December 09, 2007

Bio+diesel = 1980 Mercedes 240D

So we jumped on the bandwagon of trying to solve our automobile needs without buying a prius. The answer for many is a diesel car that needs no conversion to run on biodiesel fuel which is American made but obviously not at every corner gas station. We secured our ride for $1400 and it runs and it has the colored hub caps we were trying to score. For now the closest biodiesel station is in Tampa an hour away. We could make our own one day or resort to the vegetable oil solution which requires a conversion kit. The idea for us is that we recycled a car and of course once we can find our best biodiesel solution we can finally kick oil and enjoy the "luxury" a 1980's mercedes has to offer i.e. no power windows.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice wheels!