"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/12/2018 at 08:43 • Filed to: None
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"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/12/2018 at 08:43 • Filed to: None | 0
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E15. I think it was cheaper but I didn’t want more ethanol in my fuel. The gas station across the street has ethanol free gas.
shop-teacher
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 08:54 |
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All the Thortons around here have E15 for three cents a gallon cheaper than regular E10, but I never buy it.
I wish we could get ethanol free gas around these parts, but no dice.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 08:56 |
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you should have chosen the green one. green always means its better for the environment.
punkgoose17
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 09:00 |
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Ethanol has less energy per unit than regular gas, so back of the envelope calculations using ethanol at 2/3 the energy of full octane. If 10% Ethanol it $2.399 it is equal to E15 @ $2.358 and full octane (0E) @ $2.482.
However, I know none of my cars were built to handle E15, and it is not convenient to calculate the cost difference at the gas station.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 09:20 |
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Wouldn’t it be easier for the gas station to just put out a charity box where you can drop in your spare change to support needy Iowan farmers?
/politics
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 09:29 |
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Kwik Trip strated carrying that. A lot of people are confused and think it’s Super.
Discerning
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 09:35 |
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I have an approximate e30 mix in my car. I’d go full e85 if someone would tune for it.
Long live ethanol.
BahamaTodd
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 09:38 |
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Don’t use E15 unless your car is designed for E85. The older the car, the worse off you will be. You might think, oh its only 5% more ethanol. Compared to E10 its 50% more ethanol.
Not only is ethanol hard on the rubber seals, it attracts moisture which will corrode the plated metal or brass components often used in non-E85 systems.
Takuro Spirit
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 09:54 |
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Kwik Trip around here’s been pushing it lately. Some stations COMPLETELY replaced their midgrade 89 gas with it.
I’ve put it in my E-85 capable truck, but the MPG loss doesn’t offset the price difference that I have noticed.
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Takuro Spirit
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
03/12/2018 at 09:58 |
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My wife works for Kwik Trip. She hasn’t mentioned any confusion, but the stations she’s worked at REPLACED 89 with it, and the pumps are labeled with a warning not to use it in older cars.
Long-Voyager
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 10:11 |
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I wish I could find a local station with non-ethanol 87.
450X_FTW
> OPPOsaurus WRX
03/12/2018 at 10:19 |
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Are you sure? I mean it has the word “Die” in the name, how good could that be for the environment?
tromoly
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 10:36 |
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E15 is what NASCAR uses.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> 450X_FTW
03/12/2018 at 10:57 |
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reading is for chumps. green is awesome. green is money, green is grass, green is the other grass, british racing green, green is go, green everything.
interstate366, now In The Industry
> 450X_FTW
03/12/2018 at 11:25 |
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No, that’s German for the sel.
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450X_FTW
> interstate366, now In The Industry
03/12/2018 at 12:01 |
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Sel? Is Sel das guden?
BobintheMtns
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 13:01 |
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It’s odd that the E15 has such a low octane rating...
That must be some SHITTY gas they’re adding it to...
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BobintheMtns
> Ash78, voting early and often
03/12/2018 at 13:02 |
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Is that worse than sending to the totally non-needy Sheiks?
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 13:41 |
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The octane number should be much higher if that equation is to be believed...
Autophile412 - what's the world got in store?
> Funktheduck
03/12/2018 at 13:42 |
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I have been using the E15 nozzle when I can find it. It hasn’t had any effect on performance in the Ecoboost F150 and it is 30-35 cents cheaper per gallon. when you drive 37k miles per year it helps.
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Funktheduck
> BahamaTodd
03/13/2018 at 00:46 |
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Mine’s a 2015 so according to the label it’s safe. But even with the E10 we’re used to, I’ve seen that crap gunk up stuff and eat seals on small engines
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BahamaTodd
> Funktheduck
03/13/2018 at 09:08 |
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Yes you’re fine. The newest non-E85 vehicles are built to handle up to E20.