Electric

Our next will be a hybrid. Better fuel economy, no charging needed, tons o horwepower.
Hydrogen - most abundant element and fuel cells exhaust is water! Used in Apollo space program. Be interesting to see. But again, no profit so no one looks into it.
Here, no one is forcing us to do anything. Drive whatever ya like. As far as I know, you are free to drive whatever you like anywhere in N America so I don't see how one's freedoms are encroached upon. Don't buy electric if you don't like it.


iblive said:
I’ve been gone for a few minutes. When did we stop talking about electric cars and move to civil rights? Asking for a friend.
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Speaking of, anyone here ever procure the services of a male prostitute? Asking for..um..a.. a friend....
 
Jethro Rocker said:
Our next will be a hybrid. Better fuel economy, no charging needed, tons o horwepower.
Hydrogen - most abundant element and fuel cells exhaust is water! Used in Apollo space program. Be interesting to see. But again, no profit so no one looks into it.
Here, no one is forcing us to do anything. Drive whatever ya like. As far as I know, you are free to drive whatever you like anywhere in N America so I don't see how one's freedoms are encroached upon. Don't buy electric if you don't like it.




Speaking of, anyone here ever procure the services of a male prostitute? Asking for..um..a.. a friend....
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Hey man ...$20 is $20 lmao
 
BMW has a diesel car that gets 90 miles to the gallon but you can only drive it in China

I'm looking forward to driving my leaded Avgas burner the restoration only took 4 years 1967 GTB 275/4 Spider

It was a birthday gift from my wife. I live in a rain forest the van and Honda Pilot works great for hauling my gear.

Been getting everything ready for winter then off to NZ and race my father in law he want's that he has a 1968 GTB 275/4 hardtop

Fredrick's motor.
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My motor.

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I wonder how an EV would fare in this. Heck, the gas vehicles at least provided some heat to survive for a while.
…and yeah….that’s a 4 lane stretch of the busiest highway around Boston. Thankfully, weather forecasting has come a long way since then. We still had that “polar vortex” winter, a few years back, when many in my area were without power for a few days…I was actually close to cutting up furniture to burn in the wood stove to keep from abandoning my home towards the end of the outage.
 
67plexi said:
BMW has a diesel car that gets 90 miles to the gallon but you can only drive it in China

I'm looking forward to driving my leaded Avgas burner the restoration only took 4 years 1967 GTB 275/4 Spider

It was a birthday gift from my wife. I live in a rain forest the van and Honda Pilot works great for hauling my gear.

Been getting everything ready for winter then off to NZ and race my father in law he want's that he has a 1968 GTB 275/4 hardtop

Fredrick's motor.
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My motor.

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Looks identical to the engine in my 1964 Ferrari 330 GTC 2+2
 
Thatbastarddon said:
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I wonder how an EV would fare in this. Heck, the gas vehicles at least provided some heat to survive for a while.
…and yeah….that’s a 4 lane stretch of the busiest highway around Boston. Thankfully, weather forecasting has come a long way since then. We still had that “polar vortex” winter, a few years back, when many in my area were without power for a few days…I was actually close to cutting up furniture to burn in the wood stove to keep from abandoning my home towards the end of the outage.
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I know that stretch of 128.
 
I feel I can speak from experience here, as we've had a Tesla S since 2017.
The list of problems so far...

Needed a set of new rear tires at about 20k miles. That's it!

I hear all this nonsense about gas generators having to charge them, funny thing is, it's always the same staged pictures.
I don't believe said gas generator could even provide enough amperage to charge one as they will have you believe.
We have 9.5kw of solar on our roof. Our electric car is genuinely powered from "renewable" energy and has it's own recharge station in the garage.
As a perk of buying the car, we also have free supercharging for the life of the car.
What that means is, that as long as we own that car, we can charge free at any of the Tesla charging stations.

Who here gets free gas?



It's funny that most of the "haters" of electric cars have never been in one, let alone driven or owned one.
 
Hackmaster said:
I feel I can speak from experience here, as we've had a Tesla S since 2017.
The list of problems so far...

Needed a set of new rear tires at about 20k miles. That's it!

I hear all this nonsense about gas generators having to charge them, funny thing is, it's always the same staged pictures.
I don't believe said gas generator could even provide enough amperage to charge one as they will have you believe.
We have 9.5kw of solar on our roof. Our electric car is genuinely powered from "renewable" energy and has it's own recharge station in the garage.
As a perk of buying the car, we also have free supercharging for the life of the car.
What that means is, that as long as we own that car, we can charge free at any of the Tesla charging stations.

Who here gets free gas?



It's funny that most of the "haters" of electric cars have never been in one, let alone driven or owned one.
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I worked for Tesla and was the first tech in Palm Springs. I fixed them in a single bay at Rolls-Royce before the dealership opened in 2014, inside the old Hyundai dealership at Highway 111 and Perez Road.

Ive got some photos I'll post later.

Biggest, most common failures were driver's door handle, battery and generator. We had rear subframes stacked like cord wood.

There's nothing about them i like, but its cool if you dig them.
 
Hackmaster said:
We have 9.5kw of solar on our roof. Our electric car is genuinely powered from "renewable" energy and has it's own recharge station in the garage.
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Love it!

