I just want to make sure I don't do anything stupid while in Europe. Are the pumps marked UNLEADED in clear words? Or do they call it something else? How do they post the octane ratings? I just want to make sure I don't end up putting diesel in, or low grade 87 octane fuel either.
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Octane ratings are different (do a search here to find out about the differences - there have been numerous threads about this), but the fuel quality is the same as in the US.
AFAIK, you can only buy unleaded fuel throughout most of Europe - at least that is the case in Scandinavia. I have only seen leaded fuel for sale in Russia, and other Eastern European countries. The pumps are clearly marked so that you don't end up putting diesel in your tank. You will likely find 95E, 98E and perhaps even 99E or 100E. The "E" means unleaded.
I only use 98E in my BMW (as they recommend), even though it does cost about $5.50 a gallon.
Usually, diesel pumps have a black handle on the nozzle, unleaded pumps have green handles. And you can often tell that you are at a diesel pump because there will be diesel spilled all over the ground that does not evaporate like gasoline does.
Good luck and enjoy your trip.
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Thats 70 euros = $93.10us and 14 mpg @ 100 mph avg OOOUCH!  
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Quote: Octane ratings are different (do a search here to find out about the differences - there have been numerous threads about this), but the fuel quality is the same as in the US.
AFAIK, you can only buy unleaded fuel throughout most of Europe - at least that is the case in Scandinavia. I have only seen leaded fuel for sale in Russia, and other Eastern European countries. The pumps are clearly marked so that you don't end up putting diesel in your tank. You will likely find 95E, 98E and perhaps even 99E or 100E. The "E" means unleaded.
I only use 98E in my BMW (as they recommend), even though it does cost about $5.50 a gallon.
Usually, diesel pumps have a black handle on the nozzle, unleaded pumps have green handles. And you can often tell that you are at a diesel pump because there will be diesel spilled all over the ground that does not evaporate like gasoline does.
Good luck and enjoy your trip.
. | First fill up 3/4 of a tank was $70.00 USD- Shell V Power.
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If you do find a leaded gas pump the handle will be red. I saw a few at some gas stations in the UK while I lived there. They were not very common, and usually there was only one pump in the station.
On the continent I never saw a leaded pump. Oh...your engine will sing when running 98 RON (93~94 Octane) fuel 
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Quote: If you do find a leaded gas pump the handle will be red. I saw a few at some gas stations in the UK while I lived there. They were not very common, and usually there was only one pump in the station.
On the continent I never saw a leaded pump. Oh...your engine will sing when running 98 RON (93~94 Octane) fuel | And the nozzles are a different size--leaded is bigger, so it won't fit.
(when I did ED 15 years ago, and unleaded was just being phased in, I got a leaded-unleaded "converter"--i.e., so the nozzle would fit. At that point, they put on the cat. converter at the VPC, not in Germany.)
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