Leg 1

Hi everyone!

Well Leg 1 is complete. We have made it to Cookeville TN on nothing but veggie oil. The diesel tank only has about 5 or 6 gallons of 30% - 40% biodiesel in it so I wanted to fill up on 100% biodiesel in Maryville TN, but the place was closed when we got there. The car did alright with the exception of going up large hills. I'm not sure if the oil is not hot enough or if the oil just doesn't have as power as biodiesel or dino-diesel.

We are going to go and see what oil we can get in Cookeville and come back and filter today. I am also going to print out some flyers to give to store owners so that they will better understand what their oil can be used for and what we are doing.

So far we have used 30 gallons of veggie oil and have gone 500 miles. Thats only about 17 miles to the gallon, but there is a signifigant amount of weight in the car and the luggage carrier on top. I was getting close to 30mpg around Charleston after I got the valves adjusted.

Leg 2 is Cookeville TN to Norman OK. We are leaving out early Wednesday morning, it about 600 miles so that will be about 10 and a half hours.

Stay tuned!