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Old 09-11-2006, 09:20 AM
tckma tckma is offline
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Location: Central Massachusetts
Hybrids: 2004 HCH-I stick-shift
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Default Re: Anyone else at 100k?

I got my best FE in recent memory when I filled up in Virgina. I drove down to DC and got my standard 42 MPG from Massachusetts gas. I had to fill up in Maryland on the way down, and drove around DC a bit, but then I topped off with Virginia gas on the way back and almost got a 600 mile tank out of it. They ought to ship some of that VA gas up here to New England.

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Originally Posted by AshenGrey
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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