> > Gas these days (around here at least) is around $1.60/gallon, or .82
>UKP.
>At a little more than 4 liters per gallon,
> > we get a pretty good deal.
>
>There are 3.8 metric litres in a US Gallon!

Yah, I noticed that after I wrote it.  Back of the mind calculation...
>
>The only remotely good thing about fuel in the UK compared to the US is
>that
>we generally have higher octane (= better quality) fuel available. eg. Our
>"super unleaded" is 97 - 98 RON. Although it's hard to compare because the
>octane of US fuel is quoted as (RON+MON)/2 (RON = research octane number,
>MON = motor octane number). The R+M/2 method gives generally lower numbers
>than RON alone.

Here in Iowa, midwest US, corn is a HUGE cash crop, and so ethanol is big
business.
This is the only place I've ever seen where higher octane gas is actually
cheaper
than the lower octane stuff.

Mike H.

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