Lower octane fuels are just more volatile, they aren't really dirtier, they actually burn faster. Higher octane burns slower & can withstand more pressure. So you can actually end up with a more complete burn using lower octane, depending on the engine.

Higher octane is better for higher heat & higher compression. Lower octane CAN be better for lower compression & large combustion chambers (like rotary engines). But there are a lot of variables. Cooling is a big factor too.

If you put 110 race gas in your average road going consumer car, you are just wasting money. The tune will be too rich & it will likely be worse for the car. But you cannot run a 13:1 compression race engine on 87 or 89 octane, it would likely blow up from pre-ignition or detonation.

Modern cars will generally advance or retard the timing & even adjust fuel maps based on the fuel you choose, so as long as you choose between the normal 87-93 or maybe 95 octane then the car should adjust & the power & fuel mileage may change a little, but it won't be significant. If you have a high compression honda or something turbocharged it may make a bigger difference because the computer may have to actually retard things to protect the engine from low octane gas.

Using extremely high octane fuels in cars that are not tuned for them will likely have mildly negative consequences.

Growling noise would be the exhaust leak.

The squealing I was referring to would be brakes.

And premium gas generally does very little for fuel economy.

Ethanol free may improve mileage & reduce wear to some degree, but outside of that 87 is generally fine unless your car is turbocharged or has a particularly high compression engine in it.

Fun fact, naturally aspirated rotary engines Rx8s will actually make more power on low octane because the long combustion chamber benefits from a faster flamefront. Personally confirmed this with dyno tests.

Yeah, Conbase is not recommended.

Tires are definitely important. Loose seems unlikely, but should be free to fix.

Places make the most money on brakes & will often add those to a list whether needed or not. But obviously sometimes they really are worn down. Have they been squealing or making metal noises? Pad changes are basically as easy oil changes, but they often charge $300. Might be worth finding out what they are charging for that.

An exhaust hanger can be important if one is broken or missing. They are generally cheap. If there is no leak or weird exhaust noise then the flex section shouldn't need to be replaced.

What are they saying you need done?

Some exchanges pay withdrawal fees for you, some charge you way more than the real fee as a way to fuck you when you leave. What exchange do you use?

That's a slightly better way to put things. But what does it actually mean to have "faith in Christ"...?

It seems to me like a whole lot of words often get thrown around without a whole lot of understanding.

Imagine being part of an organization full of people who are so insecure about their positions in the world that they feel the need to police things that teenagers say on the internet

busy body church lady energy

That just sounds like "You can't be a good person. You can't save yourself. Surrender to the authority of the church, because only we can save you" 🙄

We bring the kingdom of heaven to earth by living in accordance with basic moral principles. The price of admission is just in choosing reality over delusion, truth over social approval or status.

Why you gonna pay buttloads of money for a tattoo of the same wolf people get airbrushed on t-shirts at the mall?

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No one is responsible for the emotions or actions of others. Unhealthy boundaries are often the root of the desire to destroy freedom.

You are free to protect yourself from a virus by staying home or wearing a hazmat suit or taking experimental medications. But you cannot force others to bear the cost of addressing your fear by forcing THEM to stay home or wear masks or take experimental drugs.

Similarly, you cannot force someone else to manage your discomfort by controlling what they say. And both freedom & with it society as a whole are destroyed to the exact degree that people fail to understand these basic things.

#Keet & #Nostr are going to need each other. Keet or Pear will solve Nostr's hosting problems, & Nostr relays can probably help solve Keet's isolated channels/rooms problem. Seems like things could get really interesting 🤔

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Relevant:

"Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavor consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for?"

Friedrich A. Hayek

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That "sticks & stones" nursery rhyme is arguably a foundational building block of civilized society.

Lol, good luck enforcing that 😂

You really ought to give it some thought. Tiptoing around people is not being more human, or showing more respect for anyone.