"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message
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>
> i'd also say that it depends on the car. hondas are very gas quality
> agnostic. a french car i had in europe was /very/ gas sensitive.
> ridiculously so in fact. again, this points to using the cheaper stuff in
> the honda.
>
Would that by any chance have been a Renault? My mother had a 1970 R-10 that
would surge if regular grade gas was used. No pinging, just a constant surge
at low throttle settings.

Mike