Not seeing E15.......Yet

[Chris142]

Been watching for this since I dont own a car that can use it. My jeep owners manual is very specific about no more than 10% ethanol.

Had to run up to the Shell station to get gas for the toys. Tested it when I got home and its coming up 6% ethanol which is the lowest I have ever seen here.

 

[rstsco]

I have yet to see it around me, either, but saw it on my latest trip to Wisconsin. There was even a station which was selling E30 gasoline. I found this "Ethanol Guide for Drivers" put out by the Nebraska Corn Board. It shows to be authorized by the EPA for use in Flex Fuel vehicles only, but apparently they're testing in non-Flex Fuel vehicles, but I highly suspect they may be a bit biased:

• Who uses it? E30 is currently approved by the EPA for use in flex fuel vehicles. However, a year-long research study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found E30 caused no adverse effects when it was used to fuel state-owned, non-flex fuel-compatible vehicles. Efforts are underway to show how E30 can be safely used in more types of vehicles, so it can be accessible to more drivers.

 

[Boomer]

Sheetz commonly has and has had E-15 around central PA for quite a time. Now $0.50-0.60/gallon less than regular.

 

[joekingcorvette]

We have it all over the place in South Dakota however my Maverick states only 10% is allowed and my old Honda Civic which was a 2012 I was told not to run it. My Ford F-150 will run on it because it's a flex fuel vehicle. I prefer just to run the 10% alcohol.

 

[daves87rs]

Just wow.

 

[fdcg27]

Just bought some E15 at a Sheetz yesterday.
Fifty cents less a gallon than E10 and the OM for my Accord says that up to 15% ethanol fuel is fine to use.
If I am passing by a station offering E15% at a considerable discount, I think it would be foolish not to buy some for use in a vehicle for which the manufacturer says it's okay.
OTOH, Wawa offers E0 for a dollar more a gallon than E10, which some people would consider a good deal.

 

[sopususer]

I've been running the Sheets Unleaded 88 (E15) in our Subaru vehicles for some time, especially since the spike in fuel prices. It is typically 50 cents a gallon less than 87 and in the Subies I see less than 1 mpg difference. My son ran it exclusively in his 21 Crosstrek until he traded it this past January; no issues.

 

[bmod305]

I have been using E15 for over three years in my ‘21 Blazer with no issues. Also, haven’t noticed any difference in mpg. Local Kwik Trip store sell E15 for 20 cents per gallon less. Regular unleaded in Minnesota has been E10 since 2003.

 

[bullwinkle]

I picked up a tankful of E15/88 octane at a Casey's up in Bellefontaine, OH in the (flex-fuel capable) '24 Transit 250 3.5 company van-somehow it got a record (for a loaded company van) 20 MPG on that tankful! Maybe it was all downhill from there(?)

 

[fantastic]

I have been using E15 for over three years in my ‘21 Blazer with no issues. Also, haven’t noticed any difference in mpg. Local Kwik Trip store sell E15 for 20 cents per gallon less. Regular unleaded in Minnesota has been E10 since 2003.

Only $0.10 less than 87,, in my area, so it's getting harder for me to buy it.

 

[Rmay635703]

Only $0.10 less than 87,, in my area, so it's getting harder for me to buy it.

It’s only 3 cents less in my home town, not even enough to overcome the 1% fuel economy loss

 

[addyguy]

Most of our pumps up here just say ‘May contain up to 15% ethanol’; so who knows what we are getting.

 

[Rmay635703]

Most of our pumps up here just say ‘May contain up to 15% ethanol’; so who knows what we are getting.

There are ethanol tests available, e10 is occasionally very low ethanol, never know unless you test

 

[NiwradND]

There are ethanol tests available, e10 is occasionally very low ethanol, never know unless you test

I talk to a blender, they told me E10 in the winter, can legally have up to 12.4 percent ethanol along with 2 percent Butane for winter blends. So I always say E10 is like E15 in the winter. They have the technology to blend it right to 12.4 percent and still label it 10 percent.

 

[SC Maintenance]

I think people are mis-understanding this initiative. The new rule allows 15% ethanol in all grades of gasoline. I have seen it marked once - at a BP along I-95 in Georgia. All pumps had brand new "E15" stickers on all 3 octane ratings. This is a new rule that due to the middle east supply disruptions. Or maybe just another farm subsidy - who knows.

Vs 88 octane E15 sold at some stations in some states which comes from a specially marked pump.