Chuck, how about an electric dune buggy?

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/7/18254329/volkswagen-id-buggy-electric-concept-car-geneva-motor-show-2019

 

Or get the MEB modular platform from VW and design / 3D print your own chassis 
for it.

 

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:13 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT new electric car

 

736 Remington is not far from where we lived in Sunnyvale (we had a residence 
in Sunnyvale from 1980-1996 before we moved into the mountains).




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On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 7:38 AM Robert <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

736 Remington Drive 1962-1969...   Lockheed was the big employer. 
Doctors were the top of the income pyramid..  Cherry orchards 
everywhere..  A different world in Sunnyvale back then...

On 3/9/19 7:10 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
> 
> Yes. It was pure luck. My first "real" job, and I was destined for a 
> field job in Gary, Indiana. Two weeks after that, Sperry bought our 
> company and laid off 5 out of 6 of the employees. I figure they kept me 
> because I was cheap (fresh out of college). Of the remaining 1 out of 6, 
> half quit and walked out. So I was now one of about 50 remaining 
> employees of what had been over 600 when I'd started.
> 
> I got called in and informed that the job in Gary was still there, but 
> there were now openings all over the country; one of which was 
> Sunnyvale, California. Well I'd been to the Bay area when I was in the 
> service, and I'd been to Gary too. I liked the Bay area _*_WAY_*_ better 
> than Gary, so I said I'll go there. That was 48 years ago, and it was 
> like the proverbial "coming out smelling like a rose" kind of thing.
> 
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> bp
> part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 4:46 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>  
> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> wrote:
> 
>     Did you move there before the electronics boom?
>     *From:* Bill Prince
>     *Sent:* Friday, March 08, 2019 5:42 PM
>     *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>     *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT new electric car
>     Around here you can't swing a cat without hitting a Tesla. Just
>     driving down the hill (about 6 miles) I usually pass a half dozen of
>     them going the opposite direction.
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>     bp
>     part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com
>     On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 4:25 PM Robert Andrews
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> 
>         & I was just driving behind a 100D
> 
>         On 03/08/2019 02:55 PM, Craig Schmaderer wrote:
>          > If only…..
>          >
>          > *From:* AF <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> > *On Behalf Of * Josh Luthman
>          > *Sent:* Friday, March 8, 2019 2:19 PM
>          > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> >
>          > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT new electric car
>          >
>          > What exactly are you looking for?  Does it simply have to be
>         an electric
>          > car?  Is it just electric + price?
>          >
>          >
>          > Weird someone would go from a Leaf to a Model S because about
>         the only
>          > similarities are that they both have 4 wheels and a windshield.
>          >
>          > Josh Luthman
>          > Office: 937-552-2340
>          > Direct: 937-552-2343
>          > 1100 Wayne St
>          > Suite 1337
>          > Troy, OH 45373
>          >
>          > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 1:20 PM <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> 
>          > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> wrote:
>          >
>          >     Took me a bit to decode the model S numbers.
>          >
>          >     60, 70, 85  Those are kWh of battery
>          >     85D is a 4 wheel drive (D for dual motors)
>          >     P85D is the performance version.
>          >     Love to have but too cheap to do it probably.
>          >
>          >     Seriously considering a used model S.
>          >
>          >     -----Original Message-----
>          >     From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  
> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
>          >     Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 11:16 AM
>          >     To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  
> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
>          >     Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT new electric car
>          >
>          > Warren King turned me on to the used inventory at Tesla.
>          >     I am thinking a 2015 or 16 model S  Perhaps an 85D.
>          >
>          >     -----Original Message-----
>          >     From: Robert Andrews
>          >     Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 11:03 AM
>          >     To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  
> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
>          >     Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT new electric car
>          >
>          >     Tesla 3
>          >
>          >     Sorry, cheap shot !
>          >
>          >     On 03/08/2019 09:21 AM, [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> 
>         <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
>          >      > My latest Leaf is due to be returned today as the
>         lease is expired.
>          > > Not sure what to get next.  The new Leaf with increased
>         range is
>          > rumored
>          >      > to be out in June.
>          >      > Maybe I will wait, maybe I will try a Bolt this time
>         around.
>          >      > Any opinions?
>          > >
>          >      >
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