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We are on a collision course with an increasing demand for gasoline and the sharp rise in fuel prices. Something is about to break and, now more than ever, we as a society are becoming more open to real solutions.

The Water Powered Car Today

In the early 1990s scientists rediscovered their love affair with extracting hydrogen from water to create a clean and super-efficient fuel source. We all recall from chemistry class that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen (H2O). From this simple compound it is possible to free up hydrogen bonds with simple electric charges.

Once freed this hydrogen is able to be used in much the same way as gasoline is. It is combined with oxygen and combusted in the engines combustion chamber. However, unlike gasoline, hydrogen burns cleaner and at a much lower temperature. This has several benefits including less ware and tear on the engine and lower greenhouse emissions.

Is It A Reality

As strange as it may seem, there are over 9000 cars ( and growing) on the road that use some combination of this technology. Most are operating as a kind of hydrogen - gasoline hybrid. This is where the extracted hydrogen is mixed with normal pump gas as a kind of supplement. The result is a sharp increase in gas mileage on the order of 30-50% or more. This hydrogen is extracted from the water using the electrical current from the cars battery. Then the hydrogen is shipped directly into the air intake where it is mixed withe the normal air/fuel mixture.

This technology is no slouch.

You probably have read about how you can save money when you run your car on water and how easy it could be done. If you are landing here, it means you have not yet believed what you have heard or read. Yes, it is possible to power your car with water, in fact this technology has been written secretly in our history book and has been kept for more than 80 years (older than me and you) because of political reason.

Today it has been redeveloped and researched again to meet today’s car standard. Gas price is becoming more and more unbearable, it keeps rising every year. The experts, who reinvented the system, must have thought about changing. We cannot depend on gasoline forever, it is true. Moreover, people are more conscious about going green, before you go and search for the guide or tips on the search engine, hold on and read on.

Run Your Car On Water - Fact 1

when we talk about running your car on water, we are not discussing about powering your car with water 100%. It is still impossible to achieve because of the complexity of today’s car (in the future, it may well be achievable). But we are talking about combining two resources of power such as gasoline and water. And you are going to function them at the ratio of 50-50, which means increase in gas mileage and again it means you are going to cut half of your gas expense every month. It gradually leads to saving thousands of Dollars every year.

Run Your Car On Water - Fact 2

Again, it will put even more money in your pocket if you decide to claim your IRS tax refund for running a more environment friendly engine. Less gasoline combustion means reducing the gas emission, that will indirectly improve your and your family’s healthy life and reducing the level of global warming. Less gasoline combustion also means increasing your car’s longevity.

Run Your Car On Water - Fact 3

Convert your car to run on water is not a very difficult task if you know exactly what you are doing. Knowing exactly what you are doing does not mean that you have to understand the process (chemical processes), but you know what to use and what not to use. Which is why you need a guide that shows you a step by step instruction with additional picture. To save money massively, you of course want to know which needed materials and tools are the most affordable yet high in quality. For that matter you need to pick up the right manual.

I was recently given a price of $912.90 to convert my 1994 Ford Taurus to be able to run on E85 (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). The price included new, enlarged fuel injectors, an additional computer and a “re-flash” of the existing on-board computer. Given that E85 sells for approximately $.50 less per gallon than regular 85 octane gasoline sure seems like it could be something worth looking into. After all, some quick math revealed that while driving an average of 15,000 miles per year at 18 MPG (miles per gallon), I could save over $400 ($3,038 for gasoline @ 3.65/gal vs. $2,634 for E85 @ $3.16/gal). In just a little over two years, the conversion would be paid for with the savings in fuel costs at today’s prices and I would literally be “making money” from then on. But not so fast - there’s more to the story.

Ethanol (aka. “moonshine” or “white lightning”), a grain alcohol that is used for “adult” beverages and fuel, is fast becoming America’s “drop-in” replacement for conventional gasoline. Note that ethanol used for fuel is denatured, meaning that poison has been added so people can’t drink it. Since ethanol is made from plants such as corn and sugarcane rather than pumped from the ground as crude oil is, it can be labeled a “renewable resource.” Using today’s technology, gasoline refined from oil is considered a “non-renewable resource.”

Both ethanol and gasoline can be made to burn satisfactorily in today’s cars with one major caveat - due to the ethanol content, a gallon of E85 contains approximately 27% less energy than a gallon of regular gasoline, 81,000 BTUs vs 111,500 BTUs (gasoline). A BTU (British Thermal Unit) is a basic measure of heat energy. This means that more ethanol is needed to equal the energy content of regular gasoline. Gallon for gallon, an E85 powered car will travel about 27% fewer miles than an equivalent gasoline powered car. For example, your Suburban, which gets about 13 MPG in town on gasoline, will now go only about 9.5 miles on a gallon of E85.

