Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:05:47 -0500
Reply-To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM>
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From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM>
Subject: Re: e15
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To Help the Economy you make the fuel kill your vehicle to make you
purchase another, Get your clunker off the road and buy into the NEW
vehicle. Just helps all of us. For a fun read try Agenda 21 or just
watch videos on it.
I just love my old VWs. I have 7 and want to keep them forever. I
just don't like my government dictating what I can and can not have
and trying to destroy my personal freedoms on what I can and can not
drive and just make life harder till I cave in.
I want to keep my Vanagon on the road as long as humanly possible. I
still think it is one of the most thought out and desirable vehicles
I have ever owned and will do what it takes to make it go.
Sorry I do not want to get the government into this OR the
ecomentalists wanting to hunt me down. I just think I should be able
to purchase fuel that would help my vehicle run without damaging the
internals. I do think some things that are changed are good, BUT
there is always a counter reaction and at times you just don't see it.
Having 1.5 to 2 Gallons of Fuel dryer in my tank per fill up is a bit
much. I know what I pay in groceries and Fuel and Taxes. I also know
what I live in Michigan and wet condensation and humidity that many
on this list have never experienced living in dry climates.
I hope everyone takes this with a grain of salt, Just don't take one
side of the story is all. There are ALWAYS 2 sides and the issue is
many times you only get 1, and getting it from only 1 Biased source
does not by any means mean your getting the truth.
Also Results in Arizona are much different then Ohio and even Brazil.
I have been to Brazil and the rain forest, It is nothing like Arizona
Or Michigan / Ohio.
All in good fun! Happy Holidays and Happy New year. Keeping the OLD
VW alive yet another year!!
Jonce Fancher
www.fanchers.com
56 Single Cab
66 Square back
66 Sunroof Bug
66 Porsche 912
71 Sunroof Bus
78 Convertible Bug
85 Vanagon Westy Zetec
1 Understanding wife 2 Kids and Molly ( Beagle / Terrier Mix )
>scott,
>i suspect your are in a dryer climate with smaller temp swings than
>we are here in ohio.
>we get condensation so bad it drips off of cars at certain times.
>motorcycle tanks around here being eaten alive with corrosion and on
>older bikes the rubber parts are disintegrating. Unfortunately the
>Japanese have not changed their rubber compounds so your 10 dollar o
>ring is gone in 6 months. There is no alcohol free gas within 100
>miles of here.
>I poured out a quarter cup of water from a lawnmower that is used
>every 2 weeks. The only way to fight it is to run as low as possible
>all the time
>keep the least amount in the tank. Google gasohol phase change! What
>a joke! On the eco modders forum a fellow took 5 gallons of gas and
>ran the miles covered that he got from it then he took the alcohol
>out of exactly the same gas and ran what was left over the same
>course and got more miles from a lesser amount of fuel. this test
>was repeated several times with the same results. I am getting a hit
>of about 2 mpg on my 85 westy. that and lots of small engine
>problems mean I am out of pocket several hundred dollars a year, not
>to count how much of the taxes are going to subsidise the food based
>ethanol and the rise in corn prices which affects most other food
>prices, notice any rise in your grocery bill?
>rant over
>mike
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