While tripping merrily through the mail, Lori Harvey was overheard
LH> Why shame on me? The crop in IA is corn, my father-in-law gave my
LH> husband a sticker that says, "Powered by Ethanol, I grow it, I use
LH> it." My husband is going to put it on his Plymouth stock car. My
LH> Plymouth Reliant gets 4 - 5 mpg more when I put Ethanol in it. If the
LH> choice is between Ethanol and some other brand, you know what I'll
LH> choose.
And in my '83 Chrysler with a 318 "Lean Burn" V-8, ethanol DROPS the highway
milage from 18 to 12mpg. (not to mention how it eats fuel pumps, and we
don't have a choice, we're in a Federally mandated "reformulated fuel" area).
For ANY "Old" car (within the topic of this echo), I CAN'T recommend ethanol
without modifiying the fuel system to take it.
Don
... Child abuse: Buying your kid a chevy.
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