archer75 wrote: > It's too soon to buy an all electric. There just aren't enough places to > recharge if you run out of watts. > I have a very "green" friend whose Prius wasn't green enough to suit him, so > he bought a Leaf for his wife to drive to work in the fast bus lane since > electrics are were allowed there. > Then the county, in its infinite wisdom, decided that an electric must have a > driver and a passenger or it must stay in the stop and go slow lanes. The result was that, after running out of watts several times on her way back from work, she started driving the Prius again. Volts do not have the hated Toyota technology, and they seem to be reliable with few repairs. Most other hybrids lease hybrid technology from Toyota. Gerry > > Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > Maybe it's wiser to look for a used Leaf. They tested it first and found > > that it would make the round trip to her job and back without recharging. > > Everything was working well until > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > > I like electric cars, I've driven both the Fiat and the Nissan Leaf, > > > liked 'em both although I probably like the Leaf a little more. The Leaf > > > is much > > > bigger than the Smart, more like the size of a Golf. It was reasonably > > > peppy, quiet and not at all a rattly deathtrap. If they were similarly > > > priced I'd always go to the larger car. IMHO the Smart is waaaay > > > overpriced, under featured and under mileage. > > > -Curt > > > > > > From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:12 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] wow > > > > > > Yeah, that was a trick question. I was trying to "out" a sleeper agent > > > for > > > the electric car lobby... > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On 19/11/2015 2:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > > > >> I am jonesing for a Smart Electric. Anybody drive one? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Do you honestly think that if we did drive one, that we would admit it? > > > > > > > > RB > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4460/11031 - Release Date: 11/19/15 > > > > > -- > arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4460/11034 - Release Date: 11/20/15 >
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