# Would a modern (gasoline) car run on moonshine in an emergency?

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> to that last part, in Brazil where cars often run on neat ethanol, but in regions where it gets colder many cars have a small auxiliary gasoline tank for cold starts.

[Can You Drive a Car on Moonshine? by MythBusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaoqgKZtaaA) tried using E-96 moonshine in three unmodified vehicles. The carbureted 70s car barely ran. The other two cars were fuel-injected: the 90s car ran poorly, but the 2013 vehicle ran fairly well.

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