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Green Air Filters For Your Car
by Matthew C. Keegan
Alright, all you soy sipping, yogurt eating, diet doing,
hybrid driving, environmentally eccentric folks from
Vancouver: listen up. You may be causing more damage to
the environment than you already know. How so? Your
Audi's air filter, that's how. Yes, it is true: if you
keep your car long enough you will be performing
under-the-hood maintenance which will include changing
your air filter at least once a year. Keep that same car
for ten years and that is ten years of stuff clogging
North America's landfills. And you call yourself earth
friendly? Tsk, tsk!
All kidding aside, there is an environmentally friendly
way whereby if you follow just one small, but important
step you can achieve oneness with nature, if not with
your wallet: replace your car's disposable air filter
one final time with a reusable air filter.
Reusable air filters, or performance air filters as some
like to call them, are a true "green" item. No, the air
filter isn't green itself, but the result is the same
effect: you can replace your car's air filter one final
time with a reusable air filter that should outlast your
car. Environmentally friendly air filters are on the
market and they have several key benefits to them,
including:
You replace your car's disposable air filter once and
for all with a reusable air filter.
Environmentally sensitive landfills are permanently rid
of an extra ten or more disposable air filters that you
would have used.
Your reusable air filter will cost approximately 2 or 3
times the price of a disposable filter, however you will
get that money back and ultimately save in the long run.
Your car will actually perform better as reusable air
filters help your engine breathe better. Better
breathing for your engine means better performance.
You may realize a slight increase in fuel mileage as a
better performing engine means a more efficient engine.
All in all, you can show yourself to be environmentally
responsible and save yourself some many in the process
of doing the right thing. Reusable air filters are truly
a green friendly product and are worth being placed in
your car the next time you change your air filter.
About the Author
Copyright 2005 -- Matt Keegan is a contributing writer
for Auto Parts Canada, a wholesaler of fine Audi parts
and accessories for your vehicle. |
