New E10 fuel
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ok just skimmed it but....
- adding additives to reduce motorists carbon emissions
- could increase fuel consumption by 10%
- more fuel burned to get same distance so increased emissions (but might be more or less than what we have now.
seems like it's just swings and roundabouts really.... bit pointless maybe? only thing that would come of it would be more money to the companies/government through fuel tax as we have to buy more of the stuff....
- adding additives to reduce motorists carbon emissions
- could increase fuel consumption by 10%
- more fuel burned to get same distance so increased emissions (but might be more or less than what we have now.
seems like it's just swings and roundabouts really.... bit pointless maybe? only thing that would come of it would be more money to the companies/government through fuel tax as we have to buy more of the stuff....
Ever filled up on it enough to notice whether you were getting 10% less economy?
Well the last time I used it I did around 2000 miles on it and was quite impressed with my MPG considering the car was heavily laden and a lot of the journey was spent at high speed. The 500 miles I did immediately after that trip were in similar conditions but on standard fuel and I didn't notice any difference at all.
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That's fine for me 2 mpg is nothing anyway 
Care to explain?
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How old though, are we talking pre unleaded era cars?
Almost certainly due to the driving conditions rather than the fuel. It's rather unlikely that a fuel containing less energy is going to provide better mileage.
VW seems to have a few that cant take it
taken from Piston Heads
Volkswagen:
With few exceptions, E10 is cleared for use in all Volkswagen vehicles with petrol engines. The exceptions are the following models with the first generation of FSI engines:
Lupo 1.4 made from August 2000 to November 2003 (model year 2001 - 2004);
Polo 1.4 FSI made from February 2002 to June 2006 (model year 2002 - 2006);
Golf IV 1,6 FSI made from November 2001 to May 2004 (model year 2002 - 2004);
Golf IV Variant 1.6 FSI made from October 2001 to October 2006 (model year 2002 2006);
Bora 1.6 FSI made from October 2001 to September 2005 (model year 2002 - 2005);
Bora Variant 1.6 FSI made from October 2001 to September 2005 (model year 2002 2005);
Golf V 1.4 FSI made from November 2003 to November 2004 (model year 2004 -2005);
Golf V 1.6 FSI made from August 2003 to May 2004 (model year 2004);
Golf V 2.0 FSI made from January 2004 to May 2004 (model year 2004);
Touran 1.6 FSI made from November 2002 to May 2004 (model year 2003 - 2004);
Touran 2.0 FSI made from October 2003 to May 2004 (model year 2004).
taken from Piston Heads
Volkswagen:
With few exceptions, E10 is cleared for use in all Volkswagen vehicles with petrol engines. The exceptions are the following models with the first generation of FSI engines:
Lupo 1.4 made from August 2000 to November 2003 (model year 2001 - 2004);
Polo 1.4 FSI made from February 2002 to June 2006 (model year 2002 - 2006);
Golf IV 1,6 FSI made from November 2001 to May 2004 (model year 2002 - 2004);
Golf IV Variant 1.6 FSI made from October 2001 to October 2006 (model year 2002 2006);
Bora 1.6 FSI made from October 2001 to September 2005 (model year 2002 - 2005);
Bora Variant 1.6 FSI made from October 2001 to September 2005 (model year 2002 2005);
Golf V 1.4 FSI made from November 2003 to November 2004 (model year 2004 -2005);
Golf V 1.6 FSI made from August 2003 to May 2004 (model year 2004);
Golf V 2.0 FSI made from January 2004 to May 2004 (model year 2004);
Touran 1.6 FSI made from November 2002 to May 2004 (model year 2003 - 2004);
Touran 2.0 FSI made from October 2003 to May 2004 (model year 2004).
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They're not exactly old cars are they?