As people see how really easy this is and how much sense it makes, we're
going to see more and more places doing conversions. If a few Hollywood
knuckleheads climb on board, the cost of conversion kits will fly us, we
won't be able to buy a W123 for less than $10K, and restaurant owners will
charge us to take away their WVO. Thank God that Baldwin clown wasn't
driving a WVO MB when he made that cell phone call to his daughter.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 172K
'87 Acura Legend 184K
Goodyear, AZ
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From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 6:08 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Diesel dealers provide a pipeline to rare, green cars
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-11389_3-6180409.html?pagewanted=print
May 4, 2007
Diesel dealers provide a pipeline to rare, green cars
Elsa Wenzel, for News.com
To serve a growing demand for greener, cheaper transportation, a new
class of used car dealers has found a niche selling biodiesel-ready autos.
Around the country, dealerships hawking "green" diesel cars are
attracting middle-class drivers motivated by high gas prices and the
threat of global warming. More than a dozen of these businesses are
concentrated along the West Coast, where the biodiesel subculture is
breaking into the mainstream.
Most of these clean-diesel entrepreneurs rely exclusively on the
Internet for advertising, using their own Web sites and Craigslist
classifieds to lure potential buyers, while a minority also showcase
their wheels from streetside auto lots.
"In 2003, I came out of the closet and became a full-blown car dealer,"
said Steve Ahl, a former recycled-lumber salesman who is outfitting his
used diesel car lot in Ukiah, Calif., with solar panels. "This isn't the
typical suede shoe used car lot operation."
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