gas company preferences?

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The Grinch · #21 Post by **The Grinch** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:32 am

That means you get 4% less energy (and consequently 4% fewer miles) per gallon.

True, but it's only 4% and the benefits outweigh the losses.

dieziege · #22 Post by **dieziege** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:48 am

So?

You asked what the difference was... not whether the added cost was acceptable.

The Grinch · #23 Post by **The Grinch** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:05 am

That's not what I asked.

dieziege · #24 Post by **dieziege** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:22 am

Good point... you asked how they were bad, not whether the badness was acceptable.

jmillheiser · #25 Post by **jmillheiser** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:38 pm

I typically use conoco but will use whatever is convienent when I need gas.

I only use oxygenated fuel when thats all I can find.

DieMonkeys · #26 Post by **DieMonkeys** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:07 pm

jmillheiser wrote:I typically use conoco but will use whatever is convienent when I need gas.

I only use oxygenated fuel when thats all I can find.

Oxygenated fuel? Never heard of it.

jmillheiser · #27 Post by **jmillheiser** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:37 pm

oxygenated fuel is fuel with MTBE or ethanol added.

DieMonkeys · #28 Post by **DieMonkeys** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:43 pm

Oh, E85. My truck can run on that, if only it had a working rearend.

jonnythan · #29 Post by **jonnythan** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:13 am

DieMonkeys wrote:Oh, E85. My truck can run on that, if only it had a working rearend.

No.

E85 is 85% ethanol, and some newer vehicles can use it. Oxygenated fuels can be used in regular gasoline engines. My local stations, and I think all of NY state, use 10% ethanol or MTBE.

skoebl · #30 Post by **skoebl** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:13 am

Oregon won't let you pump your own gas either. But every time I've gone there with the bike they hand me the pump and let me fill up myself. I love the fact that their pumps don't have the little foreskin thing you have to pull back to get the pump to work.