Thank goodness for our Yukon being Flex Fuel

[MiamiDubai]

If you haven't been watching the news the Miami area is facing gas shortages due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma.

All of the stations have a wait of 45min to 2 hours to fill up.

As I was searching for a station that even had gas I remember that my Yukon is Flex Fuel.
Found a station that had E-85, filled up in less than 5 mins.

For any fellow Floridians remember that if you have a yellow gas cap you can use E-85.

 

[jac1304]

Stay safe.

 

[Miami-Dade]

You should be able to get fuel at the Snapper Creek Service Plaza in Miami..The Turnpike has fuel 24/7..I just fueled up at the Pompano Service Plaza minutes ago..Only waited 3 minutes.

 

[swathdiver]

For any fellow Floridians remember that if you have a yellow gas cap you can use E-85.

Thanks for the reminder. Running errands yesterday brought me down to about 5/8 tank and then got a call to run down to Lake Worth and pick up a generator. That brought the tank down even lower. So at 02:30 this morning I went to a Racetrac in Boynton Beach and pulled right up amidst the busy gas pumps and took on just over 13 gallons of E-85 and hit the road back to Port Saint Lucie. I thought E-85 was more expensive, paid less than $2.50 per gallon.

Curiously, the Turnpike was a parking lot up my way as we left and I-95 had maybe a 1/10 of the traffic. For our return trip we took I-95 again and though it was busy like an early rush hour, I pretty much kept the cruise set at +8 the whole time with few interruptions. Averaged 15.4 mpg on that run.

The storm will hit the beach a lot weaker and thus far, it's forecasted to travel west of Lake Okeechobee. That's good for folks like me who live near the east coast, not so good for folks who live in the interior. This will be my 36th hurricane.

 

[JayceeP]

You guys heading north? Stay safe! Uncle and Father had places in Palm Aire in Pompano but sold them earlier this year. Heading down in March and hope things will be OK for all down there!

 

[2011SSVHOE]

Hope you guys take cover or head north, My sister is on her way up from St. Pete, I'm putting her up in my 1978 Jayco motor home, it's a real *************, but that what you get for hiding the fact that you are bringing your cat with you. my 2 dogs would enjoy ***** for lunch.

Stay safe

boy I don't miss living in Miami sorry!

 

[Miami-Dade]

Hope you guys take cover or head north, My sister is on her way up from St. Pete, I'm putting her up in my 1978 Jayco motor home, it's a real *************, but that what you get for hiding the fact that you are bringing your cat with you. my 2 dogs would enjoy ***** for lunch.

Stay safe

boy I don't miss living in Miami sorry!

Not going anywhere..Very hard to find fuel once you leave the Turnpike and get on I-75 or I-95 for days now..People were actually pulling guns on one another waiting for fuel as tempers are at their worst now..Thankful no one was shot.

Took me most of the day today to find a parking spot in a garage..There were none in Miami or Broward..Ended up finding one at the Palm Beach Airport which is completely out of my way..Had to take a car service to get home..At least the service car was a Suburban.

The useless Governor said he would he get fuel trucks to a most stations with police escorts to get them there quicker..Never happened..Did not see one police ****** with a fuel truck all week.

Heat index is around 107 with the jungle humidity so it will be no fun when the power goes out.

All I could do is pray for the best.

I think deep down you really miss Miami.

 

[kwOH]

Not going anywhere..Very hard to find fuel once you leave the Turnpike and get on I-75 or I-95 for days now..People were actually pulling guns on one another waiting for fuel as tempers are at their worst now..Thankful no one was shot.

Took me most of the day today to find a parking spot in a garage..There were none in Miami or Broward..Ended up finding one at the Palm Beach Airport which is completely out of my way..Had to take a car service to get home..At least the service car was a Suburban.

The useless Governor said he would he get fuel trucks to a most stations with police escorts to get them there quicker..Never happened..Did not see one police ****** with a fuel truck all week.

Heat index is around 107 with the jungle humidity so it will be no fun when the power goes out.

All I could do is pray for the best.

I think deep down you really miss Miami.

Stay safe brother.


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[swathdiver]

Funny, I know of a guy that always keeps his cars at KPBI during storms too. I used to live 10 minutes from the airport but now it's an hour away. I didn't see any police escorts either but people did tell me the troopers were helping out at the Turnpike rest stop gas stations.

While many of our gas stations are out of gas here on the Treasure Coast, there's still more than a few that have it, including two near my home and gas is plentiful especially in Fort Pierce.

