<html><body>Here is a chart I made up to discuss the issue...I only use "clear"(non-ethanol) in all Healeys which here in Oregon is $4.25/gal (US)<div><br></div><div>Cheers!, Hank<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br>To: "Mark Donaldson via Healeys", "Bob Spidell", "Mark Donaldson"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Thursday May 13 2021 1:13:50PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Good quality petrol<br><br>
<div>All those years indoctrinating is that gasoline and alcohol
don’t mix, and now look at is...</div>
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via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 12, 2021 8:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bob Spidell' <bspidell@comcast.net><br><b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 5:11 PM Bob Spidell
<<a>bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
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<span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">$2.41
per litre for premium 98 octane petrol ..."<br><br>
Before us Yankees get all excited, I believe this is per the
'research' method. In the 'States we use the average of the
research and motor methods, and there's generally a 7-8 octane
point spread between the two, so this would be equivalent to
93-94-octane here.<br><br>
"... NO ethanol content ..."<br><br>
Now, THIS gets me excited! I presume NZ doesn't have corn
mega-agribusiness shoving their product into our
cars. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#0000FF;">Nope.
Not a whisper from ANY farming lobby groups down here. We
don’t like ethanol in our gas. I don’t think some of us Kiwis
realise just how lucky we are. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#0000FF;">When I feel
indulgent, I buy AvGas from one of the flight companies at our
local Ardmore aerodrome. The Healeys just LOVE it. They
don’t very often get to enjoy grey tail pipes. </span>
<span style="font-family:'Segoe UI Emoji', sans-serif;color:#0000FF;">😉</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"><br><br>
Bob<br><br></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On 5/8/2021 4:48 PM, Mark Donaldson
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Gentlemen,
to put things into perspective,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Way down
here in New Zealand we are presently paying NZ$2.41 per litre for
premium 98 octane petrol guaranteed with NO ethanol content from
selected <b>Mobil</b>, and some <b>BP</b> and <b>Caltex</b>
stations around the country.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">At the
current USD v NZD exchange rate of 73 cents, that is US$1.76 per
litre – or $6.66 per <b>US gallon</b>. That is exactly
NZ$8.00 per <b>Imperial gallon</b>.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">I got
27.5 mpg from our tri-carb on a 2,278 mile trip to our National
Rally in the South island in March. I’m very pleased with
that.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">The
further south we got, the worse the gas got. It seems to be
more prevalent in the South Island.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">The car
LOVES being back home in Auckland.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">In the
Auckland region we pay an extra 10 cents plus tax to fund roading
and transport projects. At least, that’s where our
government tell us it’s going.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Frankly,
I think a lot of that money is funding the literally hundreds of
thousands of orange road cones clogging up our roads!</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Mark</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Ardmore,
NZ</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span lang="en-us">From:</span></b> <span lang="en-us">WILLIAM B LAWRENCE
<a><ynotink@msn.com></a><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 8 May 2021 6:07 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> Bluehealey <a><bluehealey@gmail.com></a><br><b>Cc:</b> Bob Spidell <a><bspidell@comcast.net></a>; Michael Salter
<a><michaelsalter@gmail.com></a>; <a>healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Vapor lock gas</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I feel your pain... But don’t
worry, our politicians are busy working on ways to close that gap.
Unleaded regular is up 60 to 70 cents in the last three months.
Funny how that works.</p>
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