

| Subject: | Re: Ethanol free gas |
| From: | Dave Mcneely |
| Date: | Thu, 5 Sep 2013 23:04:41 -0500 |
Where I buy it regularly, it runs about 6-10 cents higher per gallon than the alcoholic gasoline. In fact, the place I buy ethanol free fuel most often is just a few blocks from the house, and there is a Seven Eleven across the street that sells alcoholic fuel. They generally run 6 cents apart. Some places one can't get the good stuff. Most of Texas is one such place. On the road, I don't go out of my way, but if ethanol free is readily available, I get it. mcneely ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > 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? -- David McNeely
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