Who still has the option of buying LEADED fuels?


Saying "regular' = regular unleaded 87 octane is the USA
Saying "premium" = the highest octane unleaded that station provides

I am 41, and grew up hearing my dad say things like 'fill 'er up, regular please'. Back in the day, that meant regular leaded gas. Stations carried regular leaded and premium leaded (aka high test), and some new stuff called "unleaded".

Through the 1980's, leaded was phased out and banned. Stations wound up with three offerings, except it was now 'regular unleaded', 'mid-grade unleaded', and 'premium unleaded'.

87, 89 and 91-94 (now 91-93)

Eventually everyone just started saying 'regular' to mean the lowest grade of 87 octane. 'Premium' just means their 91-93 octane unleaded fuel.

When I started driving and up til the late 90's, I always said, "premium unleaded" or "regular unleaded". Old habit. Eventually, every self serve stations labeled the fuels this way and you chose the grade you wanted.

Does anyone need to say or select 'unleaded' by name anywhere???

 

Thanx for clarifing that. My picture is worth a thousand words and all I need to see and can read btw.

Which was my point earlier here, look inside the fuel door. Where can you get leaded pump fuel? lol.

 

I remember those days. Had to at one point buy 'lead' subsitute to add, so I wouldn't beat my valve seats to death on my 1973 351C MACH I.