I filled-up at a Shell station a couple of nights ago and they were selling 100 octane fuel for ..... $4.29 a gallon!

Reminds me of the old Sunoco days back east.

Haasman

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'03 E320 Wagon-Sold
'95 E320 Wagon-Went to Ex
'93 190E 2.6-Wrecked
'91 300E-Went to Ex
'65 911 Coupe (#302580)

WoW....That's odd!

Why are they selling extreme high octain gas? Is this a new trend starting to happen. What consumer group are they appealing to?

Till now, the highest octain available had been 93 with 89 and 87 following, here on the east coast.

I'm old enough to remeber the days when you could buy 100 plus octain, Amaco white-gas, that was necessary for the big Cadillacs, Lincolns, muscle cars, Corvettes etc.

They must be trying to appeal to the big SUV audiance and ultra high horse power performance vehicles now available... BB

Here in New York the highest octane is Sunoco 94.
Are there any cars out there requiring 100? Maybe a Lambo or Ferrari?

I live in az. and we have 100 on the pump mostly for the high powered boats running the colorado river @ $2.69 a gal. been wanting to try it in my 300e but it is a low lead and didnt know if it would hurt the converter, my harley loves it

I was trying to remember, was 109 the highest you could select at Sunoco when they had those dial your octane pumps?

I remember a customer in the mid 60's at Caldwell Airport( now Essex County) NJ that bought either 100/130 or 115/145 octane aviation fuel for a big block ford that he raced.

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Jeff

97 E320, ours 217,000miles
91 190E 2.6 daily driver 242,000miles
74 MGB,mine 120,000?
2006 BE350/Proline 21, 50 hours

Some Unocal stations in CA sell 100 octane unleaded race gas from pumps, but, I didn't know that a similar fuel was available from Shell.

The current 100 PON is equivalent to a 104 to 105 RON fuel from the sixties, so it would be okay for an L-88 Corvette, which had a CR of 12.5:1 and required a minimum of 103 RON.

Duke

It's a niche market - been available like that on a limited basis for many years. It's for hot-rodders, street racers, and people who want their car to run well while for sale. At those prices it's going to remain a niche market as far as I'm concerned.