Originally Posted by lowell75

Hey you aren't going to get into this without any cost.. The oil companies wouldn't be who they are if anyone could roll thier own. This has always been a capitalist country... money up front is how it works , if you blew your budget buying a toy on credit you now can't afford you sure did't pay attention in your highscool economics class! Join biobabes or partner with someone else. I live in the booneys several hundred miles north of you and I sure would loved to have found that arangement!

I ended up buyingt an old Mercedes W123 diesel which i've expermented with new vegatable oil and old motor oil with so far. It gets 30 mpg and is my daily driver. I certainly don't need a tank to run errands. My E350 6.9 costs me about $600 a year to keep and I sure will for its usefulness .