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Subject:Ethanol free gas
From:Don Hanson
Date:Thu, 5 Sep 2013 19:02:29 -0700

I noticed the station nearby that sells it, they are charging more than a
dollar a gallon more for it than even high test blend.   I think it has
something to do  with our location, on the Columbia River Gorge, where
Harleys from the cities across the mountains often cruise, by the
thousands,  on weekends.  They have to use the highest possible octane gas,
I guess, due to being air cooled still and quite high in compression ratio
despite making not too much HP.......I get a kick out of pulling into a
station near a bunch of them on my Honda sport bike and filling it with
regular and watching them scratch heads....they don't usually get it...They
can really plug up a gas station when a dozen or more pull in and get
topped up, each rider often paying seperatly and being somewhat awkward
moving their large heavy bikes around in close quarters...

  My Inline VW motor does have higher performance with the Good
Stuff...it's compression ratio, slightly improved camshaft grind and tuned
exhaust respond well to real gas without ethanol.  Mileage is 2-3mpg +
also...but that doesn't pencil out as a saving to use it at over $1.00 more
per gallon...does it?

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