My EV won't have enough range to make it to the city from the mountains so it'll be an mountains only vehicle :)
Z On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Peri Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > Depends where you go. I was up in the mountains last week and must have > damaged the sidewall of one tire - there was a large bulge. I'm glad I had > a spare. But, yes, I agree that around the city the alternatives are > reasonable. > > Peri > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Lee Hart > Sent: 24 September, 2013 1:08 PM > To: jerry freedomev; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Spare tire. EV grin > > jerry freedomev wrote: > > I have an electric air pump that with a tire repair kit means I can > > fix most flats on the EV almost as fast as changing the tire saves > > weight, space as the lightest spares are 25-40lbs. > > > > The pump also adjusts my ride height airsprings in the Monroe > > HiJacker shocks for heavier loads. > > Hi Jerry. Good to hear from you again. > > I do the same thing in all my EVs. Tires have become so reliable that it > isn't worth carrying a spare and jack. I carry a AAA card instead. :-) > > The Sunrise EV2 also has air bag suspension. The plan is to do exactly > as you said; carry a small air pump and tire repair kit. The pump can be > used while driving as the vacuum pump for the power brakes, and to > inflate tires or adjust the ride height. > -- > ICEs have the same problem as lightbulbs. Why innovate and make > better ones when the current ones burn out often enough to keep > you in business? -- Hunter Cressall > -- > Lee A. Hart, http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130925/51596283/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
