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- From: gee7759@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Glenn Elliott)
- Newsgroups: seattle.general
- Subject: Your Mileage May Vary
- Summary: Gasahol has INCREASED my mileage
- Keywords: Gasahol, mileage
- Message-ID: <4299@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 19:41:34 GMT
- Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle
- Lines: 43
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- Several years ago, right about the time that ARCO started installing
- those nifty debit card machines, I switched from BP (Mobil at the time)
- to ARGO gas. I noticed that it smelled different, but didn't think
- anything of it.
-
- I was pleasantly surprised when my mileage went up about 1 MPG. I
- thought that it must have been because of some additive that ARCO was
- using, but had no idea what it would have been.
-
- Recently, it hit the presses that all gas stations were going to have
- to start dispensing 10% ethanol Gasahol. During the raging debates
- that followed, I learned that ARCO has been cutting ethanol into their
- gasoline for several years.
-
- I've now been using this new Gasahol for several weeks, and I noticed
- that my mileage appears to have INCREASED again, this time by about a
- half MPG.
-
- Everyone seems to claim that my mileage is supposed to DECREASE now
- that I'm using Gasahol. My experience, however, indicates otherwise.
-
- I service my car regularly, and my emissions have always been barely
- perceptible when tested. I have not had my car tested recently,
- however, so it is possible that my emissions will now register on the
- state's machine. From what I've heard, however, ethanol as an
- additive is supposed to reduce my nearly non-existent emissions.
-
- What's all the fuss? Everything I've experienced indicates that the
- switch to 10% ethanol Gasahol was good. If it also reduces the amount
- of pollution in the air, so much the better.
-
- Has anyone actually experienced a drop in mileage? If so, are you
- sure it isn't normal? (My winter mileage is normally about 1 MPG
- lower than my summer mileage, which I attribute to the apparent
- inability of Washington drivers to cope with rain, which causes that
- wonderful stop-and-go traffic on the freeways to get worse.)
-
- Glenn
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- Glenn E. Elliott | Anyone who believes that what I say or do
- Computing Systems Analyst | represents the policies or procedures of
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