Whenever the question comes up about insufficient infrastructure to support charging EVs, you can raise your hand and calmly say, “l have the infrastructure. It’s on my roof!”
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I wonder how an EV would fare in this. Heck, the gas vehicles at least provided some heat to survive for a while.
…and yeah….that’s a 4 lane stretch of the busiest highway around Boston. Thankfully, weather forecasting has come a long way since then. We still had that “polar vortex” winter, a few years back, when many in my area were without power for a few days…I was actually close to cutting up furniture to burn in the wood stove to keep from abandoning my home towards the end of the outage.
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I think you make a good point. I have the suspicion that EV adoption will tend to be regional. Areas that don’t get a lot, or any, snowfall won’t really have that as a concern. Other areas will likely be much slower to adopt based on the unique climatic realities of those regions.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
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I wonder how an EV would fare in this. Heck, the gas vehicles at least provided some heat to survive for a while.
…and yeah….that’s a 4 lane stretch of the busiest highway around Boston. Thankfully, weather forecasting has come a long way since then. We still had that “polar vortex” winter, a few years back, when many in my area were without power for a few days…I was actually close to cutting up furniture to burn in the wood stove to keep from abandoning my home towards the end of the outage.
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That’s the one nice part of being surrounded by timber. I have no shortage of wood to burn.

Edit: Downside. We have no shortage of mosquitos in the summer. :pound-hand:
 
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Hackmaster said:
I feel I can speak from experience here, as we've had a Tesla S since 2017.
The list of problems so far...

Needed a set of new rear tires at about 20k miles. That's it!

I hear all this nonsense about gas generators having to charge them, funny thing is, it's always the same staged pictures.
I don't believe said gas generator could even provide enough amperage to charge one as they will have you believe.
We have 9.5kw of solar on our roof. Our electric car is genuinely powered from "renewable" energy and has it's own recharge station in the garage.
As a perk of buying the car, we also have free supercharging for the life of the car.
What that means is, that as long as we own that car, we can charge free at any of the Tesla charging stations.

Who here gets free gas?



It's funny that most of the "haters" of electric cars have never been in one, let alone driven or owned one.
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There are naysayers for every car model built. Regardless model or brand.

We had a 1986 Chevy Cavalier. If one read the Motor Trends, Car and Drivers, Consumer Reports….. etc. It was one of the worst cars ever built. We tend to keep cars until there’s nothing left to keep. Yes. The body rusted off it once where we fixed it. It was a Chevy built in the 80s. But mechanically. Other than wear items like tires, brakes, mufflers…. In regards to out of pocket mechanical expense from breakdowns…. It’s been the least expensive car I’ve owned in 50 years of driving. Never failed to start. Sat for months before I unloaded it for 50 bucks. Charged the battery and hit the starter and it fired right off like it had been started every day.

Edit: Are we in the market for an EV. Brand to be determined. Today I would say no. Not because of all the negative press they’ve received in the news and the hallowed hall of TTR…. But more due to the evolving technology. Plus. We aren’t in the market for a new “old” tech car.
 
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smitty_p said:
Love it!

Whenever the question comes up about insufficient infrastructure to support charging EVs, you can raise your hand and calmly say, “l have the infrastructure. It’s on my roof!”
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When we got the solar, we had no electric car.
But the solar alone took our power bill down from the high $200 range to some months where all we pay is meter rental & line usage charge some months. That's around $40 a month when the AC's not on. We average around $75 per month all considered.

Best part is, we've had the solar long enough that its payed for itself in savings.
And the Mrs. hasn't spent a dime on gas since 2017.

The biggest hurdle with electric cars for me is the charging time and range.
Our Tesla gets about 250 miles from a charge. They do have long rang packages, but they were close to 20k more at the time of purchase.
Even at a Tesla supercharger, where we charge free, it still takes 45 minutes to get back to 80 percent.
I can wheel my Challenger into any gas station, on any street corner & fill the tank in 10 minutes or less, and get about 400 - 450 highway miles out of it.
So add an hour to every 200+ miles driven. If you are taking a trip in the electric, it gets old quick.
But most of it's life is spent making short trips of 100 miles or less, then charging at home and for that, it's perfect.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
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I wonder how an EV would fare in this. Heck, the gas vehicles at least provided some heat to survive for a while.
…and yeah….that’s a 4 lane stretch of the busiest highway around Boston. Thankfully, weather forecasting has come a long way since then. We still had that “polar vortex” winter, a few years back, when many in my area were without power for a few days…I was actually close to cutting up furniture to burn in the wood stove to keep from abandoning my home towards the end of the outage.
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EV's will give you heat & AC just like any gas car.
And there will be no carbon monoxide to deal with if your tailpipe is snowed in.
Sure the battery will only hold out so long, but those gas cars will run out of "fuel" as well.
 
Hackmaster said:
When we got the solar, we had no electric car.
But the solar alone took our power bill down from the high $200 range to some months where all we pay is meter rental & line usage charge some months. That's around $40 a month when the AC's not on. We average around $75 per month all considered.

Best part is, we've had the solar long enough that its payed for itself in savings.
And the Mrs. hasn't spent a dime on gas since 2017.

The biggest hurdle with electric cars for me is the charging time and range.
Our Tesla gets about 250 miles from a charge. They do have long rang packages, but they were close to 20k more at the time of purchase.
Even at a Tesla supercharger, where we charge free, it still takes 45 minutes to get back to 80 percent.
I can wheel my Challenger into any gas station, on any street corner & fill the tank in 10 minutes or less, and get about 400 - 450 highway miles out of it.
So add an hour to every 200+ miles driven. If you are taking a trip in the electric, it gets old quick.
But most of it's life is spent making short trips of 100 miles or less, then charging at home and for that, it's perfect.
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If we go EV it will also be for my wife. We’re thinking a smaller crossover-type vehicle to use instead of her mini-van; though, we would keep the mini-van.

Her usage would be nearly 100% in town, so range would not be an issue.
 

The Most Common Tesla Problems | GetJerry.com​

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Across the manufacturer’s four different models, the most common Tesla problems are:
  • Issues with autopilot capabilities and cruise control adjustment
  • Failed power steering system
  • Occasional loss of power
  • Unable to be towed
  • Poor build quality
  • Prematurely worn-out battery
 
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