E85 Adventure

Posted by patgreen On 2011/4/18 17:27:11

Been following the E15 stuff here with fascination. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" is alive and well.

A friend of my wife had the inverse bad experience: while visiting Iowa, she was drawn in by lower cost fuel and filled the tank of her two week old car with E85. No warnings: nozzle fits, it's all gas right?

I'm puzzled by the morality/ethics in promoting this as a cheaper perfectly useful alternative with no negatives. She's out $700 for a tow, clean out, purge etc......

Anyone else run up against this?

And no, her car is emphatically not designed with this stuff in mind..... (Subaru SUV).

Remember when IBM's motto was "THINK"?