On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:40:13 +0100, "nightjar"
surname here>.uk.com> wrote:
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>"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message
>news:4U8Wh.40287$IV6.32598@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi...
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>> One source says that the retail price of unleaded (does the Brits still
>> use leaded gas as well)
>
>We have LRP, lead replacement petrol, for use in cars that are not capable
>of using unleaded.
>
>> is everything from 88.9 to 101.9 per litre in Britain.
>
>However, buying the cheapest proved very expensive recently, when a large
>number of cars needed their oxygen (lambda) sensors replaced, following
>contamination of supermarket fuel.
Except supermarket fuel is often not the cheapest, and contamination
was by a wholesaler who provided fuel for many places, particularly
the most expensive places which tend to be as you note in independant
rural areas.
Jim. |