All cars made recently will run on it. If your car is older, there's kits like this abcesso.com
E85 gets about 10% less MPG, but you still save money. The problem is that E85 runs at a higher pressure than gas. Pure ethanol gets the same MPG, but cars are not made for it.
In something related to E85........
The new Bush energy bill that he recently signed does not protect oil companies from lawsuits involving an additive they use, so they've started replacing it with ethanol instead.
This has sharply increased demand for it, and ethanol prices have gone way up.
I think you are going to see more and more convenient roadblocks for widespread use of E85. This is the last thing oil companies want us using.
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