Here is a picture of a 1982 Mercedes Benz I came soooo close to buying....so close I actually sold some stock to buy it...and wouldn't you know that I had another issue come up I had to take care of financially.I was also a little worried that I would buy it and would end up putting more money in it.The reason I wanted it was that it had been converted to running on used vegetable oil...With gas rushing in at $4.00 a gallon and me driving 15 miles one way to work,I felt like I had to do something.If I did not owe so much on my Honda,I would trade it for a hybrid of sorts.I do not want to be upside down.....the cool thing about Mercedes cars in general is that they have great engines for doing the conversion as long as they are diesel engines.The best ones to use are the years 1979-1988.After 1988,Mercedes changed some things in the engine.They can still be converted as any diesel car can,the process is just more complicated.This particular car was less than a mile from my house.I test drove it.I started in diesel and then switched over to the vegetable oil.All of the sudden it stopped smelling like diesel burning and started smelling like fried chicken.After driving I had to purge the tank of the oil so I switched back to diesel.I was so hooked.The other thing that was a bit worrisome for me was I had not driven a diesel before and I am also pretty ignorant of cars except for putting in motor oil...but even that can be traumatic.I have not dismissed the idea yet.If I could be a little more secure financially,I would not have hesitated.Mercedes parts can be expensive.Maybe I will just buy a good cruiser bike to run errands at home.At least for now.
So I drowned my sorrows by going to the RESTORE book fair.
I came away with some cool but heady stuff:
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Theosophy-Synthesis of Science,Religion,and Philosophy with a bulletin entitled,"Metaphysical Gardening"
Love by Leo Buscaglia (gotta love the pop psychology of the 1970's)
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism by John Shelby Spong
Signs of Jonas by Thomas Merton ( my favorite monk)
Soul Stories by Gary Zukov (my favorite quantum physicist)
Mime move of the day:Last time I saw the mime she was heading to Kentucky Fried Chicken after smelling bio diesel wafting of deep fried chicken.She also worked up an appetite after kicking all the tires on the Mercedes.
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Fried chicken perfume - imagine it. Wouldn't it be great if you could actually fry chicken in your gas tank while you drove- if there were a dip basket.
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