[ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips

Wed Sep 18 15:51:49 EDT 2013

Mythbusters busted #3 :-)
On Sep 17, 2013 3:47 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I thought you'd like to see these gas saving tips I found in a Popular
> Mechanics article while reading blogs about gauges.  They are interesting
> and some are counter intuitive.
>
> http://www.popularmechanics.**com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-**
> driving-tactics-to-save-gas-**this-weekend<http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-driving-tactics-to-save-gas-this-weekend>
> http://www.popularmechanics.**com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-**
> driving-tactics-to-save-gas-**this-weekend-2<http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-driving-tactics-to-save-gas-this-weekend-2>
>
> 1) Coast to a stop whenever possible and safe.  The less you brake, the
> better your mileage.
>
> 2) Don't accelerate too slowly or too quickly.  Doing either keeps the
> transmission in lower less fuel efficient gears.  Take about 15 seconds to
> get to 50 mph.
>
> 3) Close windows and keep AC on to keep cool at 60 mph and over.
>  Aerodynamic drag costs you otherwise.
>
> 4) Cruise at lower speed, if safe.  Test car - 40 MPH - 29 MPG; 60 MPH -
> 26 MPG; 80 MPH - 21 MPG.
>
> 5) Coast down and up hills if safe and don't try to maintain constant
> speed.
>
> 6) When coasting down hill, leave the car in gear.  Many cars will disable
> the fuel injectors.  Idling in neutral burns more fuel.
>
> Other misc tips: monitor tire pressure, plan and combine errands, spend as
> much time as possible with engine warm - go to farthest of several small
> stops first, make right turns only so you spend less time waiting on
> traffic, avoid ethanol (relevant to this thread).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
> On 9/17/2013 3:29 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>> Nice sites.  Thanks.  Not much help to me though.  No pure 87 octane
>> anywhere near me.  Larger cities are most notably missing from the lists.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> On 9/16/2013 8:22 PM, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, the second one is exactly what I needed!  I had been looking around
>>> on the first one, but as you noted, was not familiar enough with the little
>>> town names.
>>> The collective knowledge and usefulness of the info on this list once
>>> again is proven ;)
>>> Ethanol free is all I use in my mowers, tillers, etc..., and I have been
>>> trying to use it exclusively in my Jeep.
>>> I made an observation a few years back regarding this topic.
>>> Before the current vehicle, I had a 2008 Volvo S60 2.5T.  At the time, I
>>> was dating someone near Pensacola.  If I filled up the car with ethanol
>>> free gas, I could drive down, park my car at her place/ride with her for
>>> the weekend, get in the car, and drive back on one tank of gas.  The light
>>> would come on just before I came into Tuscaloosa.  If I used ethanol gas,
>>> that light would come on about 30-40 miles south of town.  I repeated this
>>> experiment several times with near-identical results.
>>>
>>> Allen B.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Allen Beddingfield
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> The University of Alabama
>>>
>>> ______________________________**__________
>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of William
>>> Bagwell [rb211 at tds.net]
>>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:34 PM
>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area?
>>>
>>> At least two different web sites track stations that sell real gas.
>>> http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?**stateprov=GA<http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=GA>
>>> http://www.buyrealgas.com/**Georgia.html<http://www.buyrealgas.com/Georgia.html>
>>>
>>> Have used the first though the second may be more useful to an out of
>>> town'er
>>> not familiar with city names. Oh, anyone not aware of the difference.
>>> lawnmowers, weedeaters and chainsaws love real gas. And you can safely
>>> leave
>>> it in the tank at the end of the season unlike ethanol which will fill an
>>> aluminum carburetor full of white sludge.
>>> --
>>> William
>>>
>>> On Monday 16 September 2013, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm going to be coming over to Atlanta for a week (Sunday 22nd to Friday
>>>> 27th), and I was wondering if anyone knows of a gas station in the
>>>> Atlanta
>>>> area with ethanol-free gasoline?  From what I can find online, it looks
>>>> like there is one place in Douglasville and one place in Marietta, but I
>>>> don't see anything listed any closer.  My vehicle burns the ethanol
>>>> stuff
>>>> just fine, but I prefer to use non-ethanol when I can.  I'll be coming
>>>> in
>>>> on 20 from the west, and taking 285 up to the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody
>>>> area.
>>>>   I don't mind driving a bit out of the way if necessary.
>>>>
>>>
>
>
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