# Ethanol Fuel **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 24, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-fuel/7583 "2007-11-24T00:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sarge404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sarge404](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sarge404)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-fuel/7583/1 "2007-11-24T00:22:04Z")
I live in South Central Pa. and drive a 2003 Explorer 6 cylinder 4wd. This car was built to run flex fuels. I have found that I can now get ethanol fuel 85% ethanol & 15% regular gas. IWhen I used regular gasoiline I was getting about 100miles plus to the quarter tank. Overall I was getting about 20mpg city and highway combine out of a full tank. Since I have been using the ethanol blend I have noticed that I am still getting about 100 miles to the first quarter tank and about 300 miles to the tank overall. I can get the ethanol for as little as $1.99 to $2.59 gallon compared to $3.00 plus a gallon. It is pretty much of a no brainer about the price. The mielage is the puzzler. If anyone has any suggestion or comments about how to improve my mileage (other than getting rid of my guzzler) I welcome them. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-fuel/7583/2 "2007-11-24T20:53:45Z")
This is a word-for-word repeat of this other post: [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/586013.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/586013.page) Is there a problem with the system, again? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-fuel/7583/3 "2007-11-24T22:50:15Z")
No, the original post is still there.