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MTBE is roughly 11% by volume, and in Ca it is year round for years now. The winter thing was superseded about 1995 to year round. Anytime the refineries have a meltdown, prices rocket upwards almost immediately, and anytime an oil shortage is news day speak, prices go up! I have been watching Chevron on Hwy 99/Briggsmore in Modesto, and nearly every other day, the price has gone up. Now today, this after noon, it is 1.51, and Costco is 1.45. In San Jose, prices are from 1.35 and up. Heard in Ill. about 1.89. Go figure, it is OPEC, and other factors. But regardless, MTBE should be phased out along with ethanol too! But the lobbyist will get there way as long as Ol Grayout can climb his treasure chest to 50 mil to beat Simon.

Investor's Business Daily is predicting $3.00 per gallon when the MTBE ban goes into effect. We can only hope that occurs just before the election.

The rubber hoses that are used to distribute gasoline in my 914 don't hold up to MTBE very well. I've had to completely replace the whole set of hoses twice in the last two years. That's pretty expensive given that I put less than 500 miles on the vehicle in that time frame. The car is in Idaho now. No MTBE in our fuel. I'll be selling the 914 to make room in the garage for our two Saturns. It's so much better to hop into a car that isn't covered with ice and snow.