At 0330 Friday morning there was a dozen cars waiting in line at the Sunoco near Gatlin and I-95.

 

[JayceeP]

People posted some videos/pictures of them online. Anyway, when you have 20 million people all trying to get somewhere at the same time it is not going to be good. I also read Florida only has a gasoline reserve of 7 days based on normal consumption, so shortages were inevitable.

 

[mck024]

If you haven't been watching the news the Miami area is facing gas shortages due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma.

All of the stations have a wait of 45min to 2 hours to fill up.

As I was searching for a station that even had gas I remember that my Yukon is Flex Fuel.
Found a station that had E-85, filled up in less than 5 mins.

For any fellow Floridians remember that if you have a yellow gas cap you can use E-85.

I have a black gas cap, but there's a sticker behind the fuel door that says E-85. Did they run out of the yellow caps the day they built mine?

 

[Tonyrodz]

Good luck and God bless every one of you!!

 

[Denali132]

Mine has a black gas cap so I’m guessing I can’t use E85 but never have.


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[coder]

Not going anywhere..Very hard to find fuel once you leave the Turnpike and get on I-75 or I-95 for days now..People were actually pulling guns on one another waiting for fuel as tempers are at their worst now..Thankful no one was shot.

Took me most of the day today to find a parking spot in a garage..There were none in Miami or Broward..Ended up finding one at the Palm Beach Airport which is completely out of my way..Had to take a car service to get home..At least the service car was a Suburban.

The useless Governor said he would he get fuel trucks to a most stations with police escorts to get them there quicker..Never happened..Did not see one police ****** with a fuel truck all week.

Heat index is around 107 with the jungle humidity so it will be no fun when the power goes out.

All I could do is pray for the best.

I think deep down you really miss Miami.

Same here, folks got crazy trying to fuel up. I filled the tank on Monday evening and avoided the craziness. Had friends leave Miami to Port Charlotte & Tampa only to return in a rush. Did see some Troopers escorting tankers but that was the last bit of gas deliveries. Hopefully they can refuel all stations and get back to normalcy. It has been hot all week so hope everyone gets the power back ASAP.

 

[Chubbs]

If you haven't been watching the news the Miami area is facing gas shortages due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma.

All of the stations have a wait of 45min to 2 hours to fill up.

As I was searching for a station that even had gas I remember that my Yukon is Flex Fuel.
Found a station that had E-85, filled up in less than 5 mins.

For any fellow Floridians remember that if you have a yellow gas cap you can use E-85.

RIGHT ON!
my dumba$$ would completely forget that I can take e85. maybe if I start searching filling stations in my area, it will stick in the front of my mind. Would have come in pretty handy last week over here in Dallas when ran low

 

[Chubbs]

Mine has a black gas cap so I’m guessing I can’t use E85 but never have.


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you can look it up by your VIN; that's how I know my truck is flex fuel. I have a black filler cap as well. GM started using yellow after a certain MY.

 

[swathdiver]

Don't forget, those who bought their trucks used, someone down the line may have replaced the cap with a black one. Mine came with a broken locking gas cap. Gave the lady at the dealer my VIN and she gave me this yellow cap, never had one of them before, but it is what came on my 2009 with the LC9.

E85 capable V8 LS engines:

Gen III motors - 5.3 - L59
Gen IV motors - 6.2 - L99, 6.2 - L94, 6.2 - L9H, 6.0 - L77, 6.0 - L96, 4.8 - L20, 5.3 - LMG, 5.3 - LC9
Gen V motors - 5.3 - L83

 

[Denali132]

Mine doesn't have a cap I forgot. I thought all the new body styles were capless

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[adventurenali92]

About 2 months ago we had a large woodland fire just a couple miles as the crow flies over the hills into the high desert at the base of the mountains where I live. It burned a power transformer up out at our transfer station and knocked power out through most of the big bear valley. No power and a fire sent everyone into a frenzy. I had forgot to put gas in my truck while I was in town the day before all the craziness happened. And then when power went down and put me out of work for the day I realized I needed gas so I went into town and it was sorta like what you guys are describing. Only a couple of gas stations in the valley had power and everyone was there. I waited about 15 minutes to gas and fortunately had cash on me but it was crazy! Tempers ran high! Good luck everyone on that end of the country!

 

[swathdiver]

Fuel station owners are wise to have back up generators. Fuel is no good to anyone stuck in a storage tank!