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Old 01-21-2011, 09:54 PM   #1
One Mean Chevy
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Thumbs down DON'T look now the Goverment is upping ETHANOL Content.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/epa-set-...-vehicles.html

UPDATE:Heres Info from the EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/additive/e15/

Check the most recent link at the bottom: Partial waiver for use of E15 in MY2001-2006 light-duty motor vehicles (Pre-publication version) (PDF) (64 pp; 1.2MB; January 21, 2011)

UPDATE:
POLL ADDED thanks for the Idea fielderLS3:
The Title should say On ORIGINAL Engine I Have or Have Had
I Can't edit the Poll Title.

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Originally Posted by fielderLS3 View Post
So...."useful life" is defined as 100,000 to 120,000 miles? So when the government assures us that it won't do damage, or cause premature wear, it is on the assumption that catastrophic failure around 100-120K miles is the normal, and that you therefore can't reasonably expect to get any more miles out of a car than that?

In the 21st century, "useful life" should be double what the EPA seems to think it is. Next time you hear that ethanol won't hurt your car, just remember that is using the 1970s as their baseline for durability.

Maybe a poll should be set up to see if I have a point....How many of you out there have a car, or have had a car, with over 120,000 miles on the original engine?
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