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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Eco-Friendly Car Runs on Recycled Vegetable Oil

One of our favorite parts of our job is hearing customer's stories of how our business has enriched their lives. Sandie, a customer from Las Vegas, has provided us one of the most interesting stories that we have received to date. Custom-Made Sheepskin Steering Wheel CoverSandie recently purchased a Sheepskin Steering Wheel Cover from our Wooly Bully line for her 1985 Mercedes Benz. She had problems finding a steering wheel cover to fit her 17" wheel, so she contacted us to have one custom made. Sandie explained that her steering wheel gets really hot in the Vegas sun and that a sheepskin cover proved to be the perfect fix.

Seems like a pretty mundane story right? Wrong! Although Sandie's car appears to be a normal ride, Sandie and her husband actually have joined the "go green" movement and converted their car to run on waste vegetable oil. Mercedes Benz That Runs On Vegetable OilIn her email to us Sandie explained exactly how the process works. She and her husband were granted permission from 3 or 4 Asian restaurants to pump waste vegetable oil from their grease traps, as often as they want AND for free. (makes us wonder how much oil our food is actually cooked in when we eat out-YUCK). After filtering the oil to rid it of any impurities Sandie and her ride are ready to go go go. Amazingly the car manages an average of 20mpg and the only difference that she notices is a faint "deep frying" smell when the car is first started. Think of all the money Sandie and her husband save on gasoline alone! With all of the money their car saves them they could treat it to some more Sheepskin Accessories. After all Sandie, your car does deserve it :)!

No US Soldiers Were Harmed Refueling This CarWe love Sandie's ingenuity and we are so happy that we could contribute to her cutting edge efforts to save the environment. We all could learn a little from Sandie's story and hopefully someday this will be a standard feature on new cars. Along with her informative email Sandie also sent us an important disclaimer to keep in mind if you decide to convert:

I guess our next question for Sandy is where she scored that awesome bumper sticker. I would almost switch my car's fuel options just to get me one of those :).

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