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Re: [Serious] Should consumer border limits be abolished?

This illustrates the difference in monetary benefits based on the proximity to the border. You might care more about the government claiming they can fix price disparities while those of us that live near the border shrug at such ideas.

I only use Regular gas, so there's ethanol in that, regardless of which side of the border I buy it.

Regular regularly contains 10% ethanol.

It wasn't the warranty, it was the overall cost that sent me to Costco.

My understanding is that Ethanol was mandated by McGunity and it's at least 10% across the board.

Besides DJ, Loblaws doesn't have a refinery, they buy their gas from "Petro Canada, Shell, etc".

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How do you know for certain that RCSS doesn't have Ethanol in their gas? Just because there isn't some label in a prominent location doesn't mean it isn't there.

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Also, most outdoor equipment made in the last 10-20 years has no issues using E10. My mother-in-law's lawnmower even has a label on it that says 10% Ethanol Max, similar to cars. It's the real old stuff that one's father handed down to them that could have issues with E10. You need to stabilize the fuel or put premium into those.

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Chapple fuels is a transport company!

Almost all of Ontario get's it's refined gasoline from Nanticoke, Sarnia, or St. Clair refineries, doesn't matter the label on the pump it is all scooped from the same bucket.
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Why would you put Super gas in your econoboxes?

The mileage part I can understand, but how a car runs "better" with a higher octane of gas, that it doesn't need i don't.

if you don't understand how fuel in an internal combustion engine works, especially in higher compression direct injected engines, i recommend you go research it yourself...there is more to it than just "higher octane" as "top tier" fuels also have other additives (detergents, etc) to help keep things running better over time.

Most of those additives are marketing crap, our gas is better then their gas because......

it's all the same shit.

that. ^^

to add further to it, in a direct injection engine, it is believed to be even more important to use a top tier fuel...in a standard fuel injected car, the fuel injectors spray the fuel in a throttle body and the air/fuel mixture then flows through the intake manifolds, into the combustion chamber when the intake valves open, then combusts at its appropriate time...the air/fuel mixture travelling through the intake manifold and across the intake valves also cleans those components (and keeps them clean over time)...in a direct injected engine, the fuel is sprayed directly into the combustion chamber, so a mist of fuel (and its cleaning agents) cleaning that part of the engine is not possible...this is why it has been suggested to ensure you use a quality fuel, as and debris that may build on other components will be harder to clean (or not able to be cleaned off, aside from a valve job, or whatever).

in normal driving conditions, my Rio5 runs fine on regular...but if you do accelerate briskly (say, to pass someone), especially when the engine is under load (accelerating in a slightly higher gear, but not hard enough to force a kickdown), you can hear some knocking/pinging in the engine...the engine will compensate for it, likely preventing any damage, but i'd rather spend the extra $3 and just put better gas in it.
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