udderiffic indulgence.

Does your [vehicle] really need high-octane petrol? Most [vehicles] don’t. So why do [motorists] keep pumping the more expensive stuff?

– Christopher Tan, “Fuels Paradise”, The Straits Times, 28 Apr 2007, p. Life! 8.

Because we are so stoooooooopid! Hahaha!

Oh deer. I feel so silly to have wasted so much money on 98-octane petrol.

I have been using 98-octane petrol since I bought my bike, and after reading Mr Tan’s article, I realise I could have saved a lot of money by just using 95 (or 92 even).

Cos I mistakenly thought that a higher octane level of petrol meant that the fuel was more environmentally friendly.

But on the friggin’ contrary! A higher-octane fuel just means that the fuel is more able to “resist premature ignition in the engine”. (Ibid) And read this:

[Ong] also points out that the higher-octane fuels contain more benzene, a cancer-causing substance (WTF! Like that then go vegetarian for fuck!!!). “In most cases, using higher-octane petrol is a waste of money,” he says. (Ibid; emphasis and WTFs mine)

So I Googled for the type of petrol my bike can survive on, and all I need is a minimum of 92-octane.

Hmph. So maybe that’s why my bike takes a while longer to start up sometimes too.

Oh well.

Anyway, Eugene Wye, I am sorry because I recall a blog entry a long time ago about me stupidly boasting about using 98-octane because I wanted to save the Earth etc.

Sheesh. Well, I don’t know if you were trying to tell me this shit then but I’m sorry if I didn’t listen.

Rah.

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