autobloggreen.com — Want a flex fuel car? Don't waste your money. You got one. Your welcome. The car companies don't tell you most cars can use E85 because they want to rip you off. That's how it works folks. Most batteries can be recharged. Most store brands are the same as name brand too.
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gotamdAug 13, 2007
According to the actual article, your headline is inaccurate. Not all cars can run on E85. The article cautioned again and again that this was just one model of car (a Chevy Tahoe) and not necessarily applicable to other cars. Also, cars from the "early 90's" and before can't run on E85 according to the article.
awesomeandyAug 13, 2007
Uh, running higher octane gas than your car's engine is designed for can damage things in the long run just as easily as ethanol. Any modern car can run a light ethanol blend.We can't produce enough ethanol to power the US alone, not even at a 50% blend.
monger68Aug 13, 2007
Digg him down blindly, but E-85 does usually have an octane rating of 105.
rorschachexAug 13, 2007
As the above have mentioned besides plumbing differences, engines themselves can handle E-85. As a matter of fact, if your car has an ECU and is not carbureted (who really is driving a carbed engine nowadays except people who like classic cars?) which means it's fuel-injected and therefore has an oxygen sensor, it can use either fuel. I was on Formual SAE for 2 years (actually with Cornell Racing when we won in 2005) and we used a stock Yamaha engine that was converted, by us using a custom ECU, to run on E-85, and quite cleanly (we were acknowledged for amazing fuel efficiency for a 4-cylinder engine). But the above people make a point, if stock car plumbing (not NASCAR, but off-the-lot cars) was a little more rugged, we would be able to convert every car made since the late-80s/early-90s to E-85 with a quick reprogramming of the ECU (to map fuel-oxygen mixture levels correctly).
blincolnAug 13, 2007
Yeah, trying to charge a non-rechargeable battery is a good way to make it explode. Try reading about reversible versus non-reversible chemical reactions.
jorgAug 13, 2007
What a bunch of BULL...E85 will eat certain plastics that are found in the fuel systems of many non-flexfuel cars. It also requires a different air/fule mixture that your car may not be able to provide.The car companies do not make any more money off there E85 cars, why in the hell would they lie? The submitter is a talking out his butt and it listening to him could cost you thousands in repairs... (Ask you dealer how much a new oxygen sensor is!)
bingmoboSep 6, 2007
...what?! Are you dense?E85=105 octane...Where are you getting YOUR data from?! OPEC?
bingmoboSep 6, 2007
LOL!! You make me laugh.Car companies have been in bed with Oil for ever. Why did the EV1 die? Why are we driving gas guzzlers still? The technology has been there for YEARS yet "something" always comes up or we are distracted from it.
bingmoboSep 6, 2007
Hmmm.. well, considering the by-product of Ethanol production IS livestock feed, I don't know how to respond to you.
ssnivelyJul 15, 2008
So many misconceptions so little time. Listen up..E85 has 35% less energy than the same volume of gasoline. It's also 25% cheaper, but should really be 35% cheaper, all things being equal. That aside, the engine also needs a higher compression ratio to extract that energy efficiently. You also need to use 60% more E85 per unit/time as compared to gasoline to get the proper air/fuel ratio for combustion. Thus your range (miles/tank) will be 63% of that of gasoline.I won't even comment on conspiracy theorists and cheap skates that believe in magic additives, secrets "they" don't want you to know, and as seen on TV devices to increase mileage, they get what they deserve. But don't be the ignorant fool who gets their car towed into their Mercedes dealership for filling their diesel car with gasoline, or E85 in their gasoline engine and complains about lack of power and terrible MPG. You will be laughed at.
cdashnawJul 25, 2008
Do a Google search for "can my car use ethanol" and you'll find quite a few reputable, objective sites that list exactly which cars can and can't use it.
guydanieliAug 23, 2008
Brazil is using ethanol for a long time.I can say that 85% of the car in Brazil are using ethanol. They just change some minor parts like rubber hose if the car has one. The other people siply put ethanol in their tank and drive. They are doing that for years! And they have no proplem.guydanieli
smittytJan 7, 2009
Eating genetically engineered corn = stupidSpooling to 30 pounds of boost on my 'cornfed' built engine street monster = funIdiots who try to save a dollar and end up ruining stuff cause they don't know what they're doing = pricelessFor everything else, there's always another F.O.R.D. (f'ing old rusty detroit)And for the record... Ethanol is corrosive to METAL, not plastic or rubber, because it attracts WATER. So unless your engine is mostly aluminum and you change your oil often, don't expect your engine to get *cleaner*.