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Subject:Re: Ethanol free gas
From:ralph meyermann
Date:Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:12:02 -0500

Its just off the interstate and maybe 2 yrs since they built it, they
removed the 89+ alcohol to 87+alcohol??

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Sep 9, 2013 10:01 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Saturday I got a scare on whats possibly to come? At a semi local chain
> > here in Iowa they had 2 selections of 87 octane, one with alcohol and one
> > without then diesel!
>
> If I were a gasoline vendor with limited tank and pump capacity, those are
> probably the three choices I would offer.  A relatively small number of
> vehicles require higher octane fuels, so I would be losing less business
> that way than if I offered some different selection.  mcneely
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I continue to be amazed that non-alcoholic fuel is so much more
> expensive
> > > than the alcoholic variety in some locations.  I wonder if these
> stations
> > > only sell non-alcoholic gasoline in higher octane versions.  Here
> > > (Oklahoma) and other places where I have bought it, alcohol free runs
> a few
> > > cents higher at a given grade than the alcoholic stuff.  Stations I buy
> > > from generally have only non-alcoholic or only alcoholic, and offer
> three
> > > grades.  I did see a Seven Eleven in Oklahoma City a few days ago that
> had
> > > ethanol free only in the highest grade, I think it was 93 octane.  It
> was
> > > about a dollar higher than 87 octane, but only 7 cents higher than
> > > alcoholic 93 octane.  I buy only 87 octane in this part of the
> country.  At
> > > high altitudes I notice that octane rating for regular may be 85, but
> the
> > > alcoholic/non-alcoholic price ratio is usually similar to what I see at
> > > home.
> > >
> > > mcneely
> > >
> > > ---- Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > > RE: Non Ethanol Gas
> > > > I just noticed today that the gas station at Wild Horse Casino
> > > > (Pendleton Or.) has gas without ethanol, about 40 cents higher.
> > >
> > > --
> > > David McNeely
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Velma 1982 1.9L AAZ turbo diesel Westy
>
> --
> David McNeely
>