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

[David Tomaschik]

Yes, it takes approximately 1.02 gallons of 10% ethanol gas to equal 1
gallon of pure gasoline.[1]  On the other hand, I'd suspect you burn
far more by going out of your way for ethanol-free gas...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
> ________________________________________
> 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:
>> 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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