I just want to rant and get it off my mind....

This is just me but one thing I keep hearing is that our fuel is less pure compared to those abroad. And these people would say that it is the reason why our fuel can't be used for imported cars, that you should use the special fuels with the better blend, etc. A epiphany I noticed was just my recent vacation in LA, I needed to gas up the rental car and I noted that the highest octane rating for their fuel is 87. Here in our country, our fuel rating is around 95-97 percent. In fact I never saw even in chevron (caltex) or any other gas station a fuel rating greater than 90 (it seems they add ethanol in higher concentrations to their gas) anywhere in LA, and I mean from Pasadena down to San Diego. So now I find myself laughing and grinning when people posts that the lower blend fuel in our country (usually 93) causes their "engine to knock", "have a lower pull", poor response time", etc. Driving around LA never made any noticable changes to engine performance (and this is freeway running at around 65 to 80 mph/ 100-120 km/hr) despite the fact the car (a honda 2010 CIVIC) used a 83 blend from shell. I guess people tend to be gullible to those marketing strategies...