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Originally Posted by roosterk0031
Lets start with tire wear...... did you test E10 or E0 first year.....variations in winter, variations in driving, I don't drive the same today as last year, how about that maybe that right front caliper that was draging(sic).....MAF that's dirty this year, or O2 sensor that maybe be is better this year than last..... your MAP sensor, or a fuel injector that's failing now and leaking extra fuel.
Disclaimer, I like ethanol because it's cheaper per mile and why ship corn out of country to only buy oil or any other product, a properly tuned E85 engine emmits 1/2 the CO2 (green house gasses as a gasoline
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E85 ain't 85% ethanol. It can be as low as 52% ethanol & defined NOT to be over 83%, but mostly in the 60% to 70+% range. No wonder your wife gets within 18% of E10 mpg.... which E10 mpg is miserable compared to E0.
Rooster doesn't maintain its cars, so it talks of "variables". It didn't read that mpg on my 3 cars was same whether new or at 100,000 miles, only varying due to many years of E10 usage(not burned efficiently) or many years of E0 burning(burned efficiently). Yeah, rooster tried to take potshots at my many years of accurate mpg data for both E10 & E0.
Ethanol pusher propagandists always talk about "tuning" for ethanol. What they mean is changing from the gasoline engine factory settings meant to burn ethanol-free gasoline, & jury-rigging the engine so ethanol btu production is increased.... at the sacrifice of gasoline btu production. What a way to bias "variables" to lessen the blow of ethanol in gasoline engine btu production because it needs a high 114 octane, high compression ratio ethanol ENGINE, but does NOT perform in a low 87 octane, low compression ratio (9:1 to 12:1) gasoline engine. As for me, my cars are as they came from the factory, maintained to those same from the factory settings.
Rooster says E10 is cheaper than E0. Yes, E10 is quite a bit cheaper because EPA & "ethanol in gasoline industry" has forced E0 to rarity (impossible to obtain for most drivers), thus rarity economics drives E0 prices up. However, knowledgeable drivers support the 9227 E0 sources(one week later, 9251 E0 sources) that now number 3 to 4 times MORE than the EPA & "ethanol in gasoline industry" supported E85 sources, which languish.
Rooster's patriotism flops, since the "ethanol in gasoline industry" burns far more oil than it ever saves(very little). Yes, burning E0 reduces oil imports. Using (not burning effectively) 10% ethanol blends lower mpg in low 87 octane, low compression ratio gasoline engines by 8%, 8%, 7%, & 5%. Yeah, the ethanol isn't burned effectively, at all. Only burning ethanol in 114 octane high compression ratio ethanol engines works.....WHAT A SURPRISE........ NOT!!!