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All I want is to be able
to choose when to use ethanol-laced gasoline |
By Jay Leno |
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Jay
Leno's E85 Corvette was built to take
ethanol.
Some of his other, older cars were not.
Photo by Jay Leno |
Ive never seen ONE
of my columns generate as much controversy
as the one I did in the March 2 issue (Cant
We Just Get Rid of Ethanol?). I have
an ethanol-fuel vehiclemy E85 Corvetteand
it runs fine on ethanol. We built it that
way. Its fast!
Todays cars with modern fuel systems
run fine on ethanol-laced gasoline. My old
cars dont; but I have no choice.
I guess thats my main complaint. Its
like having to eat every meal for the rest
of your life at the same place, even though
you know the food they serve might make
you sick.
In California, every fuel (even racing gas)
has to have ethanol in it. That doesnt
seem right, that were not allowed
to make a choice. As I made clear in my
previous column, older motorcycles, antique
vehicles, small gas enginesethanol
hurts them all. Judging from the comments
weve seen, readers (more than 95 percent
of the responses) agree with me.
I suppose any number of those folks could
have some financial interest in their stance,
but just the same
if ethanol is so
good, let people choose to buy it.
If non-ethanol gasoline is 10 cents or 20
cents per gallon more and people are willing
to pay the difference, they should be allowed
to do it.
Perhaps I was remiss in the March column
in not mentioning enough that we cant
choose. Ethanol people are calling me a
hypocrite, but the fact that using the stuff
is made mandatory is unfair.
People have sent me photos of fuel regulators
and fuel pumps that have been ruined by
ethanol. One guy had an 89 Corvette,
and the fuel system was all rusted out because
of the switch to ethanol.
I have heard about these problems from enough
people. Its not like Im sitting
here making all this up. The critics are
mostly people involved in the ethanol industry.
I have a lot of 25-year-old and even older
cars that I use all the time that run terribly
on ethanol.
One last time: All I am asking is, let us
have a choice.
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Source:
Published in "Autoweek", April 9,
2015
Posted: Apr 10, 2015 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439 |
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Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147 |
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Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651 |
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Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg
for his Chassis No. KL3590 |
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Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207 |
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Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165 |
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