Better gasoline is coming!

Fuel and fire make your car go. When a car’s engine won’t start the problem is either a lack of fuel (gasoline) or a lack of fire (spark). Let’s focus on the fuel part of the equation. Assuming your vehicle’s engine is operating properly, the fuel you put in the tank can have a big impact on performance. During the summer months, the gasoline we by in the DFW metro area is blended with ethanol which is made from grains such as corn. Ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline and is added to help our smog situation during the summer months. The downside to ethanol is that it doesn’t make as big a bang in your engine, resulting in less horsepower. Less horsepower means you have to step on the gas harder when you need to accelerate. This burns more fuel, resulting in poorer fuel mileage. During the summer months it is common for our customers to complain about poor fuel economy. In most cases there is nothing wrong with their vehicle…it’s the summer blend gas. In the coming weeks the area gas stations will be switching back to the regular blends of fuel and you will notice an improvement in your vehicle’s performance and gas mileage. Hopefully the price of gas will continue dropping too. Wouldn’t that be nice!