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- From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
- Subject: Re: Oxygenated Gasoline and Low MPG (super unleaded?)
- Message-ID: <bob1.726437711@cos>
- Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
- References: <4276.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:15:11 GMT
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- In <4276.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
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- >-> but cause a loss in mileage. Does the emission improvemnet offset
- >-> the gas mileage decrease? I guess what I am asking is what is the
- >-> comparision between emissions/MILE of each of these fuels? This
- >-> seems to be more pertinent than idle emissions for each.
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- > That depends, of course, in what you're burning the gick in. For a
- >late model car in good tune there's not much difference.
- >
- It made no difference in my '89 Probe, CO was unmeasurable before and
- after. But it sure screwed my gas mileage, pay more - get less, I
- did find that the last tank of that camel urine I used got a bit
- over 30 mpg, someone must have been feeding the camel sour mash
- leavings.
-
- Bob.
-