Jan 15
Loading Up On Supplies
It’s official. We will not be taking my Veggie Mobile. There are too many complications at least for the extensiveness of this trip. Several reasons why:
- Winter driving is not the best conditions for vegetable oil. Even though the Lovecraft Biofuel system is capable of winter conditions, it still poses a small threat to our trip.
- Collecting oil and filtering will add additional time to the trip
- My car is already over 300,000 miles and I feel it’s probably not the best idea to put on another 30,000 in 3 months.
- It is not large enough for all our gear.
- We cannot sleep in it.
- Missing a window, and none of my windows roll down
- The heater is broken
- The interior lights is not functioning
- The doors don’t lock
- It’s not that safe
So, what are we driving? We’re taking our Mom’s 1998 Chevy Suburban. It’s loaded and our transmission just got rebuilt. I stopped by our local Kragen and stocked up on some emergency supplies:
- Emergency Flares
- Bosch wiper blades
- 400 Watt Inverter ( to charge our electronics )
- Anti-Freeze
- Fuel injection cleaners
- Gas treatments
- Heavy duty jumper cables
One Response to “Loading Up On Supplies”
January 16th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
All those reasons that you listed are exactly why you should be taking the veggie car. Who wants to watch a movie about a couple kids riding around in mom’s car. Just my humble opinion.