[NefCanuck]

ZTWsquared,Apr 29 2009, 12:21 PM Wrote:

NefCanuck,Apr 29 2009, 10:17 AM Wrote:So, I pulled into a local Shell this AM on the way to work and went for the V-Power pump.

The sign outside for regular read 85.9 but when I looked at the v-power display as I'm tanking it reads 98.9!

Did I miss a memo, the gap is now 13 cents a liter? Ai yi yi :ph34r:

NefCanuck
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That's one of the gripes that Dan McTeague has in addition to the overall price rapeage ...

Also: did you notice the new signs at the Shell station ... they now sell "Nitrogen enriched" gasolines - wtf!?

As much as I dislike McTeague (he was strangely muted when the Liberals ran Ottawa) he does post some interesting figures yes...

Ah, I think this comes from the fact that they have to disclose how their gas deals with engine deposits (I'm 99% sure this is it, in the US the ads merely speak to "cleaning out engine gunk" without any explanation)

I'm not really sure of the science behind the nitrogen injection though so my best guess is that the nitrogen atoms bond with the carbon atoms (the carbon deposits in the combustion chamber) and the whole shooting match gets carried out of the engine?

NefCanuck