Sunoco now offers 94 Octane
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That's all they sell now? 
Which modern day cars actually require this grade? Or is it just about marketing... "Hey, look, our number is higher!"
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IIRC, modified turbocharged vehicles require higher ratings.
Many Subaru wrx/sti owners have said that it's definitely noticeable with higher octane. If the 94 octane has a higher boiling point than regular gas and a station is near a racetrack it might be a worthwhile option vs paying $6-8 a gallon for sunoco fuels at the track.
93 is recommended for most performance cars, such as my Corvette. But how could they recommend anything higher, if 93 is the highest generally available?
94 might help under conditions that are extreme. Such as, a 100+ degree day in slow or stop and go traffic.
94 might help under conditions that are extreme. Such as, a 100+ degree day in slow or stop and go traffic.
LOL, up to 10% ethanol too.
A little off topic, I started filling up in Canada since the latest tariffs thing started (Canadian customs wanting to charge 25% on everything coming in from US) and am consistently getting better gas mileage now with same 87 grade gas, what gives?
A little off topic, I started filling up in Canada since the latest tariffs thing started (Canadian customs wanting to charge 25% on everything coming in from US) and am consistently getting better gas mileage now with same 87 grade gas, what gives?
they may have switched from winter grade to summer grade. summer grade has more BTU/volume.
I think they always had "94".
Remember the 7 position Sunoco pump? You could get a 'sub-regular'.
The highest was called "Sunoco 260". It was 100 or 102 octane as I recall, so yes, marketing was involved.
I sit in the back of the class when it comes to that industry.
Sunoco was reported to be leaving the retail fuel industry AS Sunoco stations were being revamped near me.
A friend did score 100 gallons of gas as a prize for wearing the Sunoco sticker.
A rep approached him with a fan of envelopes. He chose well.
I wonder if that's ever coming back.
Remember the 7 position Sunoco pump? You could get a 'sub-regular'.
The highest was called "Sunoco 260". It was 100 or 102 octane as I recall, so yes, marketing was involved.
I sit in the back of the class when it comes to that industry.
Sunoco was reported to be leaving the retail fuel industry AS Sunoco stations were being revamped near me.
A friend did score 100 gallons of gas as a prize for wearing the Sunoco sticker.
A rep approached him with a fan of envelopes. He chose well.
I wonder if that's ever coming back.
The old 1960s advertising octane number was "research octane", There is a different octane test called 'motor octane". A the motor octane is typically 10 points lower than the research octane, The octane number posted on our gas pumps is the average of the two,
So, today's 94 octane is about the same as 99 octane back in the 1960s.
So, today's 94 octane is about the same as 99 octane back in the 1960s.
Not in my area. We had 87, 89, 91, 93 before. Also prior to that they were on and off the Top Tier list.
Sunoco stations in the mid–Atlantic had 94 octane about 20–25 years ago in addition to 93, 89, etc., then it disappeared.
As an experiment I tried a tankful in the car I had then ('97 Escort wagon), since every once in a while I would run a tank of 93 with a bottle of fuel-system cleaner. The engine didn't like 94.
As an experiment I tried a tankful in the car I had then ('97 Escort wagon), since every once in a while I would run a tank of 93 with a bottle of fuel-system cleaner. The engine didn't like 94.
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How would Customs Canada know if you filled up while in the USA? (granted I have seen some Canadians filling up multiple 5 gallon gas cans for the trip back...if they have to pop open the trunk
)Canada has up to 10% ethanol too. Not sure how you would tell on the pump which might possibly be less than 10%?
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If you eat a cheese sandwich in Buffalo and drive across the border to your home in Canada, is there a tariff on the cheese in your stomach?
I used to go to just fill up and get milk, always declared purchased gas in tank and everything; telling one thing to CBP and another thing to CBSA is never a good idea, esp when one uses Nexus. Bringing extra gas in cans has always been at CBSA discretion but they were supposed to charge for that gas in cans and there is max volume limit one can bring in too; never brought extra gas. I know our gas stations use same up to 10% ethanol and I don't think they switched to summer gas yet.
Not a car but our 2013 Canam calls for 93. Best I can find is 91 though.
Not quite same thing, I get your sarcasm thou.
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