Friday, November 9, 2007

More Gallons Than Dollars

When was the last time you filled up with more gallons than dollars? Uh, never? I filled up with E85 for only 85 CENTS this morning! YES!! It was a GM promotion. Thank You!! They even had models from Maximum Talent Agency pump it for you, which wasn't bad. Nice touch. I also had them fill 2 extra 5 gallon tanks. I was prepared. They also gave me a yellow gas cap and E85 Flex Fuel Vehicle badge. Some E85 splashed around on the top of my extra tanks. It evaporated by the time I got home and the inside of Great White didn't stink like it would with gasoline. I love the smell of ethanol compared to gasoline.

156 miles on 12 gallons = 13 mpg. 23 gallons for only $20! Gasoline would have cost me about $60.

Dollar per gallon divided by mpg = cents per mile? So, 85 cents divided by 13 mpg = 6.5 cents per mile. So, at $3 per gallon, you would need a car that gets 46 mpg to be the same. And one that can tow 6,000 pounds.

Ethanol is biodegradable, non toxic, water soluble, and there is a surplus. Did you hear about that oil tanker that spilled 58,000 gallons of oil in the San Francisco Bay?

Thursday, November 8, 2007

E85 Test and price promotion

This blog was mentioned in the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition NEVC newsletter. So, a main point of this E85 test is to compare mpg between E85 and gas. Well, with gas prices increasing, it would be a bad time to do it, and expensive for me. Plus, there are plenty of Chevy Tahoes on the road, running on gas, so we know what mpg they get.

Are you ready for the great part? As I was reading the newspaper today, Chevy has 2 color ads and at the bottom, Western Convenience (and others) is offering E85 for 85 cents per gallon tomorrow!! WooHoo!! I'm at half a tank, so I will be at the station on 91st and Huron in Thornton, CO tomorrow morning. Thank you Colorado Chevy Dealers!

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Normal fill up

I update this blog when I fill up, so I try not to update this too often! No grand opening today, just a normal fill up at 91st and Huron. I usually fill up at Sam's Club, which is just across the highway, so I'm not driving out of my way to get E85.

The news said gas at over $92 a barrel this morning. Or was it $96? Who knows.

I went 228 miles on this tank of E85 so that was 12.5 mpg, it was all city driving. The price was $2.09.

Gale Banks is an expert with high performance. In fact, the man is a legend when it comes to turbochargers. He told Jay Leno the benefits of E85 here: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/index.shtml?vidID=137216