> I can drive my Chevelle to our municipal airport and get gas at the Chevron beside the runway. It is a low lead gas that floats between 105 and 112 octane....and it is $2.70 a gallon. I guess that is not bad since 87 octane at the gas stations cost $1.97 around here (Central Arizona). I am a pilot. I know that the aviation industry was "grandfathered in" for the lead containing gasoline when America went unleaded. As far as I know, av-gas is the only readily available mass produced fuel still containing lead. I buy av-gas all of the time for the planes I fly. I do believe that dispensing the av-gas directly into an owner's car is illegal. I'm not saying that this doesn't go on all of the time. Does anyone know if this is in fact true? Is it illegal to dispense leaded gas from an airport vendor into a car? The reason I ask is that few airports will sell the gas and dispense it into a car but most will sell if it is going into a container. Also, on a similar topic.....Most people now days don't realize that pure gasoline, like av-gas, has a beautiful pure almost sweet smell. And if you get it on your hands it almost immediately evaporates leaving no residual smell or oily feeling. The chemical brew that they call automotive "gas" they sell for cars has become so darn nasty. They shouldn't call it gas anymore. Just call it "car fuel". --Todd. Boise, Idaho.
