Defiance, Missouri

FYI: This post was supposed to be from Monday July 14th, 9PM.

Veggie car is now on it's first trip running 100% vegetable oil. We got a later start than we expected as Brian had to finish attaching heat conductors to the injection lines. There are heating pads around the filter also, with fuses installed to turn them off when the car is off. 

Here is the meat:  We have gone about 200 miles and used about 8 gallons of vegetable oil! So getting about 25 miles per gallon on this stuff! Brian says it is driving better than it was on diesel even, although lacks a little power on the hills. The engine is quieter and smoother he says.  And for the record, it is a very smooth ride. And my new yellow sunglasses fit in very well. The only thing that doesn't work so well is the speedometer, because the wrong size tires are on the car. So we the car thinks we are cruising at about 80 mph, but really we are rarely going above 60. The car can go faster, but it tends to use a lot more fuel. 

Have to thank Heather and Zeke for letting us stay that extra night while we prepared to take off. We are close to St Louis now, listening to podcasts and Defiance Ohio. Missouri is taking some time to get through.