Post #6,951
8/28/01 10:05:13 AM
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Diesel is readily available
not on every corner true but those tractors have to fill up somewhere. When I was last in the Pac NW is seemed available.
OT just picked up a 89 buick skylark 2.5 4 cyl front wheel drive to do the commute with, conversion van was costing $60 per week. The car was free just had been sitting for 3 years. Chage fluids and one caliper so far, milage appears to be excellent.
thanx,
bill
Our bureaucracy and our laws have turned the world into a clean, safe work camp. We are raising a nation of slaves.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Post #6,952
8/28/01 10:12:25 AM
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Congrats on the Skylark! It's hard to beat a free car. :-)
Years ago I got a 1966 Olds F-85 that way. It had been sitting for a year or so and needed a battery. I rebuilt the carb and replaced the plugs, points and wires. It was a good little car and I never had trouble with it. 2 door, 2 speed automatic with a 330 CID V-8, no A/C.
I still miss it. <snif> :-)
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #7,167
8/29/01 11:30:15 PM
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It'd still be an issue -- got to know where to get fuel
I still might end up with a TDI (e.g. maybe Jetta TDI wagon), but I'd have to think about it because most gas stations don't have diesel. I do know of a couple stations here that have it, but they're not the closest ones, etc.
Now, in Germany and Spain, just about every station had diesel (heck, in Spain they all had leaded, too! Back in 1993, unleaded was new there.), and I'd say maybe 15-20% of the cars were diesel.
Tony
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Post #7,294
8/30/01 9:47:33 PM
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Diesel fuel? Duh.
>>I still might end up with a TDI (e.g. maybe Jetta TDI wagon), but I'd have to think about it because most gas stations don't have diesel.
Huh? Where do you live?
Around here, and over in the FW/Dallas Metromess, it's unusual to find a gas station that doesn't have diesel, although not like in Europe -- it's not part of the farm of pumps in the main line. Generally a separate pump, often off to the side, where you kin git a hoss trailer in an' out reel easy. Also true all over the West. I suppose it's rarer in raised-pinkie land, but even there the truck stop can't be all that far away; the guys who bring you your brie have to fill up somewhere :-)
Diesel pickups are all the rage -- Dodge/Cummins did some real good marketing there. My neighbor has a Ford dualie, rattle rattle rattle.
Regards,
Ric
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Post #7,306
8/31/01 4:40:53 AM
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Duh what?
Here in Cincinnati area, I don't remember the last time I saw a gas station with diesel fuel. Hell, last time I saw it was at an Indiana truck stop.
Nope, diesel is out of the question for me.
French Zombies are zapping me with lasers!
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Post #7,318
8/31/01 10:00:56 AM
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No truck stops nearby?
Well, I have *ahem* heard, that diesel engines run just peachy on kerosene.
(And cooking oil, but that's definately a "heard" but I want to try to see)
Not that its *ahem* legal to use Kerosene or heating oil to fuel a car, without paying the highway taxes... and certainly I don't know of anybody with a big heating oil tank installed in a warm climate... who owns all diesel vehicles. :)
Addison
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Post #7,385
8/31/01 8:45:01 PM
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Alternatives to Diesel Fuel
It's been a while since I was in Cincinnati. Cleveland, now, no problem buying diesel (although true, not at every neighborhood station).
Yes, no. 2 fuel oil (the clear stuff, NOT the ugly black type) is essentially the same as diesel. If you want to cover your bets, take a trip out to the airport and buy a can of Prist -- an additive that prevents mold growth. Yes, Virginia, there are molds that eat diesel fuel and fuel oil. (This is actually a good technique for your fuel oil tanks as well. Heater burners aren't as picky about purity as jet engines are, but the black stuff in your tank is not corrosion.)
As for vegetable oils, sure. Works fine, actually reduces the level of particulate emissions. Of course, the rest of the folk in the traffic will be salivating and looking for the popcorn machine, but that's their problem, innit?
Regards,
Ric
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Post #7,388
8/31/01 9:28:53 PM
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dont let the tax man catch you
there is a reason for the color difference.
thanx,
bill
Our bureaucracy and our laws have turned the world into a clean, safe work camp. We are raising a nation of slaves.
Chuck Palahniuk
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