Archive for November 4th, 2008

Lower fuel costs by raising your fuel mpg

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

 

It seems highly unlikely that by simply fitting a water container in the engine compartment of your car, inserting some electrical plates and using the gas that is generated to add to the normal fuel in your engine, you can greatly improve your fuel MPG. But countless DIYers have built their own systems to do exactly that. Now, fortunately, there is a whole range of e-books on the subject, showing you exactly how to do it. Guides like Gas4Free offer full instructions on how to build a system, install it in your vehicle and tune it for optimum fuel mpg.

The concept definitely seems to work, as all the enthusiatic testimonials seem to demonstrate. But if that is the case, why don’t the mainstream manufacturers build it into every car they build? Sure, the idea is patented, but there’s no reason why a licensing deal can’t be worked out. And there are bound to be many environmental advantages too. What’s stopping the auto companies from building this type of technology into their products to improve fuel mpg? And it’s difficult to believe that any car offering twice the fuel mpg of its competition wouldn′t completely dominate the market. 

There must be something preventing the car companies from taking the plunge.

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Finding An Affordable [Car] From Police Vehicle Auctions

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

government auctions

It is safe to say that the greater part of the citizenry of the US is not really mindful of the fact that the law enforcement agencies at every level of operation, from city and county police departments to the huge federal agencies, have amassed huge quantities of property, which they put into storage. This property ranges from TVs, stereos, cameras and the like, which are sold at various government auctions, to a wide variety of vehicles, which are typically sold through police auto auctions.

While some of this property that goes into a police auto auction, or a general property auction, is there as the result of arrests, seizures and forfeitures, there is also a lot of property in the warehouses of public agencies simply because of the carelessness on the part of the property owners. There are many cases where someone absentmindedly leaves something like a bicycle behind and never takes the additional steps to see if it had been turned into the authorities. In addition, a great deal of personal property of all kinds is confiscated from theft rings and drug busts, and because the property was not marked with any identification, it was impossible for the items to be returned to the rightful owners.

Even though there is a vast array of different property that gets sold at the general government auctions, it seems to be the police auto auctions that get the most attention because you can walk away with a steal of a deal on a vehicle. There are often all kinds of automobiles, from cars and trucks, to vans and SUVs, and some police car auctions will even include boats, bikes, jet skis, motorcycles and recreational vehicles as well.

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