05 May 08 07:30, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:

 TW> The $6.99 is "REAL" High Octane gas(100/130) mostly using
in racing.

That's about right. At the San Antonio Raceway, they sell at about the
same price. It's 105 and 110 octane.

 RW>> TW> Well Diesel is up to $4.50 per gallon here. Regular is running
 RW>> TW> arround $3.80. And for the 10 to 1 Corvette and other Hot Rod
 RW>> owners
 RW>> TW> Suitable High Octane Gas is $6.99 The High Fuel Prices also
 RW>> Cancled
 RW>> TW> the local "Wings over Gillespe" Air Show. At
least the major
 RW>> Flying
 RW>> TW> part of it. There was a flyin of some of the planes but as
 RW>> Ground
 RW>> TW> Displays Only. Ans we are "Promised" that it
will get Worse as
 RW>> the
 RW>> TW> summer approaches. Some are even predicting $5.00 per gallon
 RW>> gas.

 RW>> $6.99/gal for premium? Isn't that a bit dis-proportional? e.g.
 RW>> regular here is averaging around $3.46-3.48/gal and premium is
 RW>> running at $3.71-3.73/gal...

 RW>> We took the Z28 out on a 'poker run' last night. Each leg (there
 RW>> were 6) was less than 4 miles and all city driving. The Z gets 26mpg
 RW>> on the highway (thanx to 0.5:1 overdrive), but that drops to around
 RW>> 17mpg in the city because the speedlimits are under 40mph and lots
 RW>> of stop and go.

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