Thread: New ethanol 10% blend:mpg loss???
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Old 04-30-2008, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Kraft View Post
My local Shell station started selling this newfangled 10% ethanol blend since the last time I filled up my 2002 Cadillac. I went on a 70 mile highway trip and noticed a slight power loss and slight detonation, plus a huge(for this car) mpg loss. I used to get 25-26 mpg on the highway, now it's 21.5 mpg.

I see the future of the automobile, and will are all going to be driving glorified golfcarts(hybrids) in the future.
My Sentra use to get 33 MPG but now I get 23 at best. NY has had Ethenol for a while now and most people dont seem to care. This stuff makes corn expencive and may be starving some.
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