A 46 cent difference only 16 miles away from GetGo

I stopped at the Sunoco Station on the Pa. Turnpike today on my way to the Nordic Ski area. What a surprise, E85 was $2.31 while unleaded was $2.77. My Ford dash indicated a 29.0 mpg average when I pulled in. I promptly added .43 gallons of E85 ($1.00 worth) to 1.65 gallons of unleaded (around a 25% ethanol blend). 42 miles later at the bottom of the Mountains, my Ford Dash again read 29.0 mpg. The mileage then dropped driving up the mountains where a 10 degreee difference existed in temperature. By the way, the ski area has received 100 inches of snow this month!

A dime difference again.

Stopped in today at GetGo and mixed a low ethanol blend of around 23% with E85 at $2.63 and E0 at $2.73. Drove home in the snow at around 30F and recorded 29.6mpg. Another day another dime differnce. Sounds like another recording.

Another visit to GetGo, another dime less for E85

The title sums it up. GetGo in Wexford keeps the E85 priced 10 cents a gallon less than gasoline no matter what the price. I can remember The Drunken Swede bitching about the poor price spread in his area (Northern Indiana) and this is even worse. Anyway, after filling up with a blend around E25, I drove home and my Ford Dash read 30.7 mpg. Temperature was 31F and it was dark during the ride home.

Long drive into Michigan nets varying mileage

I recently returned from a long weekend of driving into and out of Michigan. I skied the 50K Vasa race which is quite a challenge for a weekend warrior such as myself. It took me 3 hours 30 minutes to cover 31 miles of rolling hills-some very steep. This was "only" about one hour slower than the winning time. Any ways, I ran a mostly E10 or E0 into Michigan and average around 28 mpg. Leaving Michigan I ran mostly an E20-25 blend with gas mileage between 27 and 29 mpg. I did drive several miles per hour faster going into Michigan but the difference between the E20 blends and E10 blends in regards of mileage remain non-signficant. I'm going to keep using ethanol blends as often as I can.

Projected snowfall of plus 10 inches

There is a current Winter Storm that is projected to dump 10 inches in my area and 20 inches in the higher elevations (ski areas) east of Pittsburgh. The storm should end around noon on Saturday and make driving interesting that day. My trip to the ski area and back (167 miles) netted me 28.3 mpg on a day that started at zero and ended in the low 20's. Just added 1 gallon of E85 to 4.75 gallons of gasoline via the red jerry can(s) that have been sitting in the garage for several weeks waiting to be used. Likely to travel to another ski area on Sunday and will report back on mileage.