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OT - Gas prices
Re: OT - Gas prices
Jeannie wrote:
> "The Other Kim" <mjg@deltanet,com > wrote in news:67curlF2nu2ahU1
> @mid.individual,net :
>
>> Bob, I'm not sure about ethanol being corrosive to standard fuel
>> systems. Out here in CA we're required to add an "oxygenating agent"
>> to
>> our gas formulation for the summer months, and that agent now is
>> ethanol. All vehicles use this gas, and I have yet to have any car
>> of
>> mine have problems with the fuel system other than the usual wear and
>> tear. I have noted the 10% decrease in gas mileage when we switch to
>> the summer formulation; my Civic gets 30 to 33 mpg in the winter
>> months,
>> 27 to 30 in summer.
>
> could it be that you are using AC in the summer months? I always get
> worse
> gas mileage when using the AC
Jeannie, I use my a/c year-round here. We haven't had a really "cold"
winter in years, and my car holds heat inside really well because of the
black interior. I can't remember when I first learned of the known
decrease in mileage because of the different formulation, but it was a
news story here.
The Other Kim
kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
Jeannie wrote:
> "The Other Kim" <mjg@deltanet,com > wrote in news:67curlF2nu2ahU1
> @mid.individual,net :
>
>> Bob, I'm not sure about ethanol being corrosive to standard fuel
>> systems. Out here in CA we're required to add an "oxygenating agent"
>> to
>> our gas formulation for the summer months, and that agent now is
>> ethanol. All vehicles use this gas, and I have yet to have any car
>> of
>> mine have problems with the fuel system other than the usual wear and
>> tear. I have noted the 10% decrease in gas mileage when we switch to
>> the summer formulation; my Civic gets 30 to 33 mpg in the winter
>> months,
>> 27 to 30 in summer.
>
> could it be that you are using AC in the summer months? I always get
> worse
> gas mileage when using the AC
Jeannie, I use my a/c year-round here. We haven't had a really "cold"
winter in years, and my car holds heat inside really well because of the
black interior. I can't remember when I first learned of the known
decrease in mileage because of the different formulation, but it was a
news story here.
The Other Kim
kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
Re: OT - Gas prices
In article <Xns9A8B4E67A99CEjwilson421comcastnet@216.196.97.136>,
jwilson421@comcastspamkills,net says...
> "The Other Kim" <mjg@deltanet,com > wrote in news:67curlF2nu2ahU1
> @mid.individual,net :
>
> > Bob, I'm not sure about ethanol being corrosive to standard fuel
> > systems. Out here in CA we're required to add an "oxygenating agent" to
> > our gas formulation for the summer months, and that agent now is
> > ethanol. All vehicles use this gas, and I have yet to have any car of
> > mine have problems with the fuel system other than the usual wear and
> > tear. I have noted the 10% decrease in gas mileage when we switch to
> > the summer formulation; my Civic gets 30 to 33 mpg in the winter months,
> > 27 to 30 in summer.
>
> could it be that you are using AC in the summer months? I always get worse
> gas mileage when using the AC
>
On the Prius, the AC compressor is electric rather than engine driven,
so unless the AC use was causing the battery to discharge to the point
where the engine had to run to recharge the battery, that wouldn't be
it.
Bob/Texas
In article <Xns9A8B4E67A99CEjwilson421comcastnet@216.196.97.136>,
jwilson421@comcastspamkills,net says...
> "The Other Kim" <mjg@deltanet,com > wrote in news:67curlF2nu2ahU1
> @mid.individual,net :
>
> > Bob, I'm not sure about ethanol being corrosive to standard fuel
> > systems. Out here in CA we're required to add an "oxygenating agent" to
> > our gas formulation for the summer months, and that agent now is
> > ethanol. All vehicles use this gas, and I have yet to have any car of
> > mine have problems with the fuel system other than the usual wear and
> > tear. I have noted the 10% decrease in gas mileage when we switch to
> > the summer formulation; my Civic gets 30 to 33 mpg in the winter months,
> > 27 to 30 in summer.
>
> could it be that you are using AC in the summer months? I always get worse
> gas mileage when using the AC
>
On the Prius, the AC compressor is electric rather than engine driven,
so unless the AC use was causing the battery to discharge to the point
where the engine had to run to recharge the battery, that wouldn't be
it.
Bob/Texas
Re: OT - Gas prices
Gas in Milford, CT is about 3.49.
Carol
"Judity" <Judity01@aol,com > wrote in message
news:5b57b2c5-f746-4dd6-a436-4f5d319edcaf@v26g2000prm.googlegroups,com ...
>I just heard from my sister who lives in Brazil. She wrote that
> gasoline (low octane) is $5.80 a gallon. Suddenly, the $3.67 I paid
> last week doesn't sound so bad. I am glad, though, I got it then
> since the latest amount I saw was around $3.80 over in Cotati.
>
> Are any of you closer to the Cotati amount or the Brazil one?
>
> Judity
> My HOME OF THE RED FOX novel
> http :// www .writing,com /main/portfolio.php?folder_id=1082587
> or read any of my other stories in the link below
> http :// judity.Writing,com /
Gas in Milford, CT is about 3.49.
Carol
"Judity" <Judity01@aol,com > wrote in message
news:5b57b2c5-f746-4dd6-a436-4f5d319edcaf@v26g2000prm.googlegroups,com ...
>I just heard from my sister who lives in Brazil. She wrote that
> gasoline (low octane) is $5.80 a gallon. Suddenly, the $3.67 I paid
> last week doesn't sound so bad. I am glad, though, I got it then
> since the latest amount I saw was around $3.80 over in Cotati.
>
> Are any of you closer to the Cotati amount or the Brazil one?
>
> Judity
> My HOME OF THE RED FOX novel
> http :// www .writing,com /main/portfolio.php?folder_id=1082587
> or read any of my other stories in the link below
> http :// judity.Writing,com /
