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Originally Posted by Joe
He said "I'll clue ya kid, its all the same f______ gas - only the price is different."
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Well, that's not really true.
While it does all start out the same gas, "super" has more additive to that gas to actually make the gasoline require a higher pressure to combust.
Some engines (like the turbo/supercharged buggy I drive) are designed to run at a higher pressure, and so technically should be used with the higher octane gas for best performance.
You could argue that since the gas station has to use up some of their facility to provide the higher octane fuels, and there is less demand that the price reflects the cost of sales...
Or you could argue that they just want to shaft the people who drive more highly engineered cars.
-spence