E85

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(E85 vs. gasoline)
(Performance disadvantages of E85)
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*Longer warm-up time.
 
*Longer warm-up time.
 
*More difficult cold-starting in cold climates, especially below 25 degrees F.
 
*More difficult cold-starting in cold climates, especially below 25 degrees F.
*Flex-fuel vehicle owners report that gas mileage when using "straight" E85 can be as much as 30% worse than that had using just gasoline.
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*Flex-fuel vehicle owners report that gas mileage when using "straight" E85 can be as much as 30% worse than that had using just gasoline.  Flex-fuel vehicles are a design compromise though. Vehicles built and optimized for strictly E85 uses get rather better mileage. Reports vary between 25 and 15% worse mileage than gasoline. Reports of the best results seem to come from owners of turbocharged vehicles.
  
 
==Aftermarket ethanol conversion kits==
 
==Aftermarket ethanol conversion kits==

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