May 24, 2008 by Brian
Not the band from NYC, our new car actually. As car-less for 10 years, it is strange to me to (co)own a car now…we can actually get out of the city now on the weekends. And no more Zipcar!!!
We bought a brand new car last month, I’ve been meaning to post about it. It is both Sarah’s and my first new car purchase; I never would have thought my first new car would have only two pedals. But it has a nice 6 gear triptronic transmission, so it is still loads fun to drive. It came with Sirius, Sarah and I are totally sold on satellite radio.
May 15, 2007 by Sarah
for the second year in a row miami has won top honors of having the rudest drivers and the most cases of road rage.
boston came in third, after new york city. i’ve been living in boston for about 8 months now and i still refuse to get behind the wheel here, people are crazy. i remember, shortly after i’d moved, hearing a story about a man who punched someone in the face over a parking spot. did the man get in trouble? not really, instead people were vocal in support of the puncher saying that the parking spot stealer deserved what he got.
I googled road rage + boston and got a bunch of stories about people pulling guns on other drivers due to road rage. one of the gun pullers was 78.
i googled “road rage” and the above was the first photo that came up.
March 15, 2007 by youmybabydaddy
I’m thinking biodiesel is where it’s at and it is time to make a change. My next car will run on diesel. Buy a diesel vehicle and you can run biodiesel. Biodiesel is pretty damn easy to make. I know someone that tried it using used vegetable oil from a chocolate factory and he said if he ran his car down the road people would want to follow it just for the scent. Hot damn! Scent can be the new trend in homemade fuel. I think I would just get the waste oil from a restaurant since that is easiest. Mmmm french fry exhaust. Nummy. I know people are always saying “Biodiesel or ethanol?” I think biodiesel. Ethanol is not something you can make at home. That is probably why many companies would push for that so they can be the only ones involved in fuel production. The only issue with biodiesel is that you are not totally making it from materials you can get just anywhere. Lye is all over the place and hardware stores and the like would have that no problem. Waste veggie oil is pretty easy too, but it also requires Methanol, or racing fuel. That is the poopy part. Another option is to install a heater and then you can pour just straight veggie oil into your tank and off you go! I have seen it, it really works. I think you need a bit of diesel to start the engine and then once it is going you flick a switch to turn over to the veggie oil tank and you are ready to take that greaser down the road. Pretty damn sweet. I will stick to biodiesel since it is just less complicated. If you don’t make it yourself it will still be cheaper than regular fuel and has low emissions, better efficiency and is even better for your engine. Go green and get the grease. Read about this fun stuff here and here and the idea of SVO (veggie oil as straight fuel) here.
This one runs on plankton (not really)
