Google found several gas stations here in New Mexico that supposedly
sell non-ethanol gas, but phone calls to 4 of the 9 stations listed
confirmed that none of them did any more, so the Google info is
outdated. Economic pressure from the Federal Government has been
pushing vendors to increase the proportion of ethanol-contaminated
gas throughout the country, but it appears that the ratio of
bad/good gas quotas vary from one region to another depending on the
region (or state) and even the season (Must sell greater proportion
of bad gas in Winter for pollution control. See the article
below: (Probably have to cut/paste)
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/ethanol-free-gasoline-may-not-be-available-soon/
The last time I was able to get ethanol-free gas here in Las Cruces
was the Summer of 2011. I spoke to the district manager about that
subject back then, and he told me the very same thing as the
article, and in pretty specific regulatory and economic terms, so I
was convinced that he knew what he was talking about. Our
*#&^@%$! Federal Gov't honking things up AGAIN - or should I say
"STILL"! However, I have found that most marine applications cannot
accommodate any ethanol in the gas, and so the industry has come up
with some solutions to deal with the non-availability of the pure
gas, in the form of fuel additives that claim to negate the adverse
effects of ethanol. Some empirical surveys indicate that the best
additive is "Star-tron Enzyme Fuel Treatment", which is a line of
additives for use in automobiles, small engines and boats (even a
formula for diesels) to address not only ethanol problems, but also
fuel degradation during long-term storage. I've been putting this
in all my gasoline engines for over a year -- although I can't claim
any statistical improvement, it may be like "chicken soup" cure for
colds! Lucas also makes a similar additive. See this link to
Star-tron below:
http://www.starbrite.com/en/startron
Ray Melton
To
our knowledge there are NO non-ethanol gas
stations in our whole state, let alone the big city
Baltimore/DC Metro. area. We are surprised that so
many other states have non-ethanol fuel available!!!
Maryland can't be the only state like this. Anybody
else out there in a state that doesn't give their
citizens a choice?
If
we are wrong, please let us know where to go (other
than an airfield). We have no airplane numbers to
use. Anything near the extreme eastern Mason Dixon
Line on the Pa. side? The ones in the Lancaster area
are either closed or no longer offer the fuel. Of
course the law of diminishing returns plays in. We
can only go so far to get it.
Anybody
got anything?
Please
advise.
Thanks.
A&G
----- Original Message
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Sent: Thursday,
March 05, 2015 6:52 PM
Subject: Re:
[Chrysler300] Ethanol-exempt vehicles?
Any motor vehicle or gas fired engine in the
state of Iowa can use the non-ethanol gas,
including modern iron. We just have to pay a
price premium for it; about $0.40/gallon more than
the ethanol crap which, of course, is artificially
discounted to promote usage. And most folks here
will buy the ethanol crap simply because it is the
cheapest gas, and they could care less about what
it does to their engines or vehicles, or are
simply clueless about it. The ethanol pumps have
stickers that say “cleaner air for Iowa” or
something to that effect which is absolute bunk.
I don’t know how the farmers feel about it, but a
big part of our state economy is based on
agriculture or ag related.
Carl B
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015
4:56 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300]
Ethanol-exempt vehicles?
If older farm vehicles can be exempted from
using ethanol-contaminated gasoline, is there
any reason that our older pre-ethanol 300's
can't get a similar exemption? Or is that
just another perk our wonderful government has
bestowed upon (bribed) the farmers who will
grow the virtually inedible variety of corn
used to make ethanol?
Ray Melton
Las Cruces, NM
What I meant was…
Lots of the older farm equipment require
non ethanol fuel,
Not a problem finding it at all around
here, thank goodness!
Plus, it makes all my old Kohlers in Cub
Cadets purr like a kitten!!
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Keith Boonstra kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[Chrysler300]
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 3:50 PM
To: David Schwandt
Cc: 300-Gil Cunningham; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300]
Wait, what ????!!
The ethanol is mandated by the politicians
for the sole purpose of supporting the
Iowa corn farmers who support the
politicians for supporting mandated
ethanol, and the Iowa farmers who grow
corn for ethanol get to have plentiful
non-E gas for their own use???
You have GOT to be kidding !!!
Can a country secede from itself?
Keith Boonstra
-
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:56 AM, 'David
Schwandt' finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Chrysler300] mailto:Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
We are lucky here in that we can get non-E
gas most anywhere, thanks to the farmers!
Gil, are Ya gonna bring the Blue F to PA
this summer??
We are thinking on it.
Dave Schwandt
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of lettercars@xxxxxxx
[Chrysler300]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 4:26 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300]
Terry and All:
Knock on wood----I have not had the
ethanol trouble---at least not yet! A
couple weeks ago I started up my 300F for
the first time in over a year (ashamed of
that!) and took it for a fairly exuberant
drive. It started very well with a little
gasoline poured in each carb, and ran just
fine. I will say that one of my stops on
that little excursion was a fill up with
NON-ethanol fuel at the local Marathon
station. At least I feel better now!
300ly, Gil C.
In a message dated 3/2/2015 2:49:23 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time, Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
I just read in Autoweek mag Jay Leno's
essay on the evils of ethanol. In my 300F
I have been running a mix of 100+ octane
leaded aviation gas and pump premium
spiked with the normal amount of ethanol.
Has anybody in the Club experienced any
problems with today's ethanol-infused gas?
Jay talks about rubber parts (in fuel
pumps, for example) being eaten up and
ensuing engine fires. Terry McTaggart
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