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Old 12-10-2012, 05:08 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by MMC View Post
When they run the tests they run the vehicles on 100% gasoline so as soon as you put in 10% alcohol the mileage drops 2-3%.
Very good point, this is always overlooked and downplayed as much as possible, but has a pretty noticeable effect on mileage. Unfortunately, this is only going to get worse going forward as they continue to force ethanol use on us. I'm not sure how widespread it is, but I haven't seen ethanol free gas outside of a marina in probably 5 years down here.
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