[ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips

[Scott Plante]

Looks like the myth they busted was at 45mph, not >= 60. 
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/air-conditioning-vs-windows-minimyth.htm 
(they say the speed at ~1:30-1:40) 


I have a vague memory that air resistance increases with the square of the speed; if so, 45 to 60 would be big. 


Now I wonder what the difference is between A/C and having the top down! ;-) 


Scott 

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From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> 
To: "Atlanta User Group (E-mail)" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:51:49 PM 
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips 


Mythbusters busted #3 :-) 
On Sep 17, 2013 3:47 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" < atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com > wrote: 


Hi all, 

I thought you'd like to see these gas saving tips I found in a Popular Mechanics article while reading blogs about gauges. They are interesting and some are counter intuitive. 

http://www.popularmechanics. com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6- driving-tactics-to-save-gas- this-weekend 
http://www.popularmechanics. com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6- driving-tactics-to-save-gas- this-weekend-2 

1) Coast to a stop whenever possible and safe. The less you brake, the better your mileage. 

2) Don't accelerate too slowly or too quickly. Doing either keeps the transmission in lower less fuel efficient gears. Take about 15 seconds to get to 50 mph. 

3) Close windows and keep AC on to keep cool at 60 mph and over. Aerodynamic drag costs you otherwise. 

4) Cruise at lower speed, if safe. Test car - 40 MPH - 29 MPG; 60 MPH - 26 MPG; 80 MPH - 21 MPG. 

5) Coast down and up hills if safe and don't try to maintain constant speed. 

6) When coasting down hill, leave the car in gear. Many cars will disable the fuel injectors. Idling in neutral burns more fuel. 

Other misc tips: monitor tire pressure, plan and combine errands, spend as much time as possible with engine warm - go to farthest of several small stops first, make right turns only so you spend less time waiting on traffic, avoid ethanol (relevant to this thread). 

Sincerely, 

Ron 


On 9/17/2013 3:29 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote: 

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Nice sites. Thanks. Not much help to me though. No pure 87 octane anywhere near me. Larger cities are most notably missing from the lists. 

Ron 


On 9/16/2013 8:22 PM, Beddingfield, Allen wrote: 

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Ah, the second one is exactly what I needed! I had been looking around on the first one, but as you noted, was not familiar enough with the little town names. 
The collective knowledge and usefulness of the info on this list once again is proven ;) 
Ethanol free is all I use in my mowers, tillers, etc..., and I have been trying to use it exclusively in my Jeep. 
I made an observation a few years back regarding this topic. 
Before the current vehicle, I had a 2008 Volvo S60 2.5T. At the time, I was dating someone near Pensacola. If I filled up the car with ethanol free gas, I could drive down, park my car at her place/ride with her for the weekend, get in the car, and drive back on one tank of gas. The light would come on just before I came into Tuscaloosa. If I used ethanol gas, that light would come on about 30-40 miles south of town. I repeated this experiment several times with near-identical results. 

Allen B. 

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Allen Beddingfield 
Systems Engineer 
The University of Alabama 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ ale-bounces at ale.org ] on behalf of William Bagwell [ rb211 at tds.net ] 
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:34 PM 
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts 
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? 

At least two different web sites track stations that sell real gas. 
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp? stateprov=GA 
http://www.buyrealgas.com/ Georgia.html 

Have used the first though the second may be more useful to an out of town'er 
not familiar with city names. Oh, anyone not aware of the difference. 
lawnmowers, weedeaters and chainsaws love real gas. And you can safely leave 
it in the tank at the end of the season unlike ethanol which will fill an 
aluminum carburetor full of white sludge. 
-- 
William 

On Monday 16 September 2013, Beddingfield, Allen wrote: 

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I'm going to be coming over to Atlanta for a week (Sunday 22nd to Friday 
27th), and I was wondering if anyone knows of a gas station in the Atlanta 
area with ethanol-free gasoline? From what I can find online, it looks 
like there is one place in Douglasville and one place in Marietta, but I 
don't see anything listed any closer. My vehicle burns the ethanol stuff 
just fine, but I prefer to use non-ethanol when I can. I'll be coming in 
on 20 from the west, and taking 285 up to the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody area. 
I don't mind driving a bit out of the way if necessary. 



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