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Originally Posted by dcb
I stopped reading after this. You specifically said:
10 gallons E10 460 miles
9 gallons of E0 495 miles (35 miles FURTHER)
9 gallons of gas plus one gallon of ethanol is more energy than just 9 gallons of gas. There are plenty of vehicles that make good power on nothing but ethanol.
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dcb your comment made me laugh. I think I like you even more now that I see you have a VW I approve of anyone that has a VW. Also I like your Avatar Evil monkey
Nerys
Hmmm 98 Ford Windstar my family had one same year but it was the limited edition much nicer model. Your father is lucky if all he had to replace was the fuel pump. The best thing ever done when buying the Windstar was getting an extended warranty. Its scary when your vehicle starts rolling backwards when parked do to tranny failure. The transmission was replaced more then once in the time the warranty was good. I am getting off topic here.
Weird that you have had so many problems my old Subaru with 240k ran better on E50 then E0 or even E10 and i did not need to replace my fuel pump after using it. Also I have not seen the same results as you when it comes to mileage I got 27 Hwy with the Subaru under normal driving conditions on E10 that's the original EPA rating.
You had problems with pinging? I don't think the ethanol is the problem. One of the reasons race car drivers use ethanol is its anti knock properties plus its a safer fuel.
As for mileage going down with ethanol, burning a little more ethanol because of slight decrease in fuel economy is still better then whats going on right now. Do you know anything about Canada's oil sands/tar sands? Its being called the new Saudi Arabia. Its an environmental disaster just ask the people that live near where its mined and refined who are getting rare types of cancer and other rare diseases plus they cant drink the local water. Not to mention it takes LOTS of energy to produce even more then conventional gas. The US is buying and using millions of gallons of tar sand oil it could be in your car right now.
I know nothing I say nor anyone else will probably change things and you will do what you want its your choice but I for one will not use E0 even though I can buy it.