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What more does a guy need , a car ya can eat and get pissed with
A racing car partly made from carrots that runs on chocolate and stale wine has its first outing at Brands Hatch next month.
The car looks identical to other Formula 3 machines with performance to match, reaching speeds of 130mph and accelerating to 60mph in under 2.5 seconds.
But that is where the similarity ends. The "Worldfirst" racer designed by engineers at the University of Warwick was built from the ground up to be green, with bodywork made from recycled rubbish and a diesel engine that runs on biofuel.
Much of its carbon fibre body work started life as aviation industry scrap and plastic soft drink bottles, and the steering wheel is composed of waste from juiced carrots.
The fuel used to power its 230bhp recycled aluminium engine comes from a variety of sources, including chocolate waste and fermented wine dregs.
On October 17 the car makes its debut at Brands Hatch, where it will be competing against around 22 other more conventional Formula 3 vehicles.
Project leader Dr Kerry Kirwan expects the car to hold its own and drive home the message that environmental awareness has a place in motorsport.
"We'll be disappointed if it doesn't do well," he said. "We believe this is the greenest car in its class. It's the first car of its kind built from waste material, recycled material and natural materials, but it has the same performance levels and looks just like a Formula 3 racing car.
"We hope to reach out to future scientists and engineers and give them something they can get excited about and relate to."
In their search for unusual construction materials, the team went to a company in Scotland that makes fishing rods from glued together carrot fibres. The result was a vegetable-based steering wheel.
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Marvelous
<Waiting for the one that runs empty beer cans and cigar butts.
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
I used to own a car that looked like an empty beer canOriginally Posted by Dreadnought
<Waiting for the one that runs empty beer cans and cigar butts.
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Why does this not surprise me.I used to own a car that looked like an empty beer can
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
Many moons ago Dreads , twere my 1st car , i bought it when i was in Germany a vw beetle , you know the thing , ha says i , i can do this up and sell for a profit , it was a bag of loose hammers , which i did sell on for a profit , i filled the engine with OMD110 , thats a detergent military oil ,Why does this not surprise me.it cleaned the engine right enough , too clean , the guy i sold it to hired it out for lads to go on jollies , it never even got out of the camp gates before the engine opened its arse and gave loose , needless to say i was scarce for a while
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Now it looks like a full beer canI used to own a car that looked like an empty beer can
Now it looks like a full beer canhey nuts , i remembered who i sold it to , it was Glyn Buckers , and Paddy O,sullivan , i wonder it they have forgiven me
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Ahh now I know why they are called Fatwa Buckley and Fatwa O'slow...just thought they were cousins...keep looking over your shoulder
Ahh now I know why they are called Fatwa Buckley and Fatwa O'slow...just thought they were cousins...keep looking over your shoulder
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*Pretty hard to kill a VW engine. The Germans definately got it right for how many were/are here in the US. But then again leave it too a tanker to kill anything without having to shoot it or run it over. I hope somebody else did the maintenanceMany moons ago Dreads , twere my 1st car , i bought it when i was in Germany a vw beetle , you know the thing , ha says i , i can do this up and sell for a profit , it was a bag of loose hammers , which i did sell on for a profit , i filled the engine with OMD110 , thats a detergent military oil ,
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
Not with detergent oil it aint ,not when its never had it before , and it was an old engine , it was a fatal move for that particular motor*Pretty hard to kill a VW engine. The Germans definately got it right for how many were/are here in the US. But then again leave it too a tanker to kill anything without having to shoot it or run it over. I hope somebody else did the maintenance
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*Killed it with kindness did ya?Not with detergent oil it aint ,not when its never had it before , and it was an old engine , it was a fatal move for that particular motor
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
Nope , contraband oil , but for the life of me i thought it would have lasted longer than it did , detergent oil is great if you start off with it , put into an old motor ,and its , Meeeeeeeeeddddddiiicccccccccc*Killed it with kindness did ya?
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