Sounds sort of cool....on the other hand, we did finally just add a buzzer (well, VW circuit is mapped out, still have to do some of the others) so that it buzzes if you shut the key off, but forgot to purge the SVO before parking overnight.
It's really not that big a deal, this. It's like remembering to shut off your headlights, or remembering to lock the house door, etc..... once you get in the habit, you just sort of do it automatically when you get close to home (purge). You will rarely forget to turn it onto SVO...there's an incentive plan, you see. But, sometimes we all can forget to do the purge thing once in a while, so the buzzer will eliminate that problem at least to the extent you don't come out to the car that was left on SVO in the morning, and it won't start and you need to plug it in (block heater) for 15 minutes, or pour some hot water over the injection pump (both of which will get them going, BTW) And, SVO/WVO is not really for the masses yet anyway..if the masses all start using SVO, we'll need to get that algae oil happening real quick, break out the Smart cars, and build our neighborhoods, go to work, and do our shopping radically differently ...none of which I'd object to of course, but we might have to actually *change the way we live* if a lot of people decided to go this way....horrors!! ;-) Edward Beggs http://www.biofuels.ca On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Ryan Morgan wrote: > Here's a brain storm for you: > > I work in GIS, for those of you who aren't yet familiar with that, it > stands > for Geographic Information Systems. Essentially I make maps and use > things > like aerial photography and GPS to do so. Hanging out at my local map > store > on a Friday evening (what a dork) I got to talking with another mapper > about > his VW TDI and biodiesel. He wasn't too clear on what biodiesel was > (he > thought it was just filtered SVO) so I started explaining how SVO > required > two tanks and a switch. I told him how the driver had to start on > dino/biodiesel, switch to SVO, and then remember to switch it back > before > turning the motor off. We both agreed that this was too much to > remember > for the driving masses, and bingo! It hit me. Why not hook the > switch to > an in-vehicle navigation system? > > Believe it or not, this would not be difficult to do. The driver gets > in > the vehicle, sets a route, and the car knows when it's a quarter mile > away > from it's destination and switches back to dino/biodiesel > automatically. > What do you think? > > Cheers, > > Ryan > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & > Canada. > http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 > http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
