Extreme gas mileage using non ethanol fuel

[James K]

So I usually get about 300 to 320 miles per tank. I do mostly highway driving. Get about 26mpg But I decided to conduct a little experiment, me and the family went to the newest buc-ees in ohio and I decided to fill up with their ethanol free gas
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I got almost 445 miles out of that tank of gas. So if anybody is considering does non ethanol fuel really make a difference? Yes, yes, it makes that much of a difference. And I have repeated it with consecutive results.. Just a FYI for anybody who is considering it. It's worth the extra dollar on fill up per gallon

I just reset my gauge but it read 30.7 MPG after 1047 mi. Of course the gauge is suspect, but not by a lot. When the truck was new I checked it and it was only off 2%. My mileage has gone down since then. I have 43K on the truck now. Still, couldn't be happier with my MPG. I use ethanol 93 octane, but Top Tier.

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[Mavtremor24]

At Maverik Adventure Stops (similar to Buc-ees here in Utah), the Maverik stations price for mid-grade (87 octane) ethanol-containing gasoline is $4.47 per gallon, and their ethanol-free (88 octane) ClearGas is $4.57 per gallon. Why would your's be $1.00 more per gallon? Do you live in a corn belt state? A full fill-up here with ClearGas only cost a total of about $1.30 more. And yes, it does make a huge difference running ethanol free gasoline.

The only answer I can give you for the extra dollar A gallon is ,it's ohio and everything sucks in ohio.
Yesterday, when I got fuel 87 was $3.47 a gallon premium was $4.52 and non ethanol 90 was the same as premium.i got the 90 non eth

 

[Suzukiridr14]

What octane was that?

HRG

Where I live in Florida, non ethanol gas at Murphys station is 93 octane, cost about 90 cents a gallon more then high test gas, I use it in my 1956 Thunderbird.

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

At Maverik Adventure Stops (similar to Buc-ees here in Utah), the Maverik stations price for mid-grade (87 octane) ethanol-containing gasoline is $4.47 per gallon, and their ethanol-free (88 octane) ClearGas is $4.57 per gallon. Why would your's be $1.00 more per gallon? Do you live in a corn belt state? A full fill-up here with ClearGas only cost a total of about $1.30 more. And yes, it does make a huge difference running ethanol free gasoline.

You may be an out lier. The exception.
You may be fooled. Maybe you are being lied to at the gas station. Maybe you mis-read the signs. Maybe the pumps were mis-labeled. Maybe you are exceptionally lucky. I don't know.

What I do know is ethanol free is USUALLY 50 cents more per gallon, with some limited areas being about 1.00 more per gallon.

For whatever reason, what you posted is atypical.

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