A not unreasonable thought. Still, I'm rarely more than a coffee-cup's worth of gas away from a gas station, if the car isn't charged up anyway. That, of course, unless I'm on a road trip, in which case I'll tank it up appropriately beforehand.
In my area they are warning people to fill up before the eclipse because of all the unexpected traffic that they expect. Expect bottled water shortage as well. Seems a little over blown to me.
Cool! Nowhere near it, unfortunately, here in Austin TX (or anywhere else in TX as I recall). Too much going on that day to take a trip, unfortunately. I bet you will be seeing quite a few strangers that day. iPad ? Pro
Sun Country just announced a special fare from MSP to see the eclipse. You fly at 8:00 AM to Grand Island - Nebraska has an island, and a grand one at that? Then they bus you to the Gem over the Prairie Eclipse Event. Sounds like fun.
At the rate you folks use gas (very jealous!), do you add any gas stabilizers like Stabil? Worries about gumming and varnish build-up, or has gas improved with detergents, etc that now are part of the mix?
Not for me at least; my plan, which seems to work fine so far, is just to keep the tank pretty empty, going to the gas station once every couple months or so. That way the gas will never be more than 2ish months old. As somebody pointed out, that's also better in that it saves a little weight (probably not a huge improvement, but it's something anyway). However, when we got our P.Prime, I promptly did exactly that for our 2009 Prius. We kept it for my wife to drive, since she's finally working on getting her driver's license, but doesn't have it yet. The main blocker is that her English is so-so, and Texas no longer offers the driver's test in Chinese. I think we need to take a road trip or two in the 2009 to burn down its tank some! It's sitting at about a half tank or so. iPhone ? Pro
For my lawn mower and other gas powered equipment I use gas from a local farm equipment store called Cenex. It is more expensive, but contains no alcohol, thus it is more stable over a long period. Next time the Prime needs gas I intend to fill it up there. I noticed that they have Cenex stations in California, but not sure the gas blend is the same as here in Washington.
The trouble with that link, at least here in Canada: ethanol-free is readily available at a lot of stations, IF you're willing to pony up for the highest octane. It'd be nice to see a list of stations selling regular gas ethanol-free. I suspect that's what we recently got, up the coast in Powell River, there's some discussion on the web saying once you're out of metro Vancouver ethanol-free is much more prevalent, or the norm.
It is definitely not up-to-date but it is a start. When I first looked last year, they listed a station that did not have ethanol-free. It has been removed, but they now sell ethanol-free from a single isolated pump for about 50 cents a gallon more than regular. We use ethanol-free for 2-cycle engines and our old farm tractor. Other items get the less expensive ethanol fuel.
I would crawl a mile over broken glass with a gas can in my teeth, for ethanol-free regular. Just saying.
Uncle Mendel, let me know when you get desperate!! Heck, we could probably just distill it up our ownselves from ethanol gas!! I could set up a still in the garage....!!Har, har .
There is a method: you add a measured amount water (preferably with dye) to the gas, and mix well. The idea is: ethanol in the gas is more prone to mix with the water than the gas. So after mixing, let it sit for maybe 12 hours, and you end up with (dyed) water layer at the bottom, and it should be a larger volume than at the outset, due to intermixed ethanol. Remove the water/ethanol mixture (by draining out the bottom, siphoning or whatever) and what's left should be pure gas. Problems: 1. Dangerous as heck, and a big hassle. 2. Doing this lowers the octane, so you need start with gas say one octane level higher. 3. You're left with a volatile/toxic water/ethanol mix, with traces of gasoline I'm sure.
Hey that sounds pretty easy too, and you only have to process 10 gallons or so at a time. And I supose you could keep the colored water/alcohol mix and use it for a "Punch Surprise"; it'd have a nice kick to it, like good moonshine, and it would definitely be low gluten. I bet it would probably even pass the newly refurbished FDA's revised (high quality) standards for wholesomeness!! Har, Har!! .