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<DIV>In a message dated 11/7/2017 12:04:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
catnine09@dslextreme.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>The
trouble is after they decided to water down the fuel and over a long
<BR>enough period of time since they have added more and more % wise it's
<BR>difficult tell what these cars ran like on old gas.<BR><BR>I'm all
for not not pumping poison into the air and land . The ethonal only <BR>lasts
about three months or less in a fuel tank , either you drive enough to <BR>use
it which doesn't sit well and I've read at less than 10% it doesn't
<BR>reduce certain exhaust emissions as we were told.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><BR>I
don't have the option of buying even a good used car and I don't drive
<BR>very much . I have no idea if my 73 runs rich or lean it certainly does
not <BR>get great MPG in this stop and go traffic I have to deal with. Each
year <BR>there are more and more auto's here it's endless none stop 24/7 .
Here in <BR>Calif they continue to raise the price of gas , doesn't seem to
affect the <BR>traffic. I'm lucky if I get 100 miles out of a
tank.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>You might think they're watering it down, but they aren't. It still has to
pass standards that are applied to motor fuels. Yes, there are people/companies
that want to raise the level of ethanol to 15%, but SEMA studies have proven
that even cars built into the 2000's (I believe up thru 2005 or 2006) can
have detrimental effects to their engines from running 15% ethanol-gas mix. You
also have to factor in that rubber hoses aren't made for ethanol fuels, which is
why most newer cars (that CAN run "flex fuel") use plastic lines for their
fuel lines (main & return), or they use steel lines. But today's fuels are
nothing like they used to be. The added chemicals (for cleaner burning) and the
removal of lead are 2 things that affect fuel mileage in older cars. Back in the
day (when your car was new) it probably got 30+ mpg out on the highway. But
today, that same car in the same state of tune would only get 27 mpg. But, you
no longer have 200 + days of smog as a result of cleaner fuel in California. But
what you're forgetting, is that California used something even more toxic than
ethanol to help clean the air. MTB I think it was. It poisoned ground water.
While the rest of the country got ethanol, you guys got that instead. We've
had ethanol mixed fuel since 1985. The nearest non-ethanol gas station is 30
miles away (1 way), so I'm not about to drive out of my way just to find "pure"
gas. If you're so worried about it, log onto Gas Buddy dot com, and see where
the nearest "pure gas" place is near you, and buy it from them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just so you know, gas prices go up or down due to supply and demand. If you
have an area where there is a large demand, prices will reflect that. Add in a
higher cost of living, and prices reflect that as well. </DIV>
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<DIV>My question to you is how many months does a tank of fuel last? More than 3
months? If so you might want to add some stabil to your fuel. How long does it
take to go 100 miles? <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000
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<DIV>Sorry everyone, I just got rolling on a rant (I even trimmed it some). I
didn't mean to. Honest. But trying to get a message across feels like I'm
beating my head against a wall some times. I know I've had this conversation
before (on the Samba I think). </DIV>
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