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Old 06-20-2011, 01:22 AM   #11 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by cleanspeed1 View Post
+1 for the electric bicycle/moped.

I have another solution, though.

A used diesel conversion van, full size, like a Chevy/Gmc with a 6.2/6.5 diesel or a Ford Econoline with the IDI 6.9/7.3. Or even a diesel pickup with a slide in.

Run it on waste oil in a dual fuel system.

Hey, I know how it is......

I've done the same thing as you, but for work.
This is brilliantly simple. And nothing should be cooler for a dirty hippie wandering the country than to have the eco-cred of burning fast food waste oil and making the city smell like fries! Wandering Yeti, you have found your technology. (BTW, I wandered in a 1989 Astro van for a while: tint any windows and build a curtain behind the front seats.)

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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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