I want to save money on gas. There are a lot of reasons why we all need to use less energy and cut down the carbon we are all pumping into the atmosphere but the biggest reason we all want to cut our energy use right now is to save money on the cost of gas and save money on driving costs.

Do you drive a lot? I know I do. I do a lot of miles every week in my car and I use a lot of gas.When the horse was replaced by the car it happened because it was cheaper to run a car than to feed and look after a horse. Now speed is essential and nobody wants to wait days while something travels by horse and cart but it is not cheap anymore. The world is going through a big change once again.

New energy sources are being developed which will, no doubt, replace oil and gas over time. We hear a lot about them but they are not yet available and we need solutions to our problems right now. While gas was cheap we could afford to take our time and wait but now we need replacements for gas straight away.

I wanted to find out what I could do right now that would reduce the amount of money I have to spend on gas and I have searched the internet to find some answers to deal with the high price of gas. I think I did find something very useful that could make a big difference.

Are you still waiting for the hydrogen revolution we have been promised? It is taking some time to appear but in the meantime, think about this. Water is the most common material on the planet and water contains hydrogen. If we were able to remove the hydrogen we could use it as a fuel to replace the gasoline we use in our cars everyday.

Over the years enthusiastic engineers and amateur inventors have been working to produce hydrogen fuel from water and now they seem to have reached a point where it is both possible and practical. After all the years of trials and testing they seem to have reached a point where they can use water for fuel and we can all use these systems.

You can find a lot of information and advice about this on the internet and there are now a lot of water for fuel guides and plans available. So many guides are now available that the choice becomes a problem. It can take a lot of time to sift through all the information you have available.

One website I liked shows reviews of three of the more popular water for fuel product guides available. They give a brief review of each one and explain a little more about it finally giving their own recomendations as to which one is the best choice. It certainly makes life a lot easier having some of the work already done for you and simplifying your choices.

With all the talk surrounding record breaking oil sales, everyone is hoping the answer is yes. Trying to use water for fuel is a thing of the past as we have come upon a legitimate way to save gas by building your very own water powered car. What is costing manufacturers millions to produce a 100% water fuel car system has been simplified for the public to get today instead of waiting five, ten, twenty or even fifty years from now.

An Alternative Fuel Car System

Most of us may think that you need to be a knowledgeable mechanic of a few yeas to turn their car into a water powered car. Let me tell you this, you are wrong. All it takes is just a few simple instructions and you are on your way to converting your car into a water powered one. Trust me; it is very simple.

So, how does it work? Well, here is the science behind it. The water for fuel system starts working on its own as soon as you add water to the generator. Once you start the engine, it starts to work as a hybrid vehicle thus making water an alternative to fuel. Other than saving gas, it also gives you other benefits. These are benefits that will not only save your money but it will also save time as you do not need to send the vehicle for maintenance.

So I Don’t Need Gas For My Car?

You will need to fill up your tank but the benefit of a water powered car is that the amount of gas used will be less. Almost all begins can be converted into a water powered one. You have to trust me on this; once the water powered engine starts running, you will see a big difference.

So, what are the other benefits? Well, not only you will be able to save money on gas but now, you will be able to increase your mileage. How much increase are we talking about? Well the increase is very significant and it can range anywhere from 25% to 50% and sometimes more. However, you will need to understand this; different cars or vehicles will give different results but one thing for sure, it will be positive.

How Can Using Water for Fuel Help Your Engine

Trust me; it is not rocket science. Your engine will be sparkling clean as soon as you start using water. This is because, a self steam-cleaning and starts to run on a new level. The steam from the water will just continue cleaning your engine.

So, there you have it. All you need to know about converting you engine into water powered one. What are you waiting for? I am sure you want to save money. So, why don’t you start converting your engine now?

If gas cost $10 a gallon would you rather use water to fuel your car? Gas has not reached that price yet but it could and probably will do exactly that one day.

We are using up the world reserves of oil fast and demand continues to grow. With all this demand the price of oil can only continue to rise. When we start to run out of the oil we depend on we may think that $10 per gallon would be cheap.

We should be looking for alternative fuel and energy supplies now. The whole world should treat this like a battle where we all pull together and do whatever we have to do to achieve success. We must all start trying to use less oil and gas in any way we can.

