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Old 09-14-2013, 04:41 PM   #141 (permalink)
Frank Lee
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US)

F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4
90 day: 18.5 mpg (US)

Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL
Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate
90 day: 33.65 mpg (US)

Moon Unit - '98 Mercury Sable LX Wagon
90 day: 21.24 mpg (US)
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All I know is, I dropped the gas tank on my '92 to replace the fuel pump; I've been running lots of straight E85 through it and it looked as new and clean as a whistle as the day it was made.

Yeah, I know- replacing the pump. Well it's 22 years old and who knows if the pump would have failed if it had never been exposed to a single drop of ethanol in that time.

Also, I just completed a trip with the F150 pulling the flatbed; filled with straight E85 for $2.41/g then topped off with regular close to home. Got 16 mpg, which is just as good as I could hope for with E10 yet saved over $1/g.

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