[s-cars] S6 Mileage

[Larry]

3rd-ing this. No Ethanol free stuff within sane distance for me to experiment with though.  Do know it hit both cars about the same.

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On Mar 26, 2012, at 7:22 PM, "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at entouch.net> wrote:

> You're right, Tom.  The bulk of the mileage decrease also occurred after the
> move to Houston, home to smog control and ethanol.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom Heitzman
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:13 PM
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> Subject: [s-cars] S6 Mileage
> 
> After seeing Steve M's figure for mileage I came to the realization that I'd
> forgotten the slow introduction of, but now, nearly, ever present dread
> Ethanol into our fuel supply. I know that my vehicles get noticeably better
> fuel mileage WO Ethanol. There are only two Ethanol free gas stations extant
> in my general driving area, in Penn Yan & Utica NY. Both offer  89 Oct only
> so I usually try to  have some 93 Oct in the tank for mixing. BTW If not
> pushing the engine into full boost very often is 89 Oct OK w/MRC 2 or a
> strict No-no? I've run it a few times and haven't heard any detonation but
> my hearing is not the best!
> 
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