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). -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com 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. > > -- > 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. > -- > 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. 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