<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Yeah, I bet they also didn't have manual transmissions in mind! Taking your foot off the gas is equivalent to moderate braking in my Miata; more so in lower gears. <br><br>Ron, did you mean to say something about ethanol free gas? Are you looking for it? <div><br></div><div>Scott</div><div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Allen Beddingfield" <allen@ua.edu><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:51:34 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips<br><br>If you have a vehicle with a CVT, "coasting" doesn't work well. I have one (probably won't buy another one with a CVT), and taking the foot off the gas to coast is about the equivalent of gradually downshifting as you slow. I almost got rear-ending a few times before I got the hang of that..lol<br>Allen B.<br>--<br>Allen Beddingfield<br>Systems Engineer<br>The University of Alabama<br><br>________________________________________<br>From: ale-bounces@ale.org [ale-bounces@ale.org] on behalf of Ron Frazier (ALE) [atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com]<br>Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:44 PM<br>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips<br><br>Hi all,<br><br>I thought you'd like to see these gas saving tips I found in a Popular<br>Mechanics article while reading blogs about gauges. They are<br>interesting and some are counter intuitive.<br><br>http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-driving-tactics-to-save-gas-this-weekend<br>http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-driving-tactics-to-save-gas-this-weekend-2<br><br>1) Coast to a stop whenever possible and safe. The less you brake, the<br>better your mileage.<br><br>2) Don't accelerate too slowly or too quickly. Doing either keeps the<br>transmission in lower less fuel efficient gears. Take about 15 seconds<br>to get to 50 mph.<br><br>3) Close windows and keep AC on to keep cool at 60 mph and over.<br>Aerodynamic drag costs you otherwise.<br><br>4) Cruise at lower speed, if safe. Test car - 40 MPH - 29 MPG; 60 MPH -<br>26 MPG; 80 MPH - 21 MPG.<br><br>5) Coast down and up hills if safe and don't try to maintain constant speed.<br><br>6) When coasting down hill, leave the car in gear. Many cars will<br>disable the fuel injectors. Idling in neutral burns more fuel.<br><br>Other misc tips: monitor tire pressure, plan and combine errands, spend<br>as much time as possible with engine warm - go to farthest of several<br>small stops first, make right turns only so you spend less time waiting<br>on traffic, avoid ethanol (relevant to this thread).<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Ron<br><br><br>On 9/17/2013 3:29 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br>> Nice sites. Thanks. Not much help to me though. No pure 87 octane<br>> anywhere near me. Larger cities are most notably missing from the lists.<br>><br>> Ron<br>><br>><br>> On 9/16/2013 8:22 PM, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:<br>>> Ah, the second one is exactly what I needed! I had been looking<br>>> around on the first one, but as you noted, was not familiar enough<br>>> with the little town names.<br>>> The collective knowledge and usefulness of the info on this list once<br>>> again is proven ;)<br>>> Ethanol free is all I use in my mowers, tillers, etc..., and I have<br>>> been trying to use it exclusively in my Jeep.<br>>> I made an observation a few years back regarding this topic.<br>>> Before the current vehicle, I had a 2008 Volvo S60 2.5T. At the<br>>> time, I was dating someone near Pensacola. If I filled up the car<br>>> with ethanol free gas, I could drive down, park my car at her<br>>> place/ride with her for the weekend, get in the car, and drive back<br>>> on one tank of gas. The light would come on just before I came into<br>>> Tuscaloosa. If I used ethanol gas, that light would come on about<br>>> 30-40 miles south of town. I repeated this experiment several times<br>>> with near-identical results.<br>>><br>>> Allen B.<br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Allen Beddingfield<br>>> Systems Engineer<br>>> The University of Alabama<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________<br>>> From: ale-bounces@ale.org [ale-bounces@ale.org] on behalf of William<br>>> Bagwell [rb211@tds.net]<br>>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:34 PM<br>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>>> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area?<br>>><br>>> At least two different web sites track stations that sell real gas.<br>>> http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=GA<br>>> http://www.buyrealgas.com/Georgia.html<br>>><br>>> Have used the first though the second may be more useful to an out of<br>>> town'er<br>>> not familiar with city names. Oh, anyone not aware of the difference.<br>>> lawnmowers, weedeaters and chainsaws love real gas. And you can<br>>> safely leave<br>>> it in the tank at the end of the season unlike ethanol which will<br>>> fill an<br>>> aluminum carburetor full of white sludge.<br>>> --<br>>> William<br>>><br>>> On Monday 16 September 2013, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:<br>>>> I'm going to be coming over to Atlanta for a week (Sunday 22nd to<br>>>> Friday<br>>>> 27th), and I was wondering if anyone knows of a gas station in the<br>>>> Atlanta<br>>>> area with ethanol-free gasoline? From what I can find online, it looks<br>>>> like there is one place in Douglasville and one place in Marietta,<br>>>> but I<br>>>> don't see anything listed any closer. My vehicle burns the ethanol<br>>>> stuff<br>>>> just fine, but I prefer to use non-ethanol when I can. I'll be<br>>>> coming in<br>>>> on 20 from the west, and taking 285 up to the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody<br>>>> area.<br>>>> I don't mind driving a bit out of the way if necessary.<br><br><br><br>--<br><br>(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>mailing lists and such. I don't always see new email messages very quickly.)<br><br>Ron Frazier<br>770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.<br>linuxdude AT techstarship.com<br>Litecoin: LZzAJu9rZEWzALxDhAHnWLRvybVAVgwTh3<br>Bitcoin: 15s3aLVsxm8EuQvT8gUDw3RWqvuY9hPGUU<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>