It has long been known that water is made up of hydrogen and water and we also know that hydrogen is a powerful fuel. There is a way to get the hydrogen out of the water but in the past it was always thought uneconomical.

Now hobbyists and engineers have developed easy to build systems that can make hydrogen gas from water. The gas can then be used as part of the fuel used to run your car engine.

All you have to do is buy a few parts which are easily available at hardware stores and you can assemble the kit in your garage and fit it to your car. It is said to only take a few hours to complete this.

The idea of using water to power our cars has always been a dream and even with these systems you do still need to buy and use gas but adding hydrogen should reduce the amount of gas you have to buy and use.

It is difficult to know how much gas you might save with these kits fitted to your car. Some people claim to double the miles they get for each gallon of gas but they may be special situations. Most folk reckon on saving about 20% or more so that comes to a great saving when you see the price gas is these days.

Do you hate to hear almost every day in the news about how much oil has gone up? You just know this means next week it’s going to cost you more and more and more to fill up the car. Well now the last laugh is on them. Within a few hours, you could have your won hydrogen generator car.

Even though a hydrogen generator car sounds like something from the future, it’s here with us today. The technology is actually about 90 years old, but there are reasons it’s taken so long to surface (but that’s a story for another day).

Much work and effort and money has gone into making sure this technology has been buried for a number of years. However in today’s day and age, information is so readily available and able to be spread so quickly, that the alleged oil companies and those determined to suppress the technology to turn your car into a hydrogen generator car are now fighting a losing battle.

Surprisingly it is really a very simple process and can even be applied to diesel engines and trucks. Just a few hours of your time is all you need to have your very own hydrogen generator car.

With the cost of such a system only costing you $100 - $200, the savings in filling up your car each week will very quickly make up for it. However there are many more advantages than just the cost saving. Here are just a few:

*optimize the performance of your engine

* no harmful chemicals are emitted from this system

* prevent further carbon build up

* reduces engine temperature

* notice a calmer, quieter and much smoother engine & gearshifts

* pistons, valves, rings, and bearings will last longer

* system is easily reversible (really - why would anyone?)

With a dash of water and a pinch of baking soda your hydrogen generator car will be up and running within a few hours. Hydrogen-on-demand or Brown’s gas is what drives this system. This means hydrogen does not need to be stored as this can be dangerous. This system is very safe.

A straight forward system, a few hours one weekend, low installation cost - how good does this sound? It doesn’t feel good knowing you are being taken to the cleaners by those rising fuel costs. The environment will love you for it too.

Nothing should ever happen without considering the alternatives. A hydrogen generator car versus a standard car. Have you stopped to think how much you will be paying this time next year to fill up your car? It’s not a happy thought - is it? Should we each do our bit to save our environment?

On the opposite side of things, there is the hybrid car. This involves a large initial outlay, they require new batteries often which are expensive, emission reduction not all it’s cracked up to be on highways, engine not boosted in any way, and the time taken in weekly savings to cover the initial cost of buying the thing in the first place borders on fifty years.

And now for the icing on the cake - imagine getting paid because you decided you wanted to save money with a hydrogen generator car - it’s true. You can even pay the mechanic to do the job if you prefer, but you still get paid.- is that cool or what?

A great idea designed to stop you from getting taken for a ride. But maybe you should check it out and see for yourself how easily you could accomplish this.

Mercedes Benz with its beautiful designs and precision engineering is in many ways representative of the great achievements of the German motor industry. However it has not always been plain sailing for Mercedes, they have gone through some very difficult times; one such occasion was quite recently, when there were so many concerns about Mercedes reliability that contract hire and leasing companies were reluctant to recommend Mercedes. There was some evidence of contract hire brokers switching potential Mercedes buyers into other marques, such as BMW and Audi. The Mercedes model that was most criticized in the motoring press was the M Class.

Various surveys at the time criticised Mercedes build quality; in 2003 The Consumer Association carried out a survey that criticised all the major German manufacturers, saying that they had all deteriorated, but Mercedes which they had previously considered best for reliability, was changed to average.

