E85 Question?
May 8th, 2011, 5:05 PM
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E85 Question?
Regular gas prices are sitting at $4.20 and E85 is at $3.29 here in the city I live in. Wondering how many people here are using E85 in their burbs and if they have noticed any issues with doing so. Should I wait until my tank is near empty to fill up with E85 so as not to mix it with say a half tank of regular? Or should I stay away from it altogether?
May 8th, 2011, 6:04 PM
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Regular gas prices are sitting at $4.20 and E85 is at $3.29 here in the city I live in. Wondering how many people here are using E85 in their burbs and if they have noticed any issues with doing so. Should I wait until my tank is near empty to fill up with E85 so as not to mix it with say a half tank of regular? Or should I stay away from it altogether?
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May 8th, 2011, 8:04 PM
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Sorry, I meant to post that afterwards but got called into work for a few hours. Yes, it is an 05 Suburban and I checked the VIN to confirm it is FlexFuel capable.
May 8th, 2011, 10:55 PM
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Since the loss of ~25% in mpg, the E85 would have to be ~$3.15 to break even. Personally I wouldn't do it even if it was marginally cheaper as the whole corn-based ethanol thing is a scam.
May 9th, 2011, 7:12 AM
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E85 is destroying engines, raising the price of food, and takes more energy to produce than regular gasoline.
Run the numbers, E85 does not work in the tahoe.
It's in another post, but basically (from memory here) the tahoe is $0.19/mile on gas and worked out to $0.22/mile on E-Eighty-Hell....
So unless you want to stop for gas every 300 miles (vs 400) and pay MORE per mile, and cause your engine to fail... DON'T DO IT. Fight E10,15,35,85 with everything you have.
Run the numbers, E85 does not work in the tahoe.
It's in another post, but basically (from memory here) the tahoe is $0.19/mile on gas and worked out to $0.22/mile on E-Eighty-Hell....
So unless you want to stop for gas every 300 miles (vs 400) and pay MORE per mile, and cause your engine to fail... DON'T DO IT. Fight E10,15,35,85 with everything you have.
May 9th, 2011, 10:03 AM
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I did some more research on it this morning and found that the EPA estimate for my Suburban running E85 is 13mpg. Not something I want... Thanks for all your input as well.
May 9th, 2011, 10:58 AM
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ya that is a small detail that does not make the press as much as it should. like most on here I think the whole ethanol thing is a complete joke. I would not run E85 even if it was $2/gallon
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