With this new information, a re-calculation of our cost/benefit ratio is in order. While not widely realized by the general public, E85 energy content value at the pump should be reflected in a MPG/BTU adjusted price to compensate for its lower energy values. For this example, the MPG/BTU adjusted price for E85 is $4.16 per gallon, as more E85 would have to be burned to equal the actual MPG of gasoline. With this in mind, my annual E85 fuel costs for driving 15,000 miles at 18 MPG would be about $3,466, $400 more per year than plain, old gasoline. Which means that, after a $912.90 conversion plus over $800 additional fuel costs over two years, E85 would actually cost me over $1,700 more than plain, old gasoline.

Of course, if you think by coughing up the extra dough to go E85 you’re helping the environment by burning a renewable resource, think again. Some experts have estimated that using corn to make ethanol (as is the case in the US) for automobile fuel, it is possible that more fossil fuels (diesel and petroleum-based fertilizers) are used than the energy equivalent gained from the ethanol. How about lower emissions from E85 exhaust? Nope - any difference is negligible as todays gasoline cars are extremely clean-running machines.

Consider these facts the next time you think about an E85 conversion for your car, or even buying a flex-fuel car already designed to run on E85 - you could save thousands of dollars by making good decisions based on fact.

Getting the best possible car today is much harder than it was a few years ago. With rebates, the Internet, and so many great deals that dealerships can offer you where do you turn. Whom can you trust? These are important things to know so we did some research and came up with some great tips that should help guide you the best possible deal for your situation.

Today’s cars are much different now and finding the best deal for them at the best price is something that every potential car owner would like to get done. There are some tips that you need to know so you can get the best deal possible either online or offline. Yes, people even look for cars online now more than ever before. One of the best tips to remember is doing be too eager. By this I mean seem interested, but not too interested as once a salesperson knows you want something they are less likely to make a good deal on it. Now if you’re interested in it they are more incline to try and get you to buy it and offer you a better deal. It sounds simple, but it really does work. Another tip that people forget is shop around. One dealer in one city could have it for a couple thousand dollars cheaper than the other one. How is this important to you? Simply put it will affect your monthly payment on your car so always remember that.

Extras on your vehicle will add to your sticker price, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get them for free. The bottom line is car dealer’s job is to move cars and many times they will add things to sweeten the deal for you. Ask around and see what they will give you. They may sweeten the deal in turns of rebates, add-ons to your car or gift certificates. You may be surprised at what some car dealerships will offer just to move cars especially during different times of the year. Getting a car towards the end of the year usually is the best time as the deals are really the best. Other time you may want to look at is around August through October. The main reason for this is new models come out around then and they want to move last year’s model as quickly as possible. Great deals are usually possible around this time more often.

Another tip that will save you thousands of dollars is read the contract you are signing for your car. Many times these contracts have things added that you never requested. Look over the service contracts if you have these added because many times this is where they usually can get you. If you need to have a lawyer looks it over before signing anything. If the dealership has a problem with that look somewhere else for a car as you don’t want to deal with people like that. Getting a new car should be a joyous time for you, but many times it’s not because we don’t follow some simple tips and we have problems with our purchases. Keep all your paperwork in a safe place so you if you have a problem you can bring it with you. Most of the time getting your car will be pain free, but it’s always better to be safe than sorry.

A Mercedes Benz car is one of the most reliable cars in the market today. But just like a human being who deserves some spa and pampering once in while, your Mercedes Benz car also deserves a tune-up.

The term tune-up is usually associated and related to the overhaul, lubrication and detail of your car. Originally, this term was historically associated with the routine replacement of key ignition system parts like spark plugs and ignition points, along with some basic adjustments to help “tune” the engine. However, due to mounting pressure for increased fuel economy and lower emissions, car manufacturers were forced to adopt electronics and to do away with ignition points during the 1970’s, along with the carburetor during the middle of the 1980s. This resulted to the elimination of the need to replace and adjust a growing number of ignition and fuel system parts.

Vehicle owners usually get their vehicles tuned-up to improve performance and increase their vehicle’s reliability especially when they’re planning to go on long trips.

However, times are fast changing and cars are becoming more and more modern to adapt with the changes. Along with these changes, people are also having perceptions that tune-ups are no longer necessary for today’s cars. But according to Rich White, executive director of the Car Care Council, there is a misconception that today’s modern vehicles don’t need tune-ups because they never break down, but that simply is not true. He further added that if you’re at work and your computer goes down, you can’t get any more work done. It’s the same with your vehicle. If the vehicle isn’t being properly maintained, you’re not going to get where you want to go.

