Well! It's gettin worse here in N.E. Pa. $3.59, reg  $3.89 for 92 octane. If I prop the Rag Top up when I travel, can I get a few wind currents to push me along?

Hey, Mark, get this stuff called Star Tron. I have to buy it at a motorcycle shop. My Corvette mechanic told me about it. Its supposed to counteract the alcohol and save the Carbs! I've been using it in mine with no problems!   

Yeah, this is gettin' scary.

Yes, Kevin, it will affect our cars, especially the carburators. Remember, there was no such thing as alcohol in gas back in the day our cars were produced. If you ignoe iy, you WILL have problems in the future!

Hey Barry..did you know Ford designed the Model T to run on ethanol?   I researched this star tron product..walmart carries it..its in the outdoor boating section according to star tron..it sounds like it breaks the water down into molecular and allows it to be burned off..it does not eliminate ethanol..if you have water in the gas or store the car this stuff sounds like it should work..I think the thought is ethanol attracts water therefor it will have water in it no matter what..ok I can see that..just not sure how much water E 10 can absorb?   Really there is no problem running this stuff as it claims to clean everything..and it is not an alchohol..key point there..most people think they should put the dry gas when they get water in the tank..if they have E10 in there you only add more alchohol and increase the amount of alchohol in the fuel..meaning a higher than E10 fuel..something that can be bad..anyway haven't called the gas station lately to see what gas is at now but I would bet it is over 7$ a gallon now!

Had to order heating fuel oil today, just a bit to get us into warm weather....383 gallon....We are having real high winds past few days out of the East...when that happens I can not burn wwodstove as it backdrafts in East winds over 17mph.

We are getting over 30 mph gusts been rattiling the house pretty good tonight

3.83 Al, wow we just got some yesterday, 3.50 if I pay for it within 5 days. I guess that was a deal. Where the heck am I going to get that kind of money? I wanted to chase the guy away when I saw him coming.
4 dollar gas, ethanol may go to 15% & they know it aint worth a dam. Heating oil prices. And we're still buying most of our oil from scum bags that would like to cut our heads off with a handsaw.
 

Fuel alcohol absorbs waaay more moisture than gasoline does, and the mixture is extremely corrosive to metals/plastics, and rubber products....basically EVERYTHING in the fuel system. The newer cars were designed with this in mind, and the parts are compatible with the ethanol blends that were in the pipeline at the time. OUR Sharks, on the other hand, were NEVER intended to run anything but real gasoline...none of this mamby-pamby ethanol crap.
If there's something that will actually break down the water in the fuel to where it can be burned, that's ok, but...it does nothing to eliminate the problems associated with the alcohol damaging the rest of the fuel system, if I read what Rich posted correctly.
Does this stuff actually break down the moisture in the fuel IN the tank, so it will evaporate, or just make it easier to burn in the combustion chamber? Actually, water won't burn, but it will create steam, which would do some serious cleaning in the cylinders!
I'm curious about this stuff now...

Went to $3.55 here early this week, then began to sink...  $3.40...  $3.35...  $3.31, then yesterday, up with a bullet - back up to $3.65!  Luckily, I was able to find a station still at $3.31 (across the street from $3.65).

 I have a 03' Impala which developed a "O" ring leak on the fuel pressure regulator for the fuel rails. It was difficult to diagnos becouse of the evaparation. I had this HORENDOUS smell in the garage. E-10 STINKS. After I replaced it, smell went away. What is in that stuff? No wonder the old car parts don't like it.  The speed shop I use has the additive for E-10, and I was courious to know if it was all hype or a ligitimate product to assist in preserveing our old cars.  The STAR-TRON product is advertised in the motorcycle mags I get. I may look into something to off set the corrosion factor in all my engines.  I suspect the reason my lawn mowers are running poorly is a result of this E-10 factor.    Yeah, Rich it was a long one!  I am gettin better with this thing!