[Charles Martel]

People remember the auto-destruct diesels that GM built back in the 80s, and they think that diesel cars still smell like a city bus.

I think most American drivers now associate diesel with the German marques, but don't ponder the issue much beyond the prices they see posted at the filling stations.

There's one guy I see almost every week, pumping E85 into a late-'90s vintage Honda Accord. He doesn't know or care that his car wasn't built to take the stuff - it's just the cheapest fuel he can find.

I did see premium unleaded priced higher than diesel recently. That may have been the first time in over a decade I'd noticed that.

[Fresh Wind]

It’s probably not so much the higher pump price of diesel fuel that bothers people, it’s the nagging fear of not being able to find a station that has it and getting stuck.

I’d worry much more about getting stuck with something like a Leaf.

[Lazlo in PA]

There's one guy I see almost every week, pumping E85 into a late-'90s vintage Honda Accord.

Wow. I can't believe that the car made it past week 2 doing that. One would think that all the rubber in the fuel system would be long gone unless the dude took the time to replace all of it with something that can handle the corrosive nature of Ethanol. I have read of a guy with a 90's vintage Cavalier that he retrofitted so that he could use the cheaper E85. It is doable.