(picture isn't mine, but is a dead ringer for it!)
What did you drive to celebrate the planet?
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April 22, 2010 8:57 a.m. volvoclearinghouse New Reader
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April 22, 2010 8:57 a.m. Cotton HalfDork
03 Mustang Mach 1
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April 22, 2010 9:06 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
My Mk4 Jetta 1.8t with a test pipe!
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April 22, 2010 9:08 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
I am working from home today but I'll be making a lot of smoke and hopefully firing up an unmuffled, nonsmog engine running airplane fuel this evening.
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April 22, 2010 9:15 a.m. Volksroddin Dork
doing all my running around today in the P71, would be nice to fire up the ol' acvw
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April 22, 2010 9:16 a.m. Powar Dork
My '90 900S:
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April 22, 2010 9:24 a.m. Junkyard_Dog HalfDork
Supercharged Miata with the check engine light on!
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April 22, 2010 9:26 a.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork
Deatscort with 270k miles on it and no valve seals, running extremely rich and popping fireballs for some reason again! Happy Urf Day!!!!
I was hoping to drive the MX6, but alas.
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April 22, 2010 9:27 a.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
11mpg Land Rover with the check engine light on.
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April 22, 2010 9:28 a.m. volvoclearinghouse New Reader
In reply to Powar:
Very nice...I was tempted by a similar model on the List of Craig earlier today for $300..."weak 2nd gear synchro" just means I need to practise double-clutching!
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April 22, 2010 9:29 a.m. P71 SuperDork
All of them!
P71 to work, Miata back to work after lunch, and hopefully a new car home
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April 22, 2010 9:29 a.m. TJ Dork
'75 BMW 2002 with all the smog crap removed and running a weber carb. Who needs a catalytic converter? What's an O2 sensor?
I can say that my car is CFC free since there is no AC.....go ozone!
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April 22, 2010 9:30 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
99 P11
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April 22, 2010 9:30 a.m. volvoclearinghouse New Reader
In reply to MrJoshua and Jukyard_Dog:
"Check Engine"? Yup, engine's still there!
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April 22, 2010 9:32 a.m. alfadriver Dork
volvoclearinghouse wrote:
(picture isn't mine, but is a dead ringer for it!)
What did you drive to celebrate the planet?
Honestly, do you think that car is "green," or did you drive that as an anti earth day car? I'd really like to know that.
Even if you bio diesel one of those, the offset in CO2 is WAY more than overwhelmed by the rest of the exhaust emissions.
(on that note, there's actually a decent article in AW (hard to admit that, recently)- "Earth Day Perspective" by JP Vettraino. Good stuff in there.
For me, it's not what I drive to work, but what I'm working on. Trying to make cars pass the 2016 LEVIII and 2017 Tier3 emissions. I try to do my part to make the world a cleaner place.
It's amusing in a sad way how many of you seem so proud of yourselves to undo that....
Eric
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April 22, 2010 9:34 a.m. jrw1621 Dork
Maybe I will drive to downtown Cleveland, overlook the Cuyahoga River and celebrate the fact that the river has not caught on fire for the last 41 years.
"Cleveland - Our rivers hardly ever catch on fire any more"
Right now, I own a 4cyl, a 5cyl and a 6cyl and they all get about 25 mpg.
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April 22, 2010 9:35 a.m. Otto_Maddox Reader
Lexus GS400. A 300 hp V8 is pretty green, right?
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April 22, 2010 9:38 a.m. Slyp_Dawg Reader
'02 Ford Escort ZX-2 with a fresh engine rebuild. and an automatic. unfortunately... and I'm going to be putting over 100 miles on it this afternoon.
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April 22, 2010 9:38 a.m. Ranger50 New Reader
I drove my normal DD, a 95 Dodge Dakota with a 3.9 V6/auto/2wd. Of course it doesn't have a cat anymore, gets barely 18mpg, and uses oil from a leaking plenum gasket. If I didn't want a bigger repair bill later on, I wold let all the Freon out of the AC system, since the compressor needs to be replaced anyways..... :)
Brian
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April 22, 2010 9:39 a.m. ReverendDexter Dork
'96 Bronco. A 199hp V8 that gets 12mpg is even greener than Ottos' 1UZ-FE.
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April 22, 2010 9:41 a.m. volvoclearinghouse New Reader
In reply to alfadriver:
I drive that car because its the most reliable, fuel-thrifty vehicle I own. And because I more subscribe to the concept that keeping my vehicles well maintained and on the road is "greener" than this consumerism-driven "green" economy that the enviromental movement seems to have morphed into. If you need a new car, sure, buy the cleanest one that fills your needs. But don't crush your perfectly good older model just so you can enjoy the smell of puppy dog farts and potpouri coming out of your tailpipe.
No, its not biodiesel, and no, I'm not really making a statement one way or the other. But I do carpool, so the 25 miles to the gallon that Krautwagen manages would be equivalent to my girlfriend and I each driving a 50 mpg E36 M3box to our respective jobs.
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April 22, 2010 9:43 a.m. volvoclearinghouse New Reader
In reply to volvoclearinghouse:
I also work in the mass transit industry, so my job helps get people from point A to point B in something that doesn't clog up the roads and emits fewer emissions than any Prius.
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April 22, 2010 9:47 a.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
In reply to alfadriver:
It is in response to the overwhelming hypocrisy of a population that condemns cars as evil while indulging every convenient disposable material based activity they can find. Keep doing what you are doing and in 2026/27 I might buy a LEVIII or Tier3 emissions compliant vehicle. I am all for combining cleaner with faster, I just chose to/have to wait for cheap to come into the equation as well.
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April 22, 2010 9:51 a.m. 81gtv6 HalfDork
Not mine but it is a spitting image of it. Manual turbo goodness that gets 30mpg back and forth to work.
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April 22, 2010 9:54 a.m. RossD Dork
'06 F150 CrewCab with only me in traveling a total of 60 miles for just work. Popping off an amazing 15 mpgs overall. < cue heart-felt music> 'Cus I'm proud to be 'Mericun, 'cuz at least I know I'm free...
