Until now, some car owners have strong stereotypes about the Soviet era: they say that western is always better than domestic.
It is good where we are not: abroad sugar is sweeter, the roads are smoother and the fuel is of better quality. And that our 95th is the same as their 91st. Is it real?
Expert opinion
Mikhail Kolodochkincolumnist “Behind the wheel”:
– It is real. But this does not mean that our fuel is worse. Just different measurement methods.
In the US, the Anti-Knock Index (AKI) octane number is defined as the arithmetic mean between the research and motor octane numbers.
The estimated ratios between Russian and American indicators are as follows:
AI-92 = AKI 87; AI-95 = AKI 91; AI-98 = AKI 93
And if the instructions for an American car indicate the 91st gasoline, then we must fill it with AI-95! Quality, as you can see, has nothing to do with it.
The specialist told everything in more detail in the material “5 common misconceptions about gasoline (there are dangerous!)”.
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