10% Ethanol in Gas

I hear a lot of people up in arms about the addition of Ethanol to
gasoline. Many places do it just in the wintertime, others do it year
round. One of the gas stations in my little town even has a bunch of
"100% REAL GAS - NO ETHANOL" signs up all over the place. With all
the whining and crying about "people putting water in the gas[sic]",
I've honestly never noticed a difference in operation or efficiency.

My guess is that Ethanol earned a bad reputation (1970s, maybe?) when
cars used to be carbureted and timing advanced with mechanical weights
and such. However, modern cars with EFI and its associated arsenal of
sensors simply adapt to whatever difference it makes, but many people
are still stuck with the 'ethanol sucks' mentality. True?
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  • Re: 10% Ethanol in Gas
    ... One of the gas stations in my little town even has a bunch of ... "100% REAL GAS - NO ETHANOL" signs up all over the place. ... 50 to 100 miles per tank range with the crap mixed into gasoline. ... milage your eng is not set up right. ...
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  • Re: 10% Ethanol in Gas
    ... One of the gas stations in my little town even has a bunch of ... "100% REAL GAS - NO ETHANOL" signs up all over the place. ... Some of us still drive vehicles with Carburetors and in my case 'lose' 50 to 100 miles per tank range with the crap mixed into gasoline. ...
    (rec.autos.tech)
  • Re: 10% Ethanol in Gas
    ... One of the gas stations in my little town even has a bunch of ... "100% REAL GAS - NO ETHANOL" signs up all over the place. ... cars used to be carbureted and timing advanced with mechanical weights ... C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." ...
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  • Re: 10% Ethanol in Gas
    ... One of the gas stations in my little town even has a bunch of ... "100% REAL GAS - NO ETHANOL" signs up all over the place. ... cars used to be carbureted and timing advanced with mechanical weights ... doesn't save petroleum imports by that much. ...
    (rec.autos.tech)
  • Re: 10% Ethanol in Gas
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