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Old 01-28-2011, 04:54 PM
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My buddy just traded in his Trailblazer for a 2010 Impala with a 3.5 V6. We just curious of the milage differances between Flexfuel and Regular gas.
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Old 01-28-2011, 04:57 PM
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Fexfuel, aka E85 ethanol, gets you terrible fuel economy by comparison. The money saved by using is not proportional to the reduced mileage. You'll lose money running on E85 instead of 87 octane gas.
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He'* going to see a good drop on corn gas. Expect a 20% to 25% drop.
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Originally Posted by Danthurs
He'* going to see a good drop on corn gas. Expect a 20% to 25% drop.
I suppose it could depend on the car, but I've seen numbers closer to 30%-45% drop.
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Well, I was being very conservative. The engine needs 25% more corn gas, and that'* not taking in to account the lower power.
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so what is the point of it? LOL
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What is the point? Gezz, to make the tree huggers feel good. Look, I'm saving gas, no, your not.
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what a waste of time, money, research and resources.
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what a waste of time, money, research and resources.
You can say that again.
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Ya, what he just said.
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