Wha?????? I did have to replace the radio in my '91 VW because after I replaced the battery, it went into security mode and wouldn't turn on again. And I refused to go to the dealership to have them fix that. I suppose I was supposed to take it there to get the battery replaced to begin with...
This is why I am building my own electric cars. One from a 1974 pickup, and one from a recumbent bicycle (if I lived on the flatland, the regular bicycle itself would be fine.... but pedling up 4,000 feet in elevation gets tiring at times and I'd like electric assist -- solar recharged, of course) Z On 5/22/07, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe an open source car? The problem with new cars is that they can't be fixed. I knew someone who got a new BMW 540 and it was replaced by insurance after the radio was stolen. Wiring and electronics too messed up to fix. 80k disposable car! Dawie Coetzee wrote: > The problem I've got with the Smart is that it embodies the motor > industry's kind of closed-technology, capital-intensive, > disposable, owner-unfixable, economies-of-scale-sensitive approach as > much any other new car: possibly even more. I've often wondered if it > can be corrected by a few minor tweaks, but every time I've done that > exercise I've found that I'd very early cast out every last vestige of > the Smart and designed an Austin Seven instead! > > Also, the Smart's brief is to do the job that ought to be done by > walking. -D > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Monday, 21 May, 2007 11:28:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: US Gasoline Prices Hit All Time Historical > Highest Level - Adjusted For Inflation > > Still, this morning as I went into the city in my relatively small VW > Biodiesel Golf, I saw hundreds of single occupant SUVs > pass me. Why don't we have smart cars in the US? I don't even need a > VW most of the time. All I need to carry is a few computers and a > tools. > > > Keith Addison wrote: > > >If you put a bit more effort into it I'm sure you can hit $10 a > gallon soon. > > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg69797.html > >Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices > > > >Best > > > >Keith > > > > > > > > > >>US Gasoline Prices Hit All Time Historical Highest Level - Adjusted > >>For Inflation > >> > >>US average, self-serve, unleaded regular hits $3.18 > >> > >>This is a point we have been dreading. Before this, > >>the all time highest US average gasoline (regular) price > >>was during 1981 (March IIRC). Adjusted for inflation, > >>we finally topped it, and appear to be still climbing at a > >>steady pace. It was announced on the news yesterday > >>(Sunday) on PBS. > >> > >>CNN verifies it, today: > >>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/21/news/economy/record_gas_monday/ > >> > >>Here is a webpage, anticipating it, but not being able > >>to anticipate what the number would be, or when it > >>would get reached: > >>http://www.answers.com/topic/oil-price-increases-of-2004-2006 > >> > >>We got close in 2006 > >>http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/07/gas_prices_allt.html > >> > >>We got closer, earlier this month: > >>http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=21867 > >> > >>http://zfacts.com/p/35.html > >> > >>This website that was set up to say "gasoline is cheap" > >>now shows that today it has gotten expensive, by their > >>standards. http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore082803chart.asp > >> > >>http://infohost.nmt.edu/~armiller/gasprices.htm > <http://infohost.nmt.edu/%7Earmiller/gasprices.htm> > >> > >>This one will give you an idea of the kind of misleading > >>verse that we were being fed by Washington, and that > >>some propagandists still spout, even in the face of reality. > >>http://www.cted.wa.gov/energy/archive/Indicators99/Indicator24.htm > >> > >>Here is a radical, George Will, trying to make fun of > >>the concern about gasoline prices, just last month. However, > >>since then, the pump price has gone up 18% (since last month) > >>and is now at the highest price in history, both in actual dollars, > >>and also in inflation adjusted dollars. > >>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR200 > >>7040402251.html > >> > >>http://jalopnik.com/cars/gas-prices/never-mind-the-4-per-gallon-heres > >>-the-summer-road-trips-61124.php This one would be funny, if it > >>weren't so sad: from last month: Quote: "says Tom Kloza, chief oil > >>analyst for the Oil Price Information Service, an energy consulting > >>firm. "The reality is that we're nearing the highs of the year, and > >>within 30 days there will be more gasoline on the market The article > >>was dated 4/25/2007, twenty six days ago, and the quote was from > >>before that. Those prices better drop fast. Instead they have > >>climbed about 15%. Here is an other quote from the deceptive > >>"experts:" "The most recent Energy Dept. forecast, released Apr.10, > >>predicted retail regular gasoline prices would average $2.81 per > >>gallon in the summer of 2007 (April-September)." We are already > >>nearly 40% through that time, and prices are still climbing. Here is > >>another one: ""We expect to see prices flatten around where they are > >>now," says Douglas MacIntyre, senior oil analyst for the f > >>ederal Energy Information Administration, part of the DOE. "More > >>refinery outages and higher crude prices could push it to $3 Since > >>then the price has climbed about 18%, to $3.18, the highest price in > >>history. More: "experts say consumers are actually getting a bargain > >>at the pump, as prices are still lower than in the early 1980s, > >>adjusted for inflation." Since then the price has climbed about 18%, > >>to $3.18, the highest pump price in history. Another: "On a national > >>average, gasoline prices actually decreased for the week of Apr. 23, > >>falling 0.7 to $2.87 per gallon" > >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20070426/bs_bw/apr2007db20070426139334Since > >>then the price has climbed 11%, to $3.18, the highest price in > >>history. Also the old record year 1981 only averaged $2.64 (adjusted > >>to 2006 dollars) while 2006 averaged $2.81, and this year is looking > >>to set a new record average, not just the highest price records. . > >>http://www.swivel.com/data_columns/spreadsheet/2690244 However, > >>gasoline is > >>still a lot more expensive in other countries. And another curious > >>fact. Adjusted for inflation, the cost of oil was around $90 a > >>barrel, back in 1981. It is hanging at around 2/3rds of that today. > >>The difference is going to the oil companies, not for the purchase > >>of oil. 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