Redwood city next for E85 station!!

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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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I bugged them about Mountain View... I have a client there that REALLY wants for their fleet to use E85. Do I need to say who the 800lb gorilla of a company is in MV?

I really don't understand why it is so time consuming to get stations up
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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So i tend to travel to Tahoe and LA a lot, places that may not have E85 stations easily available. If I upgrade my car to run E85 will it be bad for my car to run 91 octane every now and then?
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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^ it will not run on 91 if you are tuned for e85, but Plaserville has e85 on the way up to tahoe. I will be getting some jugs and going up the mountain with about 10gal just in case i get stuck in tahoe for a week lol
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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Dont listen to Matt. Your car would run on 91 if you had to pump 91 but it would be advised not to go into boost at all. Best thing would to have a dual tune so you can switch between maps. Still you'd have to make sure you were very low on E85 in your tank before pumping 91 and switching maps. Also drive very easy on that first tank full of 91.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Thought it was interesting both the alms GT class BMW's run e85.
Old Mar 25, 2011 | 04:59 PM
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Looks like the station is about to be up and running, Time to run some fun gas and turn up the boost
Old Apr 5, 2011 | 01:20 AM
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Has the pump opened up yet Matt?
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I just saw the signs up at the vallero in redwood city on whipple.
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Last week we sere talking about it and he said it was open.
Old May 16, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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Yes the pump is now open, time to save up for injectors and a new tune
Old May 17, 2011 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 04caliwrx
Yes the pump is now open, time to save up for injectors and a new tune
Whats the price of E85 there? I just pumped today at $3.45
Old May 17, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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It's $3.40 right now steve, come out tonight?
Old May 17, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by XxSti05xX
Not going to get into this arguement as I have no skin in the game, but to think Ethanol doesn't affect food prices is somewhat delusional. Read this

Wholesale beef and pork prices continue to run as much as 25 percent higher at the wholesale level from a year ago, according to weekly reports by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Because if its more expensive to feed a pig, its going to cost more to raise a pig. The economics of why ethanol doesn't make good sense at this time, in America, are real, solid, and proven.
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It makes mad power and burns clean. I don't trip off the cost of good, The small prices changes are nothing to how much I spend on everything else. Prices of food are also up because the cost of diesel fuel is much more then it was a year ago.
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Originally Posted by 04caliwrx
It makes mad power and burns clean. I don't trip off the cost of good, The small prices changes are nothing to how much I spend on everything else.
Exactly how I feel



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