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Old 07-02-2006, 09:09 AM
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Real Name: Chris Todd
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Default Re: Anyone else at 100k?

Actually, the thing that's really hurt my car lately isn't degredation of the batteries, but the gawd-awful gasoline reformulation they use in Maryland these days. I used to get about 45 MPG and now I get 38 MPG.

But I know it's not the CAR. On a trip to Virginia two weeks ago, I got 40 MPG on the way down and 53 MPG on the way up. The difference? I completely empried the tank of Baltimore gasoline and filled up with Virginia gasoline.

Yeah... The Baltimore gasoline is some kind of ethanol blend that the HCH positively *hates*.

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