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Old 11-20-2007, 01:38 PM
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Gas guzzlers get new lives -- as tire-smoking hybrids
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WITCHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- On a beautiful, crisp late fall afternoon, rock icon Neil Young took his 1959 Lincoln Continental for one last spin before a team of mechanics ripped out its gas-guzzling engine to make way for an electric motor.
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Old 11-20-2007, 04:19 PM
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i saw this on tv this morning. it's pretty cool, quite expensive however.
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Old 11-20-2007, 09:09 PM
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That's really cool actually...

It will be cool to see the outcome.
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Old 11-20-2007, 09:31 PM
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read it this morning too...pretty cool article. they're putting duramaxes in h2's so that's pretty cool
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Old 11-20-2007, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by S A CHO
That's really cool actually...

It will be cool to see the outcome.
+1

What do you think about making the TL biodiesel?
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