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As a Wisconsinite (GO PACK) and coming from a family that owns a gas station, I can tell you that no, there are no "additives" added to gas to stop if from freezing in the winter HOWEVER I do know in Southeastern, WI depending on the county, ethanol is added to the gas which while "better" for the environment, does cause a change for the worse in gas milage by about 30-40 miles per tank. Definitely enough to notice and think you gots a problem! Amber 69 SB w/Sunroof On 8/23/05, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 22 Aug 2005 at 23:51, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > > > A friend of mine told me her dad said(so this is third hand, and I didn't > > believe her) that the gas stations put some additives in the gas in the > > winter to keep it from freezing, but it hurts your gas mileage.... > > Seems really unlikely that a station would do anything like this themselves. > > This almost sounds like the summer/winter diesel fuel difference though. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >