hi javier,
>Unleaded is virtually unknown in West Africa<
at these links you can see that leaded petrol is phased out in many african countries :
http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/M...sSSA-Jun06.pdf
http://www.unep.org/PCFV/documents/MatrixAfricaLead.pdf
The Gambia in the process of switching to unleaded fuel :
http://www.observer.gm/enews/index.p...3879&Itemid=65
>-let alone the fact that the catalityc converters is gone forever with just 1 tank full of non-unleaded petrol-<
that´s the reason why most people take out the catalityc converter before they drive to africa...
i fully agree with you about the difficulties to get petrol
( leaded or unleaded) at stations sometimes, but imho
this happens because there is often a shortage of foreign
currency to import the stuff.
so more and more you will see the odd yellow bidons,
but mostly filled with smuggled petrol.
greetz,
todo
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