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wagyl wrote:I'm Chill. I just wonder about grown adults functioning in society who still seem to believe that Mr Abe can make a few phone calls to the heads of, say, five oil companies and they all say "Yes sir, we shall increase our prices as you order. We do not fear accusations of collusion. Furthermore, we will not try to increase our market share by undercutting those other four companies and increase prices by 17 yen instead of 20 yen."
The fact remains that oil was about $35 a barrel in mid February. It is approaching $50 a barrel today. The price at the pump has to change.
Russell wrote:Please, help me out.
Russell wrote:wagyl wrote:I'm Chill. I just wonder about grown adults functioning in society who still seem to believe that Mr Abe can make a few phone calls to the heads of, say, five oil companies and they all say "Yes sir, we shall increase our prices as you order. We do not fear accusations of collusion. Furthermore, we will not try to increase our market share by undercutting those other four companies and increase prices by 17 yen instead of 20 yen."
The fact remains that oil was about $35 a barrel in mid February. It is approaching $50 a barrel today. The price at the pump has to change.
I seem to remember that the price at the pump was also around 140 Yen back in the time when the oil price ran at $100 a barrel.
Please, help me out.
canman wrote:A car is a necessity here, not like larger urban areas, but we pay more for gas.
matsuki wrote:About that Audi....isn't the regular gas here the same as hi oct in other countries? I know the weird corn alcohol stuff in California is usually much lower octane with the added benefit of destroying any rubber/plastic internal bits it touches.
Mike Oxlong wrote:Isn't a general rule that in summer gasoline prices rise, and in the autumn prices drop?
wagyl wrote:matsuki wrote:About that Audi....isn't the regular gas here the same as hi oct in other countries? I know the weird corn alcohol stuff in California is usually much lower octane with the added benefit of destroying any rubber/plastic internal bits it touches.
"Other countries" does not start at the Pacific and end at the Atlantic. German regular petrol is apparently 95 octane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_ra ... variations
There are two schools of thought. One is, Audi engines are OK on 91 octane, so Japanese regular petrol at 89 octane should not be greatly different. Try it, and if you get knocking, return to High octane.
The other is: you can afford a new Audi, you can afford to spend an extra 500 yen every couple of weeks when you fill up. Especially because you are buying nice machinery, why gum it up with less efficiently burning fuel?
Because of the 8 to 12 octane number difference between RON and MON noted above, the AKI shown in Canada and the United States is 4 to 6 octane numbers lower than elsewhere in the world for the same fuel.
wagyl wrote:matsuki wrote:About that Audi....isn't the regular gas here the same as hi oct in other countries? I know the weird corn alcohol stuff in California is usually much lower octane with the added benefit of destroying any rubber/plastic internal bits it touches.
"Other countries" does not start at the Pacific and end at the Atlantic. German regular petrol is apparently 95 octane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_ra ... variations
There are two schools of thought. One is, Audi engines are OK on 91 octane, so Japanese regular petrol at 89 octane should not be greatly different. Try it, and if you get knocking, return to High octane.
The other is: you can afford a new Audi, you can afford to spend an extra 500 yen every couple of weeks when you fill up. Especially because you are buying nice machinery, why gum it up with less efficiently burning fuel?
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