Hey Marius, I'd love a copy!

Thanks, Jake

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com>wrote:

> Ugh, so that didn't work at all.. Apparently no HTML allowed here.
>
> If anyone wants a high-fidelity copy of my data, let me know and I'm happy
> to pmail it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Marius Strom
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Techron
>
> Data...
>
>
>
> I've been tracking for the past 3 months the various fuel
> suppliers/octanes/ethanol blends that I put in my 88 Westy full camper.
>  Here's some info.. I've got Shell 87 in the tank now and should have an
> initial read of that one in a week or two. :)
>
>
> Date
>
> Fuel Supplier
>
> Octane
>
> Miles In
>
> Trip
>
> Gallons
>
> Miles/Gallon
>
> 4/1/2010
>
> Unknown
>
> Unknown
>
> 213,771
>
> 225.3
>
> 14.059
>
> 16.0253
>
> 4/26/2010
>
> Chevron
>
> 87
>
> 214,003
>
> 231.9
>
> 13.861
>
> 16.7304
>
> 5/2/2010
>
> Union 76
>
> 87
>
> 214,230
>
> 227.3
>
> 12.855
>
> 17.6818
>
> 5/23/2010
>
> Chevron
>
> 87
>
> 214,452
>
> 222.0
>
> 12.630
>
> 17.5772
>
> 5/29/2010
>
> Chevron
>
> 87
>
> 214,640
>
> 187.2
>
> 10.526
>
> 17.7845
>
> 6/10/2010
>
> Chevron
>
> 87
>
> 214,858
>
> 218.5
>
> 12.803
>
> 17.0663
>
> 6/11/2010
>
> Union 76
>
> 87
>
> 215,053
>
> 194.6
>
> 10.074
>
> 19.3171
>
> 6/12/2010
>
> Conoco
>
> 87 E10
>
> 215,234
>
> 180.6
>
> 9.508
>
> 18.9945
>
> 6/13/2010
>
> Conoco
>
> 87
>
> 215,441
>
> 207.2
>
> 10.454
>
> 19.8202
>
> 6/14/2010
>
> Chevron
>
> 87
>
> 215,639
>
> 197.9
>
> 10.671
>
> 18.5456
>
>
>
>
> And the summary table:
>
>
> Row Labels
>
> Average of Miles/Gallon
>
> Chevron
>
> 17.54080575
>
> 87
>
> 17.54080575
>
> Union 76
>
> 18.49944483
>
> 87
>
> 18.49944483
>
> Unknown
>
> 16.02532186
>
> Unknown
>
> 16.02532186
>
> Conoco
>
> 19.40734773
>
> 87
>
> 19.82016453
>
> 87 E10
>
> 18.99453092
>
>
>
>
> Now, granted, fuel economy is one indicator of "runs best", but Conoco 87
> is clearly in the lead for our Westy.
>
>
>
> Arco - I refuse to go anywhere near that stuff.  On our Prius, we usually
> average around 48-50.. I filled up Arco in it one time, and economy dropped
> to 42-44 for the next three tanks of gas..  Avoiding that stuff like the
> plague.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> craig cowan
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:21 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Techron
>
>
>
> "I find BP gasoline (and all their oil products) to be the best on the
> market."
>
>
>
> Ready....
>
> GO!
>
> (Running away with a smerk on my face)
>
>
>
> -Craig
>
> '85GL turned WESTY
>
> BOSTIG in the back
>
> (The truth is, I can run any gasoline or ethanol product just fine. I'm now
> indifferent. I am however somewhat anti BP for the last 50 or so days...)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Annie <lsandrsn@gmail.com<mailto:
> lsandrsn@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've noticed that in mine too - 76 gas makes it run poorly, indeed. I
>
> > have good luck with Shell or Arco (believe it or not). Never tried
>
> > Chevron so I can't answer that, at least for the Vanagon. But it made
>
> > my Acura and my Subaru run poorly.
>
> >
>
> > Be blessed,
>
> > ~Annie
>
> >
>
> > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Jake de Villiers <
>
> > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com<mailto:crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > > Whereas I've put gas from 76 stations in three different Vanagons
>
> > > and had them run very poorly indeed.
>
> > >
>
> > > We no longer put that kind of gas in our vans.
>
> > >
>
> > > Jake
>
> > >
>
> > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net
> <mailto:tombuese@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > > Not trying to start a flame war here, but I swear that my buses
>
> > > > run better when I run Chevron gas w/ the techron in it.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > YMMV,
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Mr. BZ-no scientific data to back up claim
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > > On Jun 16, 2010, at 10:57 PM, Tabe Johnson wrote:
>
> > > >
>
> > > >  So Techron is the cat's meow... Is there a reference for a study
>
> > > >> showing this, or is it just "everyone knows that Techron actually
>
> > > >> works and nothing else does"?
>
> > > >>
>
> > > >> tabe johnson/90mv
>
> > > >>
>
> > > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > --
>
> > > Jake
>
> > >
>
> > > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
>
> > > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
>
> > >
>
> > > Crescent Beach, BC
>
> > >
>
> > > www.thebassspa.com<http://www.thebassspa.com>
>
> > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com<http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>
> > > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
> > >
>
> >
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27