Ultimate Veg Car

[greenspark]

Hi all

About to buy a new car (used)!

Question what do you think is the best option for a veg oil powered car my requirements are:

1. 7 seats
2. tow my caravan
3. resonable maintenance (DIY)
4. reliable
5. less than £5000

any advice would be welcome

ps i am considering a land rover discovery TD5

regards
 
andrew

[room101]

Toyota Hiace supercustom, 3 liter will run on 100% veg no probs and has all the goodies... and can tow upto 1.75 tonnes...

[greenspark]

Thanks Room101

I will tae a look at whats around, do you have a twin tank system installed.

cheers

andrew

[greenspark]

Hi room101

Couple of other questions sorry to be nosey but how long have you had it? have you had any problems? can you get parts?

i have found a few on auto trader that match my budget and have a low milage.

cheers

andrew

[room101]

Hi, no second tank installed, will take 100% when air temp above 15 degrees dropped down to 50% when below. Have had it nearly 2 years now and been on all sorts of veggie combinations in that time ( v100 b100 svo ). Only prob was just after getting it was head failure from faulty cast head and blocked filter after first swapping to Bio diesel. parts no probs they are available from toyota or auto factors with chassis number. i would go for the 2.8 or 3 liter not the 2.4 as they are under powered.... more info here...
http://hiace-super-custom.free-boards.net/index.htm

[goodnoisefella]

Hi Greenspark,
I got one....liittle corker she is, too.
'91 super custom poptop camper, imported 2 years ago for £7K all taxes paid with 30,000Km....honest, 30K, Km ! she'd never been used....even the chrome on the cooker grille wasn't blued.
We've put 50K on it in 2 years, never missed a beat, Cruises at 80 on the motorway, 2.8, no turbo, auto box. runs on veg oil, bio, red derv (....errr, in France, when we ran out....OK?) without even noticeing it
Has only cost us filters and tyres so far.

Blinding buy, can't recommend them enough, fast, quiet, tough as oldboot, fairly simple to service, tho' a big strip looks a bit of a cramped fiddle, cheapish bits.

The basic bus is the universal taxi in the third world, I reckon if it can put up with that, then the bells-and-whistles version for the Japanese domestic market should be a good bet for sunny Blighty.

I got mine through a very nice bloke in slough,  http://www.import-ance.aspwebdesigner.com/ He mostly does chipped-up skylines, but has a sideline in vans, could be worth a call.........

Best of luck,

Cheers