Modern Vespa

Running low, I stopped at a shabby looking, old run-down gas station on a deserted road.
I asked the the ancient bearded guy there for premium, but he said he only had one grade in his pumps; regular 87 octane...
Needing fuel badly, I said wot the hell and he handed me the pump.
And the Fat Grape drank thirstily that day, my friends...

So now I been waiting for the bad running times, the knocks and shaking, the sputtering back-firing,
the slowing down of acceleration. And guess what??


Yeah, you got it; the Fat Grape, after drinking down at least 1/2 a tank of this cheapo stuff,
is now running better than ever before!
She feels smooother, has more oomph, and her innards are just purrrring with motorized pleasure!!

Could this be magic? Was the ancient bearded one on that deserted road perhaps a wizard?
-Or has Piaggio maybe been lying to us all along?

Anyway, next tank fill will be regular too! We'll see what happens at another station... 8)

???????????????????!!!!

I am interested to hear how this experiment ends up......

These little old stations are very independent and sell whatever their supplier sends. You could very well have gotten high test, or even Sunoco extra hi test. That is not really a good test. Could be boot leg booze.

but did he sell bar-b-q???

Any ideas on this one?
I posted a reply to this and it disappeared...
You do a search and it reappears all by itself...
Have I been banned or is there an alternate universe in MV land..
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My guru says, at least here in CA use the 89, not the 91.

Something about the higher grade having a bunch of crap in it your scooter really does not want.....

I always use the 89, without worries.

R

8)

Tony ,
the MV bot has listed you as 666 evil LOL

BTW I heard some MVers ( ratstar and others?? ) mentioning better mileage with the lower octane as well ( at the Arboretum in DC)

kinda makes you go hmmm, maybe I will give this a tank or 2 also and see what gives