Project Mint

Okay a few of you may remember that in my youth I drove a 5.2 litre Chrysler Le Baron. This was before Global Warming was invented (I still don't beleive it myself) and was before I was married with a mortgage and kids. At the time I didn;t worry about only doing 15 miles per gallon because petrol was only about £2 a Gallon, not £2 a litre which is what we are heading for now.
As time moves on I have gone downsize in cars and have tried various alternative options to save money and as an unintended sid effect, maybe just saving the planaet too. First I drove a diesel for a while, which was a revelation in terms of economy and torque, but that old Escort ran out of puff just when you needed it, so that on a spirited drive cross country you almost felt like you were rowing it, you changed gear so often. Next, influenced by the fleet at work i had an LPG converted Volvo followed by a Jeep also running on ther cheap gassy stuff. Okay, cheap but both were not without their problems - The Volvo once exploded under my boses window (the car park was on the first floor of the building and his office was right overhead on the stilted part of the building. This very nearly caused a terrorism alert. The Jeep decided it like LPG so much that it refused to run on petrol - a problem on holiday as we were in Keilder Forest a long way from an LPG station.
So from there I went to a microcar running a diesel engine which to me even meaner and greener I converted to run on Vegetable Oil, which I then secured a free supply of from a local Cafe. When Kermit croaked he was replaced by a Citroen AX, and more lately by Mervin, the Fiesta Courier Van whose bargain basement adventures you may read of below. Mervin loves Veg Oil, and returns the equivalent of 80 mpg in cost comparison terms using new Veg oil instead of Diesel (my free source at the cafe dried up when it closed)
However, in seeking newer even greener alternatives to save money, the planet and to provide further entertainment I am please to annouince the arrival, all the way from Ebayland, project Mint - my first all electric vehicle! read more above.