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Nick D.'s 1991 Volkswagen Jetta

1991 Jetta with 181,000 miles
Purchased from charity, Nevada Childseekers for $300.00
Total hours to convert to grease: 40 approx over 7 days.
Total hours and mileage to date on veggie oil 150approx, 5hrs approx (over 7
days)
Initial test run on Sam's club soybean oil.
"dirty oil" donated from Catholic Charities soup kitchen - they put it aside
for me right out of the hopper.

Juliet & David M.'s 1972 Mercedes-Benz 240D

Juliet and dog Rosie with the antique 1972 Mercedes Greasecar.

Virginio M.'s 1986 Volkswagen Jetta

Hi Justin,
Here is the Jetta story!

After many years of researching and experiencing various renewable and
sustainable energy projects and classes, there were two events that
inspired me to do a veggie conversion. The first one was about six years ago. I saw Joshua's veggie van at the solar fest that was held in Hopland, CA.

Brian M.'s 2003 Volkswagen Jetta

Install is complete, and it?s working great. It was rather anti-climatic when I flipped that switch the first time? nothing happened! I stopped about 20 miles later to make sure something had happened. It?s nice that the VW has a transparent fuel line going into the injector pump ? you can see the gold-colored VO going through. Teeing into the heater hoses (behind the engine) wasn?t a walk in the park. But I?m very pleased with the results so far.

I showed it to the guys here at work, and suddenly I?m a campus celebrity.

Chris R.'s 1984 Volvo 240

Dear Justin,
Just an update on the conversion we did last January. The old volvo is running like a top on used grease. The kit has been trouble free for us.
We have over 6000 miles on grease. Luckily we have found more grease suppliers than we need. I think I have mastered the art of conversing with restaurant managers. We are enjoying driving the car and the free feeling one gets
with a tank full of free fuel. We have also found that we have become diplomats for the cause.

Brayton S.'s 1998 Volkswagen Jetta

Brayton's Jetta was converted in July of 2003. He has been driving on grease for over a year.

Devin V.'s 1982 Mercedes-Benz 240D

Devin has logged 3,000 Greasemiles since he converted his Mercedes in June 2004.

Mike P.'s 1997 Volkswagen Passat

This 1997 Passat was converted by Justin and Daryl Beck in the mud and rain at Greasefest '04. The Passat offeres more space for Mikes growing family. This is his 2nd Greasecar.

Tony T.'s 2002 Volkswagen Jetta

Tony Thorpe's Jetta TDI uses Biodiesel as its start up fuel and Grease as its main fuel. Tony uses the Jetta for daily driving while his Greasebus is for touring the country with his band. The Jetta's been burning grease for a year. Check out Natures First Law

The Healing Waters Band's Select

Tony Thorpe and The Healing Waters Band tour the country in this massive GreaseRig. It is a 1979 MCI bus with a Detroit Diesel, and a 100 Gallon custom Greasecar tank. You can check out
the bands site