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In reply to the discussion: As E15 Gas Becomes More Common, Remember That It's Terrible For These Engines [View all]

Old Crank

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5. Not sure where the 96 percent from.
Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 01:25 PM
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I found that in 2024 about 25% of cars on the road were over 20 years old. So the percentage will be lower than that but I doubt as low as 4%.

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As E15 Gas Becomes More Common, Remember That It's Terrible For These Engines [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sunday OP
Um .... what choice do we have? Like there are E10 only gas stations? /nt bucolic_frolic Sunday #1
Gemini: Who Enforces the Rules? bucolic_frolic Sunday #3
Do NOT use in Toyotas. It will VOID your warranty... hlthe2b Sunday #2
Not sure where the 96 percent from. Old Crank Sunday #5
Ignoring that discrepancy, to suggest the overwhelming majority of cars manufactured AFTER 2000 hlthe2b Sunday #8
I have a 2019 VW GTI Autobahn. The owners manual says to use E-free, so that's what I do. ms liberty Sunday #4
I have been reading some articles by Jalopnik Old Crank Sunday #6
File this misinformation under, as my dad would say, OH, BULLSHIT! This is a story paid for by the petroleum industry. ffr Sunday #7
Ethanol can be corrosive. And if you want to void a Toyota warranty that specifically says so, hlthe2b Sunday #9
Thank you for confirming what I wrote and you appearently didn't read in what I wrote. ffr Sunday #10
You wrote: "is ethanol harmful to engines. No" hlthe2b Sunday #11
That is not my opinion, that is fact! Ethanol has no chemical properties in it that harms engines. ffr Sunday #12
Simply not true. I am not going to argue with someone who ignores basic chemistry and hlthe2b Sunday #13
You fail to debate correctly. Impeach what I have said and provide references that back up your claims ffr Sunday #14
No I just don't see you worth my time. Ethanol is inherently corrosive--only a matter of degree hlthe2b Sunday #15
Once again, you are failing to impeach what I've said. You use a cut-n-paste from a biodieselfoundation.org "blog?' ffr Sunday #16
Ah yes. "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"... hlthe2b Sunday #17
It took you less than two minutes to read what I wrote and reply with all that? ffr Sunday #18
This is a tragic turn of events for the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal. NNadir Sunday #19
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