My car is now a chip van.

[Toby]

Afternoon all.

Amidst the recent news that fuel duty tax may be on the rise, coupled with it's relentless march to £1.50 a litre regardless of legislation, I made the decision this morning to start using veg.

I was hesitant at first, and did plenty of reading through the many threads related to this (Mattcheese has a lot of good advice). However it was one of the better decisions I have made recently.

For those of you who are not yet doing this, I would recommend you give it a go.

What you need:

- A reliable source. I followed Matt's advice and went for JJ foods. They run an impressive operation, I reserved 100 litres online, and picked it up 2 hours later. This came to a grand total of £94.95, which the astute mathematicians amongst you will realise is ~95 p/litre.
- A way of getting it into your car. This is the bit I had a little problem with, hence why I write this.
- A fondness for chips.
- A few items from Halfrauds.

What I found is that with 20 litre containers, its a bit awkward getting the oil into your fuel filler.

What I did:

Buy some oil.



Buy two items from Halfrauds.





Attach the little green thing onto oil drum.



This then allows you to stick the funnel into the filler hole (Tip: You can secure it in place by hooking the seatbelt around the handle), and pour away. The green thing negates splash back, so you won't end up with oil all over the floor and your clothes.

I know that for a lot of you this is simple, I merely write this for those who perhaps have not ventured into veg yet.

Feel free to ask any questions should you have any.

Cheers

WARNING: Your car WILL smell like a chip shop after doing this. This effect has been confirmed by an independent adjudicator (Tom), who said, after a 5 minute drive down the road, "Toby, your car smells like a chip shop".

[kingy]

temted to go derv.

[Midnightclub]

Just swap a DT lump into yours kingy

[Mattcheese31]

:clap: . . . . . . . .Veg FTMFUW . . . . . . . . :dance:

[kingy]

Just swap a DT lump into yours kingy

mmmmm, was gonna drop a 6 in it next year but ya got me thinking now.

[Toby]

:clap: . . . . . . . .Veg FTMFUW . . . . . . . . :dance:

Yes indeed

My hat is off to you sir, your advice was invaluable.

[Anton]

Toby you are not supposed to tell everyone it's that easy! You will push the price up lol

[Midnightclub]

Just swap a DT lump into yours kingy

mmmmm, was gonna drop a 6 in it next year but ya got me thinking now.

6' Power isn't difficult to achieve with the right turbo and you'll certainly have much better MPG than a 6' and if it's running veg less than £1 per litre is win

[Mattcheese31]

:clap: . . . . . . . .Veg FTMFUW . . . . . . . . :dance:

Yes indeed

My hat is off to you sir, your advice was invaluable.

can't remember what i said but it's all gravy baby . .

[Anton]

One thing I will say is make sure you keep a couple of fuel filters in the car. Be prepared to suck up 10-15 years of crap from the tank lol.

[4WayDiablo]

might want to mention DONT get it on your paintwork and if you do wipe it off immediatly as its a nightmare!

[Toby]

One thing I will say is make sure you keep a couple of fuel filters in the car. Be prepared to suck up 10-15 years of crap from the tank lol.

I took a trip to ECP first to pick up 2 filters just in case

[kingy]

6' Power isn't difficult to achieve with the right turbo and you'll certainly have much better MPG than a 6' and if it's running veg less than £1 per litre is win


dam i want this now.

[Anton]

A 6 can't keep up with me up to 3 figures, my last tank I averaged 46 mpg.

[4WayDiablo]

Dont forget a lovely group 5 insurance as opposed to 15/16 :-)

[Midnightclub]

Dont forget a lovely group 5 insurance as opposed to 15/16 :-)

More like 11 now they've changed to the new '50' groups, think you double the original +1.. Mines 11E i think

[Jake]

My closest JJ foods is 115 Miles away. Damn!

[Eeyore]

ahhhhh want!!!!! Knew i should have gone derv...

[Toms306]

Veg is shit.....it stinks and it doesn't work in cold weather!

[Anton]

Veg is shit.....it stinks and it doesn't work in cold weather!

Care to expand? I've used it the whole winter and I've seen -12c.

[devils_fuel]

need a bosch first

[kingy]

need a bosch first

need a deisel engine before that.

[Toms306]

Veg is shit.....it stinks and it doesn't work in cold weather!

Care to expand? I've used it the whole winter and I've seen -12c.

Pretty sure Straight Veg freezes before -12......hence my mate having fuel lines full of lard a couple of weeks ago......

[Anton]

Care to expand? I've used it the whole winter and I've seen -12c.[/quote]

Pretty sure Straight Veg freezes before -12......hence my mate having fuel lines full of lard a couple of weeks ago......[/quote]

Pretty sure he's a tard then lol.

5-10% of petrol solves that.

[Toms306]

But then you're sticking a tenner of petrol in each tank lol....wasting the money you saved by smelling like a chippy.... :think:

[Anton]

But then you're sticking a tenner of petrol in each tank lol....wasting the money you saved by smelling like a chippy.... :think:

Not quite.......

50 litres of veg at 90p =£45
5 litres of petrol at £1.35 = £6.75
Total = £51.75

55 litres of diesel at £1.45 = £79.75

[kingy]

tom, think you have just been parred. lol.

[Toms306]

Prices are slightly out to exaggerate your point lol, I wouldn't pay 1.45 for diesel! and I'm not saying its not cheaper.....but it really is horrible stuff! You'll never get me liking Veg tbh.

[Anton]

Prices are exactly as ive seen them today! Your lucky in Ipswich, I know when I go home to southend it's cheaper.

[Toms306]

Prices are exactly as ive seen them today! Your lucky in Ipswich, I know when I go home to southend it's cheaper.

Dunno about lucky....its much cheaper up north!