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Old December 19th 04, 02:01 PM
Michelle P
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white gas to me has always been associated with my grandpa's boat.
Coleman stoves burn Coleman fuel.
Michelle

wrote:

G.R. Patterson III wrote:




Matt Whiting wrote:


I won't dispute that, but still doesn't make it so. I can call a Ford a
Chevy also, but it doesn't make it so.





Your opinion, but mine is that better than half a century of common usage *does*
make it so. White gas is unleaded car gas.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.



Its a regional thing.

I've never heard anyone refer to any kind of car gasoline as white gas in the
southwest; white gas goes in camp stoves (or used to before propane took
over).