From: jeff 

Randy H wrote:
> You may have some problems with jamming CA's mix down in the mountain state
> areas, where lower octane is the norm becuase of the altitude.
>

On my last cross country from MD to OR, I got some of that 85 octane trash
in Wyoming.

I almost didn't make it out of the state.... my engine was seriously
unhappy on the hills.

I could care less about the chemistry, my car's performance tells me that
lower octane==lower performance.

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