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Sep 18, 2006

texasfan1000

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Flex Fuel

anyone ever used ethenol in there truck, i have a flex fuel truck just wondering if anyone has any input.

Sep 18, 2006

lifted97ranger

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you will lose some mpg.....shouldn't see much power loss......i don't know why you would want to with the way gas is coming down in price....E85 is prolly more expensive...

Sep 18, 2006

texasfan1000

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i was just getting some of yalls input not planning on it, i know it must be nice for yall in the states at lik 2.30 or so for a gallon. im in germany and i pay 3.26 still.

Sep 18, 2006

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OUCH!! here in southern Indiana i am paying anywere from $2.15 to $2.30 for it depending what city i am in....

Sep 18, 2006

texasfan1000

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cant wait till dec when i get back to the states.

Sep 18, 2006

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military?

Sep 18, 2006

texasfan1000

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yep, havnt seen my truck in 3 years except for the picture in my avatar.

Sep 18, 2006

lifted97ranger

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dang i thought they would ship it were ever you were?

thanks for serving.....

Sep 18, 2006

texasfan1000

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didnt want to, gas price for one, these roads are frikken small, the autobahn is nice, also had alot of miles on it so i was letting it catch up a bit

Sep 18, 2006

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oooo i see!!!

Sep 18, 2006

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Master Urza

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Running E85 you lose MPG, hp, and money. But it's not from the middle east and produces cleaner emissions.

Consumer Reports on E85

Sep 18, 2006

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OUCH!! here in southern Indiana i am paying anywere from $2.15 to $2.30 for it depending what city i am in....

Wow, I just paid 2.69 and I thought that wasnt to bad...

Sep 18, 2006

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texasfan1000

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costs me about 35 bucks to fill up my neon

Sep 18, 2006

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Wow, I just paid 2.69 and I thought that wasnt to bad...

dang.....the national average is right at $2.70 a gallon as of this morning.....lowest was $1.99 in Ohio.......

Sep 18, 2006

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texasfan1000

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must be nice. thats all i can say.

Sep 18, 2006

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Running E85 you lose MPG, hp, and money. But it's not from the middle east and produces cleaner emissions.

Loose MPG? I'll give you such. HP? NO WAY. money? At $1.80 a gallon, I was getting 14mpg. On regular gas Im LUCKY to see 16 on the highway. Gas was 3$/gallon -vs- 1.80$ for E85 when I ran it 2 weeks ago in my area. Mile for the dollar.. its a lot better.

As for power.. E85 runs better then gas ever did in my engine.

Sep 18, 2006

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On a national average, E85 costs more than gasoline. Your area may be different, but I'm not just talking about your area.

Sep 18, 2006

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dang.....the national average is right at $2.70 a gallon as of this morning.....lowest was $1.99 in Ohio.......

thats awesome cuz im going back home to ohio to visit my family and friends i havent seen since early may.

Sep 19, 2006

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D. where you getting the E85? Are you going down to PA? I didnt think we had any pumps around here.

Sep 19, 2006

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E-85 nets you an ~5% (or is 5 HP?) GAIN, not loss in horsepower. You sacrifice by getting 20-30% less mpg.

Sep 19, 2006

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but no one else is in the program your in D or else id be running e85 all the time...
[IMG]Running E85 you lose MPG, hp, and money. But it's not from the middle east and produces cleaner emissions.
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rangers are rated at 7 more hp or so with e85 compared to 87 fuel...