JD Power’s claim of 3-6 months is nonsense. Anything with usual ethanol levels (like standard 87 octane) should be good enough to start and run after a few years of sitting, although at 2-3 years, the EFI might be retarding a bit to keep the engine from knocking. 10 years would be the very upper limit of how long can…

On the youtube channel Legit Street Cars, they recently bought a custom Eagle Talon that had sat for at least 8 years and was full of ethanol. Sure the lines and stuff were gunked up badly, but the fuel in the tank wasn’t completely degraded. They even dumped a sample on the workbench and it lit off just fine.  Took…

Same here. The gas in my can is at least four years old, and I haven’t has any issues.

I don’t know about 20 years, but I do know that my 5-gallon can of gas that I use to top off my lawn mower lasts for three or four years before I need to fill it back up.

Also, safety spouts can piss right off.

Same here. A quick blast of Easy Start and it fires right up. I have never had an issue with gas breaking down, even in my old plow truck (gas) which sits for almost a year. It also fires right up. This whole gasoline degradation thing has always seemed to be overblown to me.

I must be lucky, because I use the same old ass gas and my mower starts right up after a handfull of pulls. Then 1 or 2 pulls every mow after that.

Regular gasoline takes three to six months to decay, according to JD Power, but American gasoline contains an ethanol blend. Ethanol breaks down even faster, taking just one to three months before turning into an unusable mess.

You think the Freedom Convoy had that good a grasp of grammar rules?

YOUR NOT THE BOSS OF ME!

I used to work on the flight line as a aircraft mechanic and ramp agent. Ramp agents get daily safety briefings, and we're always told not to approach if you can't see the swirl on the cone in the middle of the engine. But it is always a really physical and boring job that can have long hours (I used to work 12-14…

Yes becasue only having 10 years to lead up to this is not enough time to plan

Much of California is backed by a mountain range that traps and concentrates pollutants as the wind flows to the east. On the other side of that range is the remainder of the US. Personal observation: Flew out of LA and as the plane passed over those mountains I could see what might be described well enough as a very…

Sure.

Tesla’s valuation…

The worlds fastest man can’t improve his 100M time as much as the average Joe either. Of course more established manufacturers can’t grow similar amounts to Tesla.

Yup, it is happening in real time. CL ad for a just delivered Model Y and screenshot of one in inventory for immediate delivery in the same area.

Polestar would like a word with you...

I mean, Elon aside, their lineup is starting to feel stale, there’s very little development happening that I can tell. No announcements of new models or model updates, Obvious issues getting around production hurdles, meanwhile, manufacturers are beginning to release actual interesting BEVs that people might be more…

“PistenBully” does sound like a German sex toy.

Always a thrill to see an article about the Ridley Scott Superbowl commercial.