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Easy! Just turn right at the Davis mansion, go 2568.5 miles and look for the 'Punxsutawney Sunoco' sign. Do NOT continue on to New Jersey-New York-Connecticut which are ALSO stuck with that *&%$#@! reformulated gasoline. NMI 200

posted by  Smitty on  Thu Sep 26 12:01 CST 2002
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When I was in the Compuserve automotive forum there was a guy there who swore that the oxygenated fuel we here in New England are forced to use from October to April showed only a 2% decrease in fuel economy. He allegedly worked for Chevron and had the inside scoop on their test results. At my last job, several of us anal-retentive types who keep track of fuel mileage recorded and 8-10% decrease in mileage over the winter months. Most of us had 25+ mile commutes, so the extra warm-up time running with a rich mixture was not major contributor to the decrease.

Meanwhile, the EPA who directed the oil companies to use MTBE to save us from air pollution has ended up poisoning us with contaminated water instead. In this semi-rural part of CT, deep wells 200+ feet away from gas stations have been found to be contaminated with this carcinogen. To quote Will Rogers, "thank goodness we don't get all the government we pay for."






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