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No thanks, if the exhaust all smells like the Mercedes diesel car we followed for a couple of miles in the TR this morning. The smell made us feel ill; it was like following a "greasy spoon" cafe on wheels. We had to pull over and let it get away from us.

Other than that, it was a great morning for a top down drive; might be one of the last this year.
 
Made you want an order of french fries, eh?
 
Wait till you follow one that gets thier "fuel" at the local fish fry or Chineese buffet... I worked on several of them while in Ithaca NY.. most of 'em stink on the inside too.
 
Think I'd have to shoot something if I was following a rolling Chinese buffet!
 
Wasn't somebody here experimenting with it in an old Volvo?
 
We have a lot of french fry cars around here, mostly old Mercedes. They belch out disgusting burned french fry smells. I hate it as much as actual diesel fumes and always make an attempt to get ahead of them.
 
tony barnhill said:
Wasn't somebody here experimenting with it in an old Volvo?
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I suspect that was me... I have an old Peugeot that I played around with using vegetable oil. I found that mixes of up to 50% were very useable, but more than that affected cold weather starting too much; and given Scotland's weather that was a major draw back.

With the decline in oil prices it's not really economic anyome, if retail prices have to be paid for vegetable oil.

Using new oil rather than re-cycled is actually quite pleasant- rather than the chip-shop stink it smells of flowers a bit.

If oil prices go back up, and if global warming makes Scotland more Southern Californian in temperature, maybe I'll re-start using it....
 
JamesWilson said:
With the decline in oil prices it's not really economic anyome, if retail prices have to be paid for vegetable oil.
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I discovered the same thing when I looked into running my Nissan on veggie oil.
 
I dunno - a little extra garlic and oregano might be just the thing!
 
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