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Kentucky Man Builds Bourbon Powered Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the drink-to-drive dept.

autospa writes "With fuel prices rising like crazy, a man from Kentucky came up with a solution to high gas prices. 62-year-old Mickey Nilsson, of Bardstown, Kentucky, made a bourbon-powered junk car. He got the idea from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Nilsson said that his inspiration came from a character played by Dick Van Dyke in the classic Disney movie."

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  1. Re:Use caution. by Khyber · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Look, if it was really possible to power a car with water (or even get the infamous "100 MPG" you hear about occasionally"

    Someone doesn't pay attention to SAE supermileage events where high school kids and university students build cars that drop 1,000 MPG (Yes THOUSAND) on a *REGULAR* basis.

    I think the current record is over three thousand MPG.

    I know sunlight hurts but it pays to step outside now and then.

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