Mercedes tune-up parts are the parts included in your systems like the ignition, emission, fuel and many more. Among these many Mercedes tune up parts are your spark plugs, ignition wires, rotors, fuel filters and so on. To be more familiar with these, it is advisable to take a look at your Mercedes repair manual.

When it gets warm outside, your air conditioner becomes your best friend. This is most definitely true in your car, where temperatures can sky rocket to 170 degrees under direct sunlight. But most people these days are under the impression that the more you run your air conditioner the more gas your car will guzzle. Now that gas prices are higher than the cost to eat at McDonald’s, people are starting to take precautions and do what they can to help with their cars fuel economy. The assumption that running your air conditioner burns way more gas is somewhat untrue. Leaving your air conditioner off makes barely any difference in the amount of gas you burn. With the advent of modern, more fuel efficient cars, this myth is busted!

The air conditioner draws its power from the engine which uses some gas, but with today’s cars, this use of gas is minute. The air conditioner can decrease the fuel economy of your car up to 20% in some vehicles, but it depends on the type. Driving with the air conditioner is more fuel efficient than driving with the windows down. Driving with the windows down creates drag which means that your engine has to work harder to keep your car at the current speed; this burns more gas than if you just ran your air conditioner.

In the long run, using your air conditioner is far better than any other means of cooling yourself off in the car, unless you’re driving in traffic. When you drive in traffic you aren’t going very fast so the drag on the car is minimal. In these cases, you burn more fuel running the air conditioner than having the windows down. That makes sense. When you drive on the highway you can use either the air conditioner or the “window down” method to cool yourself, because, honestly, there is no noticeable difference in gas usage at those speeds.

Here are some tips about you and the heat in your car. Before you get into a hot car, roll down the windows and let it air out. There is nothing worse than getting into a hot car, sitting on a lava hot seat, touching a super hot steering wheel, and breathing stuffy super heated air. Your car needs some time to cool down for itself and for you. Once you believe it is cool enough to actually sit on the seat, turn on the car and run the air conditioner on recirculation. This will help the car cool down much quicker, and you can be on the road fast without sacrificing a layer of your precious skin.

So now that you know the air conditioner can be your fuel efficient friend, maybe you won’t be so quick to turn it off or ignore it in favor off putting the windows down and choking on bugs. The air conditioner in your car burns much less gas than your window method, so give your air conditioner a chance and be cool in the heat.

Winter can be a difficult time for car owners. Winter does it’s best to wreak havoc on your fuel economy. You may be an unwitting ally in hurting your fuel economy. How your car warms up in cold weather could burn a hole in your pocket.

The first thing you need to do in cold weather get out of the habit of letting your car warm up when you start it. Old cars may have needed some warm up time, today’s cars don’t.

Many drivers idle their car for 5 to 10 minutes in the winter to let their cars warm up. You should not let your car idle for more than 30 seconds. You need no more than 30 seconds of idling to circulate the engine oil before you can drive away on cold days

When you idle your car to warm it up you are burning gas but not going anywhere. When you let that happen you are getting zero miles per gallon. You may think that idling your car for few minutes or so is no big deal, think again.

To give yourself an idea about how much gas you would be burning by just letting your car idle for 5 minutes each time you start it think about this. Assume you idle for 5 minutes when you start your car in the morning. Assume you idle for 5 minutes again, sometime during the day when you start your car again to drive home.

That would be idling your car for 10 minutes per day. If we consider winter to be November, December, January and February, then winter would be considered to be 120 days long. If you idle your car for 10 minutes a day for 120 days that amounts to 1200 minutes of idling.

1200 Minutes of idling is equal to 20 hours. That means that by warming your car up by idling for only 5 minutes amounts to letting your car sit and idle, burning gas and going nowhere, for 20 hours. Would you ever let you car sit and idle for 20 hours? Of course not. Then why would you idle for the equivalent of 20 hours warming your car up if you don’t have to?

Warm your car up by driving it. To operate efficiently your car needs to warm up other parts in addition to the engine. Tires, transmission, wheel bearings and other moving parts also need to warm up. Your car’s catalytic converter doesn’t function at its peak until it reaches between 400°C and 800°C. The only way these other parts warm up is by driving. The reality is, to warm your car up completely you have to drive it anyway.

This is just one of the many simple adjustments you can make that will save you gas, save you money and help the environment without making any investment. All it takes is to readjust some habits. The number one gas saving device is you, the driver.

To save gas and increase gas mileage in the winter one of the simplest things you can do is warm your car by driving it, not by idling. Not only will it save you gas and money but you will also be doing something positive for the environment. That warm car will stop burning a hole in your pocket.