Ethanol vs Non Ethanol Gas While Towing

Sam Spade wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

You will lose a lot of mileage with E85 but gain a small amount in power in cold weather and quite a bit in hot weather.

You might lose a lot more than mileage if you put E85 into a vehicle not designed for it.

I know I did back when e85 was new I was on a return trip to Oregon from Vermont in a Pontiac 6000 I stopped at a station somewhere east of Wyoming on I80 first thing I noticed was my MPG was bad real bad the. About 50 miles east of Rawlings it just died! My valves were booked longer moving I was dead in the water I don't know if the E85 had anything to do with it? But there was no warning no noise just shut down like I turned the key off. When I got the gas I was a bit confused the grade a prices were strange Regular was more than Mid Grade so I filled up with the mid and asked why it was cheaper when paying for it the said it was new E85! That car was mint like new I had to hitchhike home that day.