WL> The Federal Trade Commission has obtained consent decrees
 WL> against several oil companies, and is pursuing one or two more cases
 WL> where the oil company has not yet settled, on the grounds that the
 WL> oil companies have *falsely* advertised:
 WL> 1. That higher octane is more beneficial or provides more
 WL> power in engines which were designed to run on
 WL> "regular" unleaded gasoline (usually 86 or 87 octane).
 WL> 2. That higher octane gasoline is cleaner or provides
 WL> any other benefit in engines that were designed
 WL> to run on lower octane.
 I've none for some time that this was bogus advertising, the only thing
 that higher octane gas does is it keeps high compression (or highly timed)
 engine from pinging. Had a car a couple years ago that would ping on
 anything other than 92 octane when ever you floored the gas pedal.
 I don't know about higher octane being cleaner, but compared to the old
 "leaded" gas unleaded tastes horrible. I'm not saying I drink it every day
 or anything, just when trying to get some gas out of the car to dump in the
 lawn mower you tend to get some in your mouth.
 One ad that Texaco used to run was "Cleans Vital Engine Parts". Please tell
 me what parts of an engine (that is in good condition) that come in contact
 with gasoline are not "vital".
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