Date:         Thu, 2 May 2013 19:49:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sucky Gas Mileage - ethanol free
Comments: To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
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"Problem is.....ethanol-free fuel sells for a premium akin to diesel or
high test.  Which eliminates any advantages the small increase in fuel
economy gives you."

I am curious to see how many extra miles per gallon E0 gives over E10.
To that end, while I'm not logging cost, I have been alternating
tanksful of fuel between E10 and E0 since September and logging mileage.
In four short months I will have the results of a year's worth of
fill-ups. Stand by.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 05/02/2013 07:27 PM, Anthony Egeln wrote:
> Thanks for the link.  I know where they are here already.  Our local gas chain has a few
>
> pumps around, mainly to serve all the boaters that we have here in northeast Florida.
> You can see all the trailers lined up at the ethanol-free pumps if you are up early enough
>
> on a Saturday. Ethanol-free gas is better for marine fuel management systems.
>
> Problem is.....ethanol-free fuel sells for a premium akin to diesel or high test.  Which
>
> eliminates any advantages the small increase in fuel economy gives you.
>
>