Posted on August 19, 2008 by onestraw
So today was my first day at work with my new Golf TDI. Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. First off -now that I’ve seen it in real life: its is fantastic. Super clean inside and out, everything works but the cupholder, and there are no weird noises in the chassis other [...]
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Posted on August 17, 2008 by onestraw
We are heading out tomorrow morning to grab the Golf. Spent much of the weekend first researching VW tuning (Friday) and the boning up on Bio Diesel Processing. Here is some of my findings
VW Tuning
The MK IV cars (1999.5-2004) come into the world with 90hp/155lb ft torque. They also make a routine of going 700+ [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2008 by onestraw
3 years ago I bought my beloved Honda Insight… a 2001 5spd with 54k miles on it. I have absolutely adored that car -it was literally the only car that could have broken by affair with Big Speed and my modified 330hp Mitsubishi EVO 8 race car. The Insight was everything I wanted [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2008 by onestraw
So I am in a mid summer lull. Not that I have lots of free time mind you… we’re still building barrels, harvesting 1-200#’s of spuds a week, weeding, watering, working 50 hours a week etc its just that things are in a routine and I guess I have some mental free time which I [...]
Filed under: Bio Diesel, Gasifier, Green Living, Permaculture, sustainable agriculture | Tagged: Sustainable Living | 3 Comments »