E10 Petrol?????????

[struggo]

Hi All,

Jut wandering if any of you have been running E10 petrol in your Ecotec. It has probably been on our petrol for years anyway.

If so how has the your been running?

Cheers
Struggo

 

[mattman]

Ethanol is teh ghey.

Stay away from it, seriously. Even mechanics who apparently push Ethanol recommend you run a non-ethanol tank through every 3-4 fills. If you have to do that, something's wrong.

 

[andyman]

mate of mine that i work with filled up with that united premium e10 (cause it was cheap and he needed it) he reckons the car was the same as if it was running on premium (he always does) and got better economy

 

[LowVp]

some car manufacturers will void warranties with the stuff

 

[POVRTY]

ive used it a few times in my stock 6. but would never use it in my v8 or any car i expect to perform at its best

 

[sganro]

I have heard mixed opinions about it. I personally dont like it.

I will stay with premium and regular unleaded unless it gets rediculously expensive and e10 is still cheap.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

We don't get it over here yet, if we do I haven't seen it. Although all new cars now are E10 compatible. Well, the Mitsubishi's I sell are.

 

[hako]

I use E10 all the time as its usually 3 to 4 cents cheaper and I'm a tight-ass! Had no problems and cannot tell the difference although all the official tests on its use indicate a slight but not noticeable decrease in power. I first started to use it to support the sugar cane growers up here but then found out that most of our Ethanol is imported from Brazil....but at least its not made by the oil companies.

 

[LowVp]

3-4 cents over 60 litres, what does that roughly add up to $2.40 ? no even enough for a bottle of coke, so why bother with the ****

 

[dufus]

i have heard good results along with extremely poor results. Personally i will hold off putting it in my car for aslong as i can.