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Originally Posted by Nerys
I found ethanol free gas up in allentown.
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How are the results? I'd love to try some plain gas for a routine tank. I found it one time on a drive through Utah, (with significantly better mpg) but because of the long drive at a fixed speed it is hard to make a good comparison to my typical highway/city mix.
I generally go to one gas station with my Prius (my gas guzzler) and get about 48 to 51 in the summer, and about 45 to 48 in the winter. Not as good as many here, but I tend to 'just drive it'. Ethanol at this station was about 8% (two random tests).
On occasion I have gone to the gas station across the street. With gas from that station the mileage seems to be variable, usually worse. I've never been able to get the ethanol test kit to work consistently at this station. Not sure why. Sometimes the line looks like about 10% ethanol, sometimes significantly more. But it isn't as clear and the result changes rapidly. Perhaps there is a technique in using the test kit that I am doing incorrectly... Perhaps a different additive mix that makes the tester inaccurate?