Gasoline in DR- different Octanes- pls advise

[El Diego]

ok here's the question:
in DR i only see 2 options: regular & premium.... and been told that the premium
is the good one; that the regular one is not as clean and has not been processed as the "regular" in US.

so the question is.... does the premium in DR equates to the regular in US?
Even a mechanic (in DR) told me to use premium in a 4-cylinder car.

For folks living in DR, are you guys/gals using regular or premium in your car(s)?

thnx

Erick

[Rocky]

I have no evidence, but the rumour is that what you suspect in your above post, is true.

[Ringo]

AH....

My Jeep with a 4.8 ltr. engine uses "regular" to US standards. So for the last 3 years I've used regular here in the D.R. and it has worked OK. At time a little ruff, but I am told that the gas gets "watered down" at times.

I never looked at the octain rating to see if that is the same as most other countries. Need to fill up so I guess I will look. (Not that I will believe it. lol)

Regards, Ringo

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by Ringo

AH....

My Jeep with a 4.8 ltr. engine uses "regular" to US standards. So for the last 3 years I've used regular here in the D.R. and it has worked OK. At time a little ruff, but I am told that the gas gets "watered down" at times.

I never looked at the octain rating to see if that is the same as most other countries. Need to fill up so I guess I will look. (Not that I will believe it. lol)

Regards, Ringo

That's the problem in a nut shell.
Even if it says that it's up to world standards, I doubt that it's true.

[MommC]

for gasoline or diesel......
Whenever we have been forced to use regular, (due to unavailability of premium) we HAVE noticed a difference in how the vehicle runs!

[adrianb]

All the locals tell me to use premium on my SUV so I do so. They talk about the regular gasoline as being very dirty. I confirmed this from multiple independent sources, but I don't understand it myself very well.

[Hipocrito Mejia]

Even in the DR, you don't need to use premium unless your car has a turbo, supercharger , or high compression motor. Your average car or yipeta will be just fine with regular.

[El Diego]

Originally Posted by Hipocrito Mejia

Even in the DR, you don't need to use premium unless your car has a turbo, supercharger , or high compression motor. Your average car or yipeta will be just fine with regular.

even though "regular" in DR is watered down, dirty, or below US "regular" standards?

i've been told that if one uses regular in DR that some cars have problems
later on with ignition or other parts.

difference b/w reg & prem in DR is $10 pesos... so not sure if it's worth
saving about $150 pesos in a full tank by using regular.... even though
every peso counts when you're living in DR.

using gas is another option but that has its advant/disadvant.

[Keith R]

Not sure why this thread is in the Environment Forum, since (so far) it does not address an environment issue. I'm thinking of moving it to the Living or General Stuff forum, in part you're even more likely to get responses in either of those two....

[BF1]

I've used regular sometimes but the engine gets a litlle less "responsive"...