European fuel Qs: Price, Availablilty, Ethanol added?
In the UK/Western Europe, we'll be riding a Honda ST1300 that runs okay on normal unleaded petrol ( ULP = 87-91 octane), but we prefer Premium ( PULP = 95-98 octane) which is recommended.
In early threads, I've read comments by beddhist and Steve Pickford, about difficulties getting petrol on Sundays in rural France and other places, and about using plastic to pay for it. This got me thinking about fuelling-up and raised other questions: - Is Premium easliy accessible?
- Is fuel generally clean? (i.e. even in the back blocks?)
- What is the current price per litre for ULP, and how much extra cost for Premium?
- How much does price vary? (i.e. like in Australia it varies significantly: between States because of local taxes, from city to outback because of freight and competition, and on different days of the week!)
- How common is ethanol an additive? (e.g. e-10). Honda does not recommend ethanol in the ST1300. If it is common, is it only in ULP, or has it been added now also to PULP?
I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks
John
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