This YouTube video demonstrates pretty graphically the differences in crash performance over 50 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Asb3Ad-tg Mike On June 3, 2015 3:41:40 PM MDT, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >On 3 Jun 2015 at 17:07, Electric Blue auto convertions via EV wrote: > >> Theres no comparing them, the Model T is far the better car, You can >still >> work on them ... > >Now that's what I'd call a deliberately provocative statement. > >Some might even call it trolling. Not that I would. ;-) > >I'll take the bait anyway. ;-) > >I know which car I'd rather be driving when your big old pickup truck >is >hurtling toward me at 70mph. I'd have a far better chance of getting >out of >your way; and if I didn't manage to, I'd have a far better chance of >surviving the crash. > >Understand, given the current choice in EVs (and vehicles in general), >I >would NOT buy a Tesla, even if I were wealthy enough to afford one. >However, if I had to choose between a Tesla and a Model T, I'd take the > >Tesla, even at its much higher price. > >By all accounts Ts were stinky gross polluters. They were unreliable, >cranky (literally), a chore to drive, uncomfortable (especially in cold > >weather), and outright hazardous. Their brakes and steering were worse >than >a Citicar's. > >I too resent the fact that all automakers (not just Tesla) are trying >to >monopolize repair work by making their products impossible for normal >people >to fix. But I'm not so focused on that one issue that I exclude >everything >else. No way am I going to give up 100 years of automotive development >(or >even 50) just on that one issue. > >David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA >EVDL Administrator > >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my >email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > >_______________________________________________ >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)
