Gasolio o benzina?

[Dana Loomis <dloomis@domain.elided>]

Charlie, LA, CA, USA, recently back from Italy wrote: 

>GASOLIO is how all the stations I saw refer to what we call gasoline in the 
>States, petrol elsewhere. Previously, and from the hints in the owners 
>manuals I've treasured for all these years, the word was benzina, now never 
>heard (even at boat yards).

I hope Charlie didn't put any of this in the Alfa whose owner's manual says
to use "benzina."  Gasolio is diesel fuel!

Dana Loomis

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