Classic car drivers steer clear of bioethanol
03/28/2016
For some years now, oil companies have been adding more or less bioethanol, i.e. alcohol produced from biomass, to petrol at filling stations, depending on the legal situation or in connection with tax benefits. According to current standards, up to 5% bioethanol may be added to fossil fuels, usually called Euro95 and Euro98. For some years now, however, there has also been fuel with up to 10% bioethanol, known as E10 or SP95-E10. While according to experts, 5% bioethanol should not harm (classic) car engines that are not designed for it, there is less certainty about 10% and there are differentiated approvals from the manufacturers.
However, classic car drivers are skeptical and try to avoid adding alcohol to petrol. 87% of participants in the last question of the week stated that they would not fill up with E10 or SP95-E10. However, half of them (44%) do fill their tanks with E95/E98 (Euro 95 / Euro 98) with up to five percent bioethanol, while the other half (43%) try to fill up with pure fossil fuel.
Just 8% think that their classic car can also cope with E10/SP95-E10 with a ten percent bioethanol blend, while the remaining less than five percent opt for other solutions.
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We have already posed the next question of the week, this time asking whether classic car clubsare a discontinued model .
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