Love that area, but last visit was in ‘77. First stayed at a resort on Lower Hay when I was 11 and, of course a visit to see Paul Bunyan, then a couple of years later Bible Camp on Whitefish. Another year or two later, a canoe trip starting at Whitefish down to Brainerd.
Back to gas. My car can run on 87, but 93 is recommended for best performance. Usually it gets 93, but occasionally non-ethanol 90 octane is cheaper, so I will top off with that. I usually fill up when 1/3-1/2 a tank.
When getting non-ethanol for boat or lawn equipment I might top off my truck, generally less that 5 gallons.
The two stations in town that offer Ethanol free gas (same company) sells regular for $.75/gal morel, Midgrade $.98/gal more, Super $1.25/gal extra. Called Fast Fuel, a part of the Commercial Fueling Network.
Well since the gas you have been buying has been 10% ethanol for the last 15 years or so I don’t see any reason to be concerned. Every other car you see on the road runs on the same gasoline with no issues.
For the OP’s benefit, if she wants to buy ethanol-free gas, this site lists all of the stations in NJ:
You will notice that most of the vendors are selling non-branded gas, so even though their gas will not contain ethanol, it is very unlikely to have the same level of detergents that Top Tier brands contain. The one exception in NJ is a vendor who sells Phillips 66 gas, which is a Top Tier brand.
You will also notice that most of this gas is sold at marinas and small airports, and is 100 octane, so you will be paying a LOT for gas whose octane your car doesn’t require and from which it will not benefit.
$5.34/gal regular no ethanol to $6.24 Premium no Ethanol, a little cheaper if you have a charge account with them. Local company that mainly caters to fleets.
Who knows? Maybe the sign was always there. Maybe the old sign was faded or not posted in a conspicuous place and the new one is bigger and got your attention. Maybe the station went through an image upgrade and got new signage. Maybe the city or state didn’t require one before now. Maybe the BP Sales Rep came through and saw the station owner didn’t have one. And so on…
Back in 2006 I had to post signs at my Shell station stating gasoline may contain up to 10% ethanol. I chose to post them in the least prominent places I could find.
Again, it depends where you are. In my area of NC there is a lot of 87 non-ethanol available. One station that I know of has 90 E0. And a couple that carry 93 E0, very expensive.
E0 is available, but the ethanol mandate requires refiners to mix pretty much at the 10% maximum for almost all their gas. So E0 sold is a small fraction of the total. They complain about the “blend wall”, the volume-based ethanol requirement.
Hmmmm, somebody didn’t like part of my post and deleted it so I removed that part of it:
"I live in NC and if there are any rules they’re very lax. Any new gas station being built will usually have some non-ethanol (E0). Many different brands, not just Pure. They often have everything at each pump. One near me has the E0 nozzle on the right (93 oct). Middle nozzle is E10 midgrade and regular. On the left is the green and is diesel. There is not much E80 in my area.
There are a few older stations, Circle K and others that have the E0 off to the side. Their E0 is usually 87 oct. "
I always use either super unleaded are mid grade for some stations that offer with no ethanol for my motorcycle snowmobile lawn mower snow blower or any small engine. These places that offer mid grade no ethanol is the same grade as regular unleaded. Like 87. Otherwise I use the regular crap.
It’s not crap, it’s gasoline. Using ethanol to enhance octane level is not a problem at all unless your equipment can’t run on it. All my cars have run without problems on regular unleaded gas with up to 10% t as they were designed to do. My snow thrower runs just fine on the same fuel. My lawn mowers always ran just fine on the same gasoline. I can’t remember the last time I saw a warning on any of the equipment I own to use gasoline without ethanol.