Which gasoline?

[Gobble Doc]

Alcohol in the gas makes it more hydrophilic and it then absorbs more moisture from the air.  Since using the non-ethanol "dry gas" I have had fewer problems with my outboard.  I guess once you get too much moisture in your tank then ironically you have to add more alcohol (methanol) to make everything miscible again. Definitely worth the effort to find a gas station that sells non-ethanol gas for everything but the car.

[ghosthunter]

Maybe i'm in the minority here  But a deciding factor for me is the people that run the stores, if they have towels on there heads then I pass it up and go else where for two reasons.
#1 They don't keep up on the maintance of the station or their tanks (I work for a company who installs and does maintance for fuel stations).
#2 I genuinley don't care for them!

Well that's one way.

But in some areas you may have to drive a long ways to find a store that meets your criteria. Just saying. Sad but true.

[jmsurra]

It just so happened that I'm doing the spring tune-up on my lawn mower, and reading this thread reminded me that some quality gas would be a nice finishing touch. I went online and found a station selling the ethanol-free gasoline just a mile or two down the street from the small-engine place where I was getting my parts, and bought a few gallons. I also fly RC planes, and those gas engines don't like the ethanol in their fuel, so it's a bonus buy for me.

Regular gas here is about $2.05 per gallon right now, and this station charged me $2.59 a gallon. Not great, not horrible.

There aren't too many stations around providing this, so it seems to me that for many of us, finding a source for the ethanol-free gasoline will be the tough part. I did notice that most of the Marinas and the airports offered it. I got the feeling that there may be more sources around than the lists I found online indicated. This particular station had a big banner announcing that it had ethanol-free gas for sale.

[Smossy]

It just so happened that I'm doing the spring tune-up on my lawn mower, and reading this thread reminded me that some quality gas would be a nice finishing touch. I went online and found a station selling the ethanol-free gasoline just a mile or two down the street from the small-engine place where I was getting my parts, and bought a few gallons. I also fly RC planes, and those gas engines don't like the ethanol in their fuel, so it's a bonus buy for me.

Regular gas here is about $2.05 per gallon right now, and this station charged me $2.59 a gallon. Not great, not horrible.

There aren't too many stations around providing this, so it seems to me that for many of us, finding a source for the ethanol-free gasoline will be the tough part. I did notice that most of the Marinas and the airports offered it. I got the feeling that there may be more sources around than the lists I found online indicated. This particular station had a big banner announcing that it had ethanol-free gas for sale.

I see your in lakewood area? The redwind casino's old gas station on the side now sells ethanol free gas.

[PlateauNDN]

You gotta get gas at fred meyers in yakima. Best deals around. Google it

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/fred-meyer-fuel-mixup-causes-problems-for-drivers/article_89800b1e-ed34-11e5-a889-f780053ee42a.html

    yup, best place in Yakima.

[Dan-o]

I've always bought the cheapest gas available, and never had any problems.

We get 200,00 miles out of our cars before we get rid of them.

Cheapest around here has meant ARCO for the last 20+ years, and never an issue.

[jmsurra]

It just so happened that I'm doing the spring tune-up on my lawn mower, and reading this thread reminded me that some quality gas would be a nice finishing touch. I went online and found a station selling the ethanol-free gasoline just a mile or two down the street from the small-engine place where I was getting my parts, and bought a few gallons. I also fly RC planes, and those gas engines don't like the ethanol in their fuel, so it's a bonus buy for me.

Regular gas here is about $2.05 per gallon right now, and this station charged me $2.59 a gallon. Not great, not horrible.

There aren't too many stations around providing this, so it seems to me that for many of us, finding a source for the ethanol-free gasoline will be the tough part. I did notice that most of the Marinas and the airports offered it. I got the feeling that there may be more sources around than the lists I found online indicated. This particular station had a big banner announcing that it had ethanol-free gas for sale.

I see your in lakewood area? The redwind casino's old gas station on the side now sells ethanol free gas.

Hey, I actually know where that is! The Red Wind Casino, that is. I've driven past it a few times. I'll check it out. I'm lucky, because Tacoma area has about 6 or 8 places on the list, with its marinas and the airport and marinas at Gig harbor right across the bridge. At some point I plan to make a run across ol' Galloping Gertie to Gig Airport for some aviation gas, which has a much higher octane (100) and is ethanol-free as well. 

[Kittman]

I mostly buy my gasoline and propane at Skagit Farmer's Supply (Cenex) due to receiving an annual member co-op patronage refund.

So receiving annual is kinda preference kinda deal! Some like it some dont! Don't judge!

Sir- I edited my post.  Hopefully that will clear any confusion and misunderstandings up.