Reply to: Veggie powered car

[MaryPoppins]

Make sure you lock the back door tonight then...

I surely will. I will also give myself a pat on the back for not making the obvious 'back door' jokes.

[Mich the Tester]

Let me assure you, in my firmest voice, that mental case has not crept in yet.

Make sure you lock the back door tonight then...

[MaryPoppins]

A-ha! We knew you'd get soft for him eventually.

Let me assure you, in my firmest voice, that mental illness has not crept in yet.

[RichardCranium]

That's the least of his worries.

A-ha! We knew you'd get soft for him eventually.

[MaryPoppins]

That's the least of his worries.

[Mich the Tester]

Read the thread Mich. He's permy.

[MaryPoppins]

If you worry about the price of fuel, your rate´s too low.

Read the thread Mich. He's permy.

[Mich the Tester]

If you worry about the price of fuel, your rate´s too low.

[portseven]

Just fillup with Bio-Diesel, there are enough places that sell it. Usually a good 30p cheaper than regular stuff

I ran it in my old Passatt TDI for years, though would avoid using when cold as it has a tendency to solidify (as I learnt to my cost)

[rsingh]

Just move house. It's nearer than Amsterdam and the women are cheaper...

[RichardCranium]

How about a vegetable-powered bicycle?

[Tingles]

I'm fed up with people trying to sort his life out - but he doesn't take the advice given.

it's simple...


Move closer to work.
Stop watching your mate wank.
Get a decent bird.
Stop annoying your neighbours.


Tone

[conned tractor]

A litre of clean veg oil from the supermarket is not much cheaper than a litre of diesel.

SVO needs a heater in cold weather and possibly a new pump.

Bio Diesel involves faff, time and chemicals and storage.

Old chip oil involves dealing with Ian Beale.

So I'm out.

As someone who has done this.... I agree - plenty of faff...

..and then try not to kill yourself making it as there are a number of dangerous stages. Methanol exposure (sends you blind, mad, dead), there is a risk of explosion (methanol fumes), dealing with caustic (NaOH, it's, well, caustic), but at least you could try making soap with the by-products.

But it's certainly an experience, dealing with used chip fat, unblocking pumps with solidified whites, euuucch. Picking it up from people who don't understand that if the container is left out in the rain then the water will push the oil out of the container - f'ing morons still did it. So you'd end up picking up 80 litres of water to 20 litres oil.

I did it before I started contracting as I was a poor student. I still have my rig and about 150 litres of methanol sitting in my garage.

It's one of the ones pictured here - at the botom

[Freamon]

I used to have an LPG car back when it was 33p/litre, but it's gone up so much I'm not sure it would be worth it any more.

[BoredBloke]

If you do say 3 hours a day commuting and work for 46 weeks of the year then at 15 hours per week, you are looking at spending almost all of Janruary sat in your car on the M62. Just to put that in context, you are currently spending 12th of your life sat on the M62! Knock off the big percentages spent sleeping and working and that 12th is a big chunk of your own useful time.

There is no way as a permie I would consider doing that and paying £7k a year for the fun of it.

Get a place to live close to work. The time off for the long commute would be replaced by a small commute and you'd still be at home early.