Awake at the Wheel

Propel community members share their stories.

Citrus Heights, CA – Citrus Heights Clean Fuel Point - Friday, March 20th

Caught up with Mark and his beautifully restored 1970 Chevy pickup at the Citrus Heights Propel location. The truck was a great color for a Flex Fuel E85 rig–mustard yellow! He had  outfitted the pickup to run Flex Fuel or as Mark put it, “burn some alcohol.”

This was his first Flex Fuel fill up, “I’d done a lot of research and I like that I’ll get an octane boost.” Mark also likes that Flex Fuel E85 is an American-made product.

Rocklin, CA – Rocklin Clean Fuel Point – Wednesday, March 18th

Stopped to talk with Andrew from Loomis, CA, filling his brand new 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI at the Rocklin pump.

He was excited to finally have access to biodiesel in Rocklin.

“I really like having a diesel,” Andrew mentioned. “On my last trip up to Oregon, I set the cruise control at 65 and got about 52 miles per gallon.”  

That’s better than the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic hybrids!