What kind of gas do you all burn in your Type R's?
I received one of those emails that tries to start something. This one concerned gasoline and the brands that import from the Middle East and those who don't. Seems that, according to this email, the Saudi's have boycotted American goods and one potential American consumer response would be to use gasoline not imported from the MidEast. I have no idea how accurate any of this is, nor am I a proponent of it. It just got me thinking, mainly because this note said that Shell is the largest importer of Middle East oil for their gas, and that's what I burn in my car. Have any of you heard about this, or do you have any objective insight as to its accuracy? I started using Shell after my '88 integra was running roughly on Amoco and the dealer suggested Shell. I tried it and have used it ever since; my R runs great on it. Once tried the highest octane Sunoco on a whim and the thing ran terribly - may have just been a bad batch or the way the engine management system 'managed' it, but just the same I haven't tried it again.
The other companies allegedly using MidEast oil were Chevron/Texaco, Exxon/Mobil, Marathon/Speedway, and Amoco. Those that got their oil from outside the Middle East were Citco, Sunoco, Conoco, Sinclair, BP/Phillips, and Hess.