The BBC’s Top Gear carried out a survey in 2004; in which they placed the M Class last out of 142 cars surveyed. Since then Mercedes have been making great efforts to restore their good name and reputation and to once again have the Mercedes Benz name associated with high build quality and reliabilty.

In 1886 the world’s first automobile was invented by Karl Benz. He patented the vehicle and called it the Benz Patent Motorwagen. Benz was based in the German town of Mannheim.The car’s three wheels were little wider that today’s bicycle wheels. The ride was rather harsh and the occupants had no protection from the elements. Lights to enable the vehicle to negotiate the poor road conditions at night had not been thought of.

In the meantime a gentleman by the name of Gottleib Daimler along with William Maybach were also busy inventing a car powered by an internal combustion engine. The vehicle was called the Daimler Riding car. The engine had an upright cylinder from which it derived its name the Grandfather Clock. Daimler called his vehicle a car but it was in fact a motorcycle, the worlds first. With its one cylinder, its speed at full throttle was 13 Kilometres an hour. Neither Benz or Daimler knew of the other’s work, even although they were only working about 100 Kilometres from each other.

When Daimler and Maybach completed their vehicle that they called the motorised carriage in 1886, they again used the Grandfather Clock engine. They had added 5 Kilometres per hour, the top speed was 18 Kilometres per hour. This vehicle had four wheels, which made it the worlds first four wheel car. The so called Wire Wheel Car that was produced by Daimler and shown at an exhibition in Paris in 1889, caused quite a stir. Seeing this vehicle on show at the exhibition is believed to encouraged the French to start manufacturing their own vehicles.

Karl Benz was by the 1980’s also manufacturing 4 wheel cars, in both 2, 3, and 4 seater versions. The stability of the cars were much improved by the system he had developed where each of the front wheels could turn on a different radius

The pace of development was fast in 1894 Benz introduced the Benz Motor Velocipide, it was a two seater vehicle with a top speed of about 20 kilometres per hour. It was the first car to be produced in any serious volumes he sold 1200. Benz then produced a motorized bus, it was a lovely looking vehicle but not terribly succesful; a combination of poor road conditions and its very narrow wheels made it farly impracticle.

In 1896 Daimler produced a belt driven car, this time with two cylinders but still with a top speed of only about 18 miles per hour. Daimler also produced the world’s first truck, which had a flat bed and was rather strange looking; it had various cabinets for storeage, that looked rather like kitchen cabinets. It was very slow at about 11 kilometres per hour but very popular. German breweries bought them for delivering beer and some were sold in England. In the same year Daimler produced a vehicle for carrying heavy loads, up to 500 kgs.They looked rather like a motorized version of the covered wagon from the Wild West.

In 1899 Benz launched what was known as the Dos a Dos car where two passengers sat facing forward and two facing back, the car had an impressive speed of over 35 kilometres per hour.

William Maybach took control of the company when Daimler died in 1990. A gentleman by the name of Emil Jellinek encouraged Maybach to make changes. Jelinek was succesful both in motor racing and in business and he felt that Maybach needed to be building cars that were more modern in appearance and faster. He also persuaded Maybach to adopt the name Mercedes, after his daughter.

During the 1990’s Daimler was producing faster cars and of a more modern design. The 35 horsepower Simplex was relaced by by the 40 horsepower Mercedes Simplex; it ws an impressive single seater car that could reach speeds of 80 kph. A 40 horsepower Mercedes Simplex is thought to be the oldest Mercedes in existence today.

The 18 horsepower Double Phaeton was launched by Benz in 1905,then in 1907 the six cylinder 75 hp Double Phaeton. Its top speed exceeded 94 kilometres per hour, very fast for its day. By now Benz was enjoying success in motor racing, as were Mercedes.

During the First World War both Benz and Daimler’s production were converted into producing materials for the war effort. The German economy suffered badly at the end of the war, there was a shortage of fuel and a heavy luxury tax had been placed on car production, inflation was starting to get out of control. The cost of a car became so high it was out of most people’s reach. A far cry from today where a luxury Mercedes can be found on contract hire from around 300 per month.

