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Old 10-14-2009, 05:05 PM   #165 (permalink)
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Here's a thought: Gasoline goes bad... what happens if you fill the tank up, and then don't ever drive far enough to use it? We know that it can damage injectors, fuel systems, and pumps with varnish build up, so when/if that happens, and you throw that full tank of fuel away, do you have to count that in with your fuel use? I mean, you may not have gotten use from it, but you DID consume it, did you not?

On that same note, if you only have to use 1l of gas a month due to the VOLT's extraordinary capability, and it's got a 40l gasoline holding cell, you can go nearly 5 years on a tank of gas... well, not really, because fuel economy worsens the longer gas stales. See the point?
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