15,000 miles on it...
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> -Curt
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> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:26:25 -0500
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> Curt Raymond writes:
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ld it own in LA traffic. The transmission on the one I had had a wicked flair
at each shift but I bet thats just a rental with 15,000 miles on it...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:26:25 -0500
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Curt Raymond writes:
> Isn't it amazing to see how fuel economy has become the big story
> lately? Its always the "New 30mpg super-whatever" now rather than the
> "3000hp super-whatever" that it was 2 years ago.
>
> I think that the new hybrids/electric/whatevers helping push higher
> efficiency
I actually had a thought the other day, would it be possible to harness
the energy that is produced by shock absorbers to charge the batteries?
Hang on, already done and dusted
http://www.technologyreview.in/energy/25274/
Hendrik
who is always thinking
On 27/02/12 08:39, Jim Cathey wrote:
I th
uppose $3.50/gal gas helps that too.
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> After the new Super Bowl commercial I really want to test-drive a Fiat 500
> Abarth, then I looked up the specs and I really really want to test drive
> one...
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>
> -Curt
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:45:45 -0500
> From: Dan
hat
> old coot you used to make fun of. ;)
>
> -Curt
>
> Note: The above is partially my opinion and partially satire, I'll leave
> it to you to figure out which is which.
>
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:35:27 -0700
> From: G Mann
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I think the serial hybrid, like a Diesel/electric locomotive, is the
way to
go - you get the effeciency of the electric drive train, and the
freedom
form the grid to travel cross country. I like the design of the Volt -
they
did a good job of managing the two poer sources.
The recharger shoul
Strangely its cheaper to refine oil here which has led the US to
I doubt it.
become a net exporter of gasoline which is what is driving our prices
higher.
Europe has a huge tax overhead on fuel. I think we're
subsidizing other countries' government when we sell
overseas. Those excess fuel
gt; exports are politically positive...
>
> -Curt
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:58:30 -0800 (PST)
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some of the exports but unfortunately exports
are politically positive...
-Curt
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:58:30 -0800 (PST)
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I have to agree with Grant. While I'm all for saving energy, the math
these people use, even if accurate, stil
Where can I get me summadat?
--R
On 2/26/12 1:42 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
If you get yourself a union suit and a hat with ear flaps you can even look
like that old coot you used to make fun of.;)
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http://www.okiebenz.com
For new and used parts go to www.
ew Super Bowl commercial I really want to test-drive a Fiat 500
> Abarth, then I looked up the specs and I really really want to test drive
> one...
>
>
> -Curt
>
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:45:45 -0500
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t
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> Note: The above is partially my opinion and partially satire, I'll leave it
> to you to figure out which is which.
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:35:27 -0700
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At this point, you don't buy a hybrid or electric car for save money. You
do it because you want the exotic technology - the newest, latest thing.
Yeah, you get to brag about high mileage, but need to acknowledge that it's
smoke and mirrors, and that there is NO reduction in CO2 production.
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I have to agree with Grant. While I'm all for saving energy, the math these
people use, even if accurate, still fails to take a lot
d a hat with ear flaps you can even look like that old coot you used to
make fun of. ;)
-Curt
Note: The above is partially