Category: Cars
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Switching to biodiesel, part I
Back in February, Braughm gave me the idea to try out biodiesel. Pretty soon thereafter, I decided that I want to switch my primary car over to a renewable fuel. This has taken a little bit of research, which I’d like to share here. Step 1 was to pick a fuel. My requirements Replace my…
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Citroen SM
Apropos nothing, I would like to show you this fabulous Citroen from the category of “I’d love to have one if it wasn’t completely impractical”: Fun facts: – Maserati engine – Self-leveling hydraulic suspension – Self-centering, speed dependent steering – Headlights connected to hydraulic suspension (to dampen bumps) About 13,000 Citroen SMs were made between…
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Gurgel
I definitely got the biodiesel bug now. Since my post on the topic I’ve gotten a lot of encouraging feedback and I’m now researching ways to import diesel Land Rovers and Land Cruisers (I’m also planning on test driving one of these). It’s occured to me that one of the reasons I like these types…
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Biodiesel?
Yesterday I found a fellow car nut in Braughm. We chatted and realized that we both like old Land Rovers. I told Braughm that I’d love to drive an old (pre 1994) Range Rover if it wasn’t such a gas hog. He came up with the perfect solution: find a diesel Range Rover and covert…
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Fine, it’s cars then
I will now present a random car from the “I’d love to have one of these” collection: It’s a Lancia Stratos, famous for winning several rally world championships in the 1970s (including winning the famed Rally Monte Carlo in 75, 76, 77 and 79). It has a Ferrari Dino engine, less than a thousand road…