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Old 11-20-2012, 04:30 PM   #46 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by Cobb View Post
I over heard the women I work with talking about how they need to buy gas more often than they use to. One women said shes seen a new sticker on the pump that use to not be there. Something about 10% ethanol. Another women was saying her car laguhs at her as it knows she will need to refill it up before the end of a week where a tank use to last a week and a half.
So 10% ethanol is reducing FE by over 33% (1.5 weeks/tank down to under 1 tank/week)? I suspect not. E10 only has ~3% lower energy content.
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