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[J. Robinson]

Well, we made the "maiden voyage" with my son's sedan last Saturday. He and a buddy were in his car and I followed in my coupe. The first stop was at a local Shell station so he could fill up, and then it was on to Orlando.

As we passed through the town of Bithlo, approaching the outskirts of Orlando, the sedan started skipping and stuttering. My son whipped into a jiffy-mart to get out of the traffic. It took just a few minutes to discover the problem - there was water in the fuel! Jim Jr had been driving this car around since Tuesday night with no problems, so the water had to come from the gas he'd just got at the Shell station. This would be the first of four such stops!

We drained off some of the watered gas and added two bottles of gas tank drier, but there was just too much water to absorb. We finally made it to the Groundhog Gala... 2 1/2 hours late. Apparently, we finally cured the problem because there were no further problems on the trip home and no problems since.

Here are a couple of pics. First, a pic I shot through the windshield of Jim Jr's sedan leading the way. Second, the two of us with our cars together at the Gala.