Just  
>> about
>> every car made in the US and Europe is made to run on regular  
>> unleaded low
>> octane.  However some parts of the country have 87 as low and  
>> others have 85
>> as low.  You may have to adjust accordingly.
>>
>>
>
> 85-87? You run on kerosene?? No wonder US-market cars have detuned  
> engines! Outside the US some cars still require 96 octane or more.  
> Some cars will run on 91 thanks to their management systems, but  
> these cars DO suffer some loss of performance as a result due to  
> the resultant retarded firing.
>
> You might guess that NZ has 91 and 96 octane; Shell has just  
> started offering 98.Irrelevent to most listees, but for interest  
> the price difference here between 91 & 96 is about 4�/liter NZ, or  
> about 3�US, which is hardly going to break the bank.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
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