

| 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 >
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