Nate,
Not really trying to debate this, but, using your logic, if we never use grease in a car, it will never end up in the junk yard?
You may be looking at a secondary result of the ownership. Most likely frugal (cheap) people use grease, people with more income/willing to spend it don't? I'm definitely in the frugal group, I have run WVO for probably 7-10 years. But the first mercedes that may be scrapped is the one that never ran on WVO.
I have a 300D that the temperature sensor wasn't working (5$ item). It was okay for me to drive for years as I check the fluids and know the car. I recently had several issues that removed my other 2 cars off the road. My daughter and wife started driving the 300D. The radiator overheated, melted the cooling hoses, melted the injector return hoses. Finally, they parked it after a week of abuse saying they didn't feel safe driving it with all of the smoke.
Yeah, If I win the lottery, I probably would have the mechanic fix things a little quicker. But at least I am now assured that the 300D will never die as I have not converted it to grease. ;^)
My grease car has two tanks. Use the proper fuel for the proper use.
Carl
On 1/4/2013 10:52 AM, Nate wrote:
You answered the question the same as I ~ " you can't use it as a town car " .
90 + % of vehicle usage is In Town Driving and that's why almost _ALL_
grease cars wind up in Pick-A-Part where we scavange the good bits...
" free fuel " ISA LIE .
It appears I have missed a few messages , sorry .
-Nate
Lawrence wrote :
>
> Why not! I've been doing it for 8 years. My first car a 77 240D went over 100k
> and ran better when I sold it than when I bought it. It was always a slug. But
> could do 65 or 70 on the road. Make it over the grapevine to San Diego from San
> Francisco and Make it to Seattle on one trunk of fuel. 72 gallons. That's 10 5
> gallon cubes and tilting the car sideways I could get 22 gallons into the tank.
> You can't use the car as a town car anymore. Minimum of 10 miles per trip.
> Line heaters or a veg therm in line to heat the fuel is mandatory although I've
> seen some just use a vormax or coolant heat. So yes they do smoke but since
> these cars only cost a couple of thousand each if I blow one up (which I never
> did) who cares. Very cost effective. I do have to say I lost one 300Turbo to a
> loud knocking in the motor & I lost a 6.2 Suburban to a connecting rod going
> through the case. This is over an 8 year period. The Suburban is still
> running. With an engine replacement. A bunch of kids drove it to San Diego from
> San Francisco and back and it's just being used by one of them. Lawrence Rhodes
>
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