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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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I just took a road trip up to Tennessee, and found a gas station that proudly proclaimed to have gas with no ethanol added. Filled up, and averaged 26.13 mpg HAND CALCULATED on my return trip. Granted, that is at a steady 55 MPH with no stopping, but still.... damn good for this massive land yacht, especially in the steep grades on interstate 24. 290.3 miles and it only took 11.111 gallons to fill up when I got home. Write your congressman and demand that ethanol be banned from gasoline. The numbers don't lie, e10 is crap and kills mileage. I have never seen more than 24.2 before this trip.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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thats awesome, i never see more then 16 with my gears lol
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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APPARENTLEY YOU DON'T FARM!!!! ETHANOL KICKS GAS!!!... or are you from saudi arabia?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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APPARENTLEY YOU DON'T FARM!!!! ETHANOL KICKS GAS!!!... or are you from saudi arabia?

no need to be an ***, You scream like a banshee and then accuse the man of being from S.Arabia when his location clearly states Fayetteville, Georgia.

The correct spelling is APPARENTLY, or are you from saudi arabia?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by switchblade906
thats awesome, i never see more then 16 with my gears lol

I never see more than 15 in this city....
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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Took a 3hr trip to Nashville last weekend best I could muster on 89 octane was 17.6 on the freeway at 68MPH.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ivaskaj
I just took a road trip up to Tennessee, and found a gas station that proudly proclaimed to have gas with no ethanol added. Filled up, and averaged 26.13 mpg HAND CALCULATED on my return trip. Granted, that is at a steady 55 MPH with no stopping, but still.... damn good for this massive land yacht, especially in the steep grades on interstate 24. 290.3 miles and it only took 11.111 gallons to fill up when I got home. Write your congressman and demand that ethanol be banned from gasoline. The numbers don't lie, e10 is crap and kills mileage. I have never seen more than 24.2 before this trip.
It was because of improved aerodynamics with those 4 wheel boxes in back. And the reason we have real gas in Tennessee is because we send all our corn to Lynchburg.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ivaskaj
Granted, that is at a steady 55 MPH with no stopping, but still.... damn good for this massive land yacht, especially in the steep grades on interstate 24.
I'm writing my Congressman right now to see if they'll ban driving a steady 55mph on the interstate. Please tell me the Posted Speed Limit wasn't 70. If it was, I hope you had your hazard lights on the entire time. It's hard enough to get people to slow down to 70, think of how fast their coming up on you at 25-30 mph faster than you.

And before anyone gets upset, if the posted limit was 55 or 60 then I appoligize if my post case across negative. I'm just going off the fact that the average posted Interstate Speed Limit across the country is 70.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by bigred3297
I never see more than 15 in this city....
im talking about on the Highway and everything lol
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Maples
It was because of improved aerodynamics with those 4 wheel boxes in back. And the reason we have real gas in Tennessee is because we send all our corn to Lynchburg.
Western TN has 10% corn fuel....
 
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