New to the Group From Iowa
 

I am from central Iowa and I drive a 1996 Ford Taurus and average 24-25mpg on ethanol . You guys say that ethanol doesn't get as good of mpg as regular . Well, I took your word and I am trying regular. The only problem I have is the cold winters and I was always told that ethanol kept the fuel lines from freezing in really cold weather. So, when winter comes and I am stranded because of a frozen fuel line, I am goin to blame you guys :-)
Just kidding !
I would like to get a scangaugeII in the near fulture if you think it will help me get better gas mileage.
Thanks,
Raz

hey raz, howdy from iowa city.

i'm pretty new myself. just put in an order for the scangauge2 myself, i think it'll help. on ethanol you wont get as good of mileage as with gasoline, but your cost per mile may be better with ethanol.

I live about 45 miles west of you in rural just south of victor exit on I-80.
Please keep me updated on the scangauge and let me know how it works and how long of a shipping time it takes, I assume you got it directly from scangauge or is there a better price that $169 ?
Thanks,
Raz

i'd feel better about buying direct for $170, but since i had money sitting in paypal i went for one from an ebay reseller for $160

Welcome to GS!

I do a lot of work up there: Quad Cities (Bettendorf), Iowa City, Des Moines, and Sioux City. Always rollin' through at some point :p

Ethanol is a sticky widget. You'll probably gain some FE numbers with regular gasoline, but people use it for different reasons. It depends on your goal. I drove up from KC to Sioux City with a Flex Fuel Monte recently -- had to fuel up in MO, actually -- couldn't find an E-85 station on I-29! Big drop in FE, but the rental probably never saw the stuff before.

Best FE to ya with the wagon. I admire the choice over an SUV :thumbup:

RH77

RazBarlow -

Welcome to GS! The ethanol thing makes me think of Ice Road Truckers, where they were putting alcohol in the brake lines to keep them from freezing.

CarloSW2