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Finally…I got my grease car!

By admin | April 9, 2007

After months of searching through every used car site and paper listing, I finally found my car.  I’ve looked at several diesel cars but most of them were crap.  Tonight Heidi and I drove down to Eagle Lake (near Mankato) to drive a few already converted diesel cars.  The seller had 3 cars for sales, all greasecars.  He has converted 14 cars now.  He’s good, no, damn good at it–and a great guy.

We first drove an 85 Mecedes-Benz 300SD.  This was the car I thought I’d be buying tonight.  It’s sweet looking, drove great.  But it’s a boat.  I’m a sucker for an older Benz….so it was hard to say no to this one.

Just for fun(we thought), we took the 85 BMW 524td out for a spin.  WOW.  This tiny car has a 6 cylinder turbo diesel engine which just purrs.  We were flying down a country road at 40-50mph, with little effort it jumped to 80mph.  I felt like 16 again (how can you put a price on that?).  Before we got back in the driveway I knew it was perfect.

This seller gets his veggie oil from restaurants in the Mankato area.  Culvers alone gives him 200 gallons each month.  He filters it in his shed, sells it for ~1.25$/gallon or 1/2 of diesel price.  I couldn’t even count the number of jugs in his shed.  Unbelievable guy, crazy smart with car engines.

So Saturday morning we’ll pick up the car, do the paperwork and I’ll finally have my greasecar.  We’ve already named it ‘Brint’ since we are big fans of Zoolander.  Our other car is Meekus, other Zoolander roommate.  I’ll have a new toy to place with this weekend.  Soon I’ll be heading to fast food & chinese restaurants once again, this time for fuel, not a double chin.

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4 Responses to “Finally…I got my grease car!”

  1. Hey Ron,

    I love the sounds of it, you are carrying the torch for all of us Nascar loving Rusty Wallace fans. If you’re gonna use grease, just make sure to go fast.

    Shake and bake,Wicky…
    Nut

    Posted by: Nut on April 21st, 2007 at 8:48 pm

  2. That is a sweet car, when gas goes over $4/gallon I am going to be getting a grease car too!

    Posted by: Chris Super on April 26th, 2007 at 8:58 am

  3. Interesting story on Grease Cars and Taxes

    http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/153260.html

    Posted by: Chris on June 13th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

  4. I live in the Twin Cities (Eden Prairie) and am very interested in contacting this guy you mentioned from Eagle Lake. Can you please provide some info on him? Maybe an email address or website? We are looking into getting our own greasecar and would like to see some of his cars if possible.
    Thanks!

    Posted by: David on June 15th, 2007 at 8:13 am

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