# Does Anyone Buy "Plus" or "Premium" Gas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-plus-or-premium-gas/516521>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 6, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-plus-or-premium-gas/516521 "2009-11-06T02:50:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-plus-or-premium-gas/516521/41 "2009-11-08T22:31:47Z")

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Not an octane thing, but I bought BP “Ultimate” by freakin’ _accident_ just this afternoon. I grabbed the wrong nozzle. My 45 litres cost me more than £50. Grrrrrr. :mad:

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-plus-or-premium-gas/516521/42 "2009-11-08T22:47:19Z")

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> [@Fetchund](#):
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> My chainsaw needs high octane, so it gets it!

Well, I should think so! The last thing you want is a pissed-off chain saw! 😛

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