I get the argument for why no-ethanol is better than ethanol blend. But is it really worth the extra money?
My current vehicle has 305,000 miles and is still going strong. The one before it went 403,000 miles before I hit a deer and totaled it. The one before that went 377,000 miles before a cracked engine block forced it into retirement.
That’s 25 years, 3 vehicles, and nearly 1.1 million miles. And I ran almost exclusively 87 octane ethanol blend - mostly from Shell, BP, and Kroger. Not one issue rated to fuel quality. None.
I figure I probably put at least 43,000 gallons of fuel through those vehicles. How much extra does E0 cost? 50 cents in some places? Maybe even more in some places?
The money I saved by not buying E0 would almost buy me a new car at this point.