It is said that in 1924 Daimler made an approach to Benz and proposed a merger but it did not go ahead. However during 1924 economic conditions were taking their toll on both companies and a merger agreement was signed by the parties and was finalized in 1926.

After the war Mercedes launched a sports car, it had two seats and a supercharged engine, the top speed was impressive at over 108kph. In 1927 Mercedes Benz then produced a touring car; they called it the Model S, the Model S was even faster at 160 kph. At the time it was hard to imagine that greater speeds could be achieved but one year later the SSK Sports was launched. It seems strange that it was specifically produced for hill climb racing, because one would have thought that that was quite a limited market. It had an extraordinary top speed approaching 200 kph.

The next really spectacular car produced by Mercedes Benz was the Mercedes-Benz 500K, in 1934. The Special Roadster was the most popular version with long sleek lines, it would still be considered by most today, as a beautiful car. It had eight cylinders and a top speed of 160 Kilometres per hour. It was really very expensive at 28,000 Marks and only for the seriously rich.

The 550K was followed by the 540K, a car not dissimilar in design but 10 kph faster. Mercedes were also manufacturing the Mercedes Benz 770, a very large luxury car. The vehicle was a favourite with Germany’s captains of industry, in which they would be chauffeur driven. At the time manufacturers did not seem concerned about the very small numbers that they produced of a particular model, before bringing out the next model, about 420 of the 540K were produced and Mercedes manufactured less than 120 of the 770.

It was claimed that during the Second Word War Mercedes used prisoners of war and forced labour to work in their factories. All German motor manufacturers were required to help in the German war effort, as indeed were the British carmakers. The German motor manufacturing plants were prime targets for the allies, as of course were our car manufacturers for the Germans. Both were producing military vehicles. There was virtually nothing left of Mercedes at the end of the war, their factories and machinery had been destroyed and there were virtually no raw materials, with which to work. In spite of all this Mercedes still managed to start producing cars again in 1948. They launched the 300 saloon in 1951 and sold more than 4500 of this model. The 300S convertible was also launched; things were improving for Mercedes.

The 1950’s saw the launch of the famous Gull-Wing 2 seater hardtop, which took the motoring world by storm. Its distinctive Gull-Wing doors opened up into the roof. With the doors open they did look remarkably like a gulls wings, the design was far ahead of its time. Many were sold in America although it really was very expensive, believed to have cost around $10,000 at the time. Nevertheless a very good investment; a 1955 model was sold at auction in Sydney Australia in 2006 for $777,240 Australian Dollars, $720,000 usd. The Gull-Wing was succeeded in 1957 by the 300SL an open sports car also very much in demand in America. It was very fast with a top speed of just under 250 Kilometres per hour.

As long ago as the 1960s Mercedes were carrying out quite sophisticated vehicle testing, sophisticated that is, for those times. It is hard to imagine in today’s world of high technology that the system they used for transmitting data from the test vehicle to another vehicle that gathered the information was a long cable, running between the two cars. Clearly it was important for both vehicles to drive at the same speed.

In 1963 Mercedes introduced the 230 SL a sports car with a crumple free zone, the worlds first. It was surprisingly slow compared some of Mercedes earlier sports cars. This didn’t stop it being an enormous success; Mercedes sold almost 20,000 of the 230 SL, a far cry from the days when they were selling only a handful of each model. More safety innovations followed; in 1978 ABS was introduced by Mercedes Benz and then the airbag in 1981. Mercedes should be proud of their record in safety and the lives that they have inevitably saved over the years.

When Mercedes Benz launched the 190E in 1982, who would have thought at the time, that 638,000 would be sold over the course of the next eleven years. During the 1980s and 1990s Mercedes were enjoying considerable success. In 1998 the company merged with The Chrysler Corporation of America and Daimler Chrysler was formed. As is so often the case with these mergers/takeovers, it didn’t work out and Chrysler having initially invested $36 billion sold 80.1% of the company for $7.4 billion in 2007. The purchaser was Cerberus Capital Management.

Mercedes are now paying a great deal of attention to getting their build quality right and in a relatively short period of time have gone a long way to restoring their reputation and good name. Contract hire companies are once again happy to recommend Mercedes Benz and soon expect them, quite deservedly, to be once again categorised as best for reliability.

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