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

Wed Sep 18 00:55:38 EDT 2013

I've yet to drive a car with a CVT that didn't feel like I was having to 
physically drag it down the road.  Hoping for something with either a 
manual or a DCA next.

On 9/17/13 3:51 PM, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
> If you have a vehicle with a CVT, "coasting" doesn't work well.  I have one (probably won't buy another one with a CVT), and taking the foot off the gas to coast is about the equivalent of gradually downshifting as you slow.  I almost got rear-ending a few times before I got the hang of that..lol
> Allen B.
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Ron Frazier (ALE) [atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:44 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips
>
> 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:
>> 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:
>>> 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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