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Subject:Re: speaking of gas
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:59:10 -0500

Gasohol. Now that's a word I hadn't heard in a while.  Hate to burst
your bubble though, Al, if you put gasoline in your vehicles at all, you
are most likely using what used to be labelled gasohol.  There are a
couple of additives that are used, including ethanol, MBTE, and benzine
(I think), to help mix the detergents with the gasoline.  If the
gasoline that you use has any detergents in it, then it also has one of
the above additives in it.  Ethanol is more often used for a number of
reasons, not the least of which are the harmful effects that can come
from dealing with the other additives.

Marc Perdue

Al and Sue Brase wrote:

> There is a performance difference- it will perform better on regular.
> I've had consistantly higher mpg's with regular than premium (or
> gasohol)!
> Al Brase
>