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I'm a cynical old sod, my 'daily driver' for decades since I passed my test has been what have become classics (always Triumphs).
We we're promised the availability of 4* for our cars in perpetuity (lead, valves etc.). Great during the fuel crisis in the 90's, I could fill up on four star easily, modern cars, no chance, empty forecourts and I drove on and filled up! Gone for years, false promises?
Sorry, don't trust politicians of any colour, or what they promise, and, potentially miles to fill up, on a product that 'goes off' if stored, therefore, finding a garage prepared to store, and have the turnover is something else.
E5 is already worse than "non bio" unleaded, doesn't keep long in storage, rots hoses and tanks and there have already been a few classics gutted by fires from E5. E5 is also a pain in hot weather in any carburettored car from fuel vaporisation.
So I can't see that E10 is any more to be feared, it's just more of the same! If you've prepared your car to run on E5, it'll probably work just as well (or badly) on E10.
If the fuel doesn't keep, there is a simple solution, DRIVE THE CAR MORE! You can buy E10 proof fuel hose, buy it and use it! And a great free cure for vaporisation, pop the bonnet in traffic jams to let the hot air out. This cuts vaporisation by a large percentage.
The only thing i'd advise is, if running Strombergs,with their fussy rubber diaphragms, switch to SUs!
Uprating to EFI is the best way, if not the cheapest, but it will eliminate vaporisation entirely and also give you a cleaner, greener, more efficient and longer lasting engine. Worth a thought if you are going to be in this for the long haul! Remember, they are only banning the sale of NEW fossil fueled cars after 2035 (still 15 years ahead) they are not banning the use of existing ones, all 20,000,000 of them in the UK alone! I don't reckon I'll live to see the end of fossil fueled cars unless there is a major breakthrough in technology that renders them obsolete, maybe not even then! Electric won't do the job for many different reasons.
By the way, I wouldn't trust any politician further than I could throw one either! So it behooves us to find our own solutions!
Steve