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Mark Rosenkrantz


On 8/2/07, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> Since I am testing press car these days, I always wonder if the guy before
> me put Premium gas in the car (when needed) or just said "regular, since I
> won't drive it again".
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> Is there a way to easily test fuel grade ? Color, odor, taste ? It might
> seems trivial, but fuel grade do have an incidence on performance,
> obviously, but also on fuel economy and driveability. My actual loaner, a
> Subaru Legacy Spec B, gave me only 282 km with 45 liters, (that's 16
> l/100km, or 15 MPG) and the engine is always "stumbling" a bit under hard
> acceleration. The car has 2000 km. Brady and I did put it on his dyno and
> specs were within the expected figures, so I am confused.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Louis-Alain in hot, hot Montreal tonight (32C at 10:00PM, that's 90F
> folks.)
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