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Hiring is an excellent way of getting the feel of a VW campervan, particularly the VW bay window camper, as they’re the model most often available.

You could rent one near where you live to go touring in, or as an extra comfortable way of doing festivals. If you're planning a trip to another area of the country or abroad and like the plan of your own camper van for at least part of your trip, there are hire bases in a large number of countries.

You can hire VW camper vans in Hawaii, Australia, Germany and South Africa - the internet is a key tool here.

Watch for extras such as insurance, find out what the local campsite provision is like, where to get provisions, and plan your route. Check out the rental company - are they organised and efficient? How do they maintain their vans - is very ad hoc or can they show you records? Some companies are just a couple of individuals with a camper or three (which may be fine if they look after their campervans properly); others have modern controlled inventory and tracking systems.

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Honda Element's special features are for the dogs

Honda Motor Co. says its Honda Element sport utility vehicle, assembled in East Liberty, will offer dog-friendly features starting this fall.

Honda said that the vehicle will likely contain a cushioned pet bed in the cargo area with an elevated platform; pet restraint systems; a rear ventilation fan; and a spill-resistant water bowl.

Executive Vice President of American Honda John Mendel says the components are intended to transform the Honda Elements into the "ultimate dog car."

According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association Inc., 39 percent of all households own at least one dog, with an estimated total United States dog population of 74.8 million.

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Here is the boxer nestled tightly in the Vanagon bay. It fits properly, just like it was complete to go there. There is still plenty of area for servicing equipment like spark plugs and filters.

Viewing the clearance to the ground. The skid plate and the engine crossbar are at the store height so no position clearance is lost. Metric sized steel was used to enlarge the skid plate approximately seven inches. The sizeable muffler support is integrated into the rear engine accumulate and moves with the motor rather than the chassis.

If you're departing to make it go, you've got to build it! Vented, larger width rotors with bigger calipers in the front and SmallCar planned vented disc brakes return the original drum brakes in the rear. 16" wheels and show tires complete the grip package.

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These VW campervans are some of the very last to subsist built with established, air-cooled engines - charitable with the intention of nostalgic drone sound of the VW camper originals.

The campers be able to sleep up to four people; with two double or king size beds, one converting simply from the rear seating, and further in the pop-up roof. Awnings are available to supply extra sleeping and living space.

Features include:

• 11 retro-style & latest VW campers
• Trendily finished with retro furnishings
• Pop-up roofs
• Storeroom cupboards
• UK insurance integrated for one named driver
• Electric connect facility
• Audio scheme to play iPods
• CD/Radio
• Gas hob and grill with Camping Gaz bottle included
• Fridge/coolbox
• Sink among electrically pumped cold water
• Crockery, dishes and coking utensils included
• Self-regulating heating system
• Foil screen shields and curtains
• Traditional three-point seatbelts

Also on-board:
o Fire Extinguisher
o Road Map
o Scratch
o Playing cards
o Tea light candles

Every camper van comes with an easy to follow manual, an AA membership card and a Camping and Caravanning Club Privilege Pack charitable the hirer favourable members’ rates at few of the excellent club sites right through the UK.

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Argonne researchers have developed a new device that could bring electric cars closer to practical use for daily driving.

The device, called an "on-board methanol reformer," releases the hydrogen bound up in methanol (methyl alcohol). Because it is more compact than other reformers, it could enable fuel cells to power electric cars.

Fuel cells are like a batteries with fuel tanks. Unlike batteries, they produce electricity as long as they have fuel, and they never need recharging. The Department of Energy is currently investigating them as possible electric-vehicle power sources.

"Fuel cells are much more efficient and much less polluting than internal combustion engines," said Romesh Kumar (CMT). The device was developed by Kumar, Shabbir Ahmed and Michael Krumpelt (all CMT).
A major problem in using fuel cells to power electric cars, Kumar said, is that they are fueled by hydrogen, a very light gas that is difficult to store. Currently available hydrogen-storage technologies are so heavy and bulky that they would limit the driving range of any car that used them.

"But an on-board reformer like ours," he said, "could solve this problem by reforming methanol from the gas tank and feeding the hydrogen into a fuel cell."

The Argonne device takes up less volume than a seven-gallon container, Kumar said. This makes it the first fuel reformer small enough to fit under the hood of a compact car beside a 50-kilowatt polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cell, DOE's top candidate for an electric-vehicle fuel cell.

Argonne's reformer would combine methanol with oxygen from the air to produce a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases that would be injected into the fuel cell.

Compared to other reformers, Argonne's is light-weight, compact and energy-efficient. In addition, Kumar said, it is flexible enough to respond well to frequent startups and shutdowns and to the rapidly changing engine demands of daily stop-and-go driving.

The design is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, Kumar said. It consists of a cylinder packed with a common and inexpensive catalyst. A nozzle sprays liquid methanol into the cylinder, and an ignition source starts it.

In addition to hydrogen, the reformer produces carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. A small on-board chemical reactor would convert the carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide.