Hi Weave, I figured the discussion tomorrow would go that way, with "show and tell" being the catalyst. If you are planning on being there, I can attempt to answer all of your questions then. If not, let me know, and I can do it via email/phone.
Tobias On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:20:22 -0500, Brian Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know that "seeing" it would do me much good, but I would be > interested in your general experienes. > > - Cost of conversion > - Time and cost of collection & filtering waste oil > - Milage comparisions (Gas/Diesl vs Veg Oil). > - Maintance issues (pre and post conversion). > > I ask because eventually my 1996 195K Honda Civic is going to give up > the ghost, or some stupid drive is going to finally hit me. Either way > I'm going to have to get another car "eventually." Your converted Jetta > sounds more environmentally friendly since it uses renewable resources > like vegetable oil. > > I wonder if I could convert my Civic to run on Grain Alochol? Nothing > like stopping by the ABC store once a week to fill up ;-) > > -Weave > > Tobias Crawley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:02:30AM > -0500: > > > > Steve, > > > > I use waste vegetable oil from restaurants, which they give me for > > free. So my cost is my time to collect and fitler the oil. > > > > Tobias > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:00:55 -0500, Steve Litt > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 10 November 2004 10:51 am, Tobias Crawley wrote: > > > > I know we are all tinkerers at heart, so I thought there might be some > > > > interest in this. > > > > > > > > I recently converted my Volkswagen Jetta TDI to run off of vegetable > > > > oil, and will have it with me Thursday night. I can demonstrate how > > > > the system works and answer any questions if anyone is interested. > > > > > > Do you have a cheap source for vegetable oil? > > > > > > SteveT > > > > > > Steve Litt > > > Founder and acting president: GoLUG > > > http://www.golug.org > > > -- > > -- > > Tobias O. Crawley / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Arrogance is quoting yourself." - Tobias O. Crawley > > "Ignorance is quoting others." - Aaron T. Dixon > > -- > > -- > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of > the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, > stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- Tobias O. Crawley / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Arrogance is quoting yourself." - Tobias O. Crawley "Ignorance is quoting others." - Aaron T. Dixon -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
