If Cars Ran On Coffee...

Many of us use coffee as a fuel to get through our days, but few of us have ever used it in a car. Except for one enterprising Englishman.

Not to be outdone, some New Englanders have used soda and Mentos candies to power their own vehicle.

Coffee--not just for humans anymore.

Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, of Buckfield, Maine, who once got famous on YouTube for dropping Mentos into Diet Coke bottles, have created a single-seat car which is powered by 54 bottles of Coke Zero and 324 Mentos. Dubbed the Mark II, it traveled 239 feet. The Mainers suggest that curious folks not attempt a similar feat at home.

For those who prefer java to soda, Martin Bacon managed to reach 66 mph in a car called the Carpaccino, and that may have been a world record. The vehicle in question is a 35-year-old Rover, which Bacon says he needed because he needed a vehicle with a carburetor. Used coffee granules that were made into pellets were burned, creating the flammable gas he needed.

Previously, Bacon had set a Guinness World Record by driving 210 miles in a coffee-powered 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco.

We’ll keep our coffee in a mug, thanks, no matter how much gas prices rise.

[Sources: BBC, Yahoo!]