-I live in Ill too. I know a few people who are running E85. Their Dodge mini van dropped from 20 mpg to 16 mpg ( rough est.) This figures out that their are saving roughly a penny a mile( liattle over). A guy at work has changed all of his cars to E85. He has a tank at his house with E85 in it. I live with in a mile from the ethanol plant also. It is a big deal around here. I will ask the guy at work about what he changed over. E85 around here was $1.49 and gas is $2.06. SCOTT -- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, paxiljunki <paxiljunki@xxxx> wrote: > ok, this is kooky, i know, but i'm curious. has > anyone here used E85 (ethanol) in either a modern > flexible fuel vehicle, or attempted to use it with > their old 70's carborated car? > > i'm in illinois where E85 is a new big thing and > there's talk of removing the taxes on it (to help the > farmers, yada yada). it's available at many of my > local gas stations and is a lot cheaper than gas. > according to my trusted mechanic and my chemist > husband, converting my 78 gremlin to a flexible-fuel > vehicle won't involve much more than installing larger > jets in my carb. my gas milage will go down, but the > cost to get from point a to point b will be > considerably less. > > but really, what are the bugs in this system? from > what i understand, E85 eats rubber hoses for breakfast > and gaskets for dinner. > > if my car wasn't already a trusty daily driver, i'd > just go ahead and do it out of curiousity. > > pax > > "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by." -- Douglas Adams > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2xaSZB/SOnJAA/Y3ZIAA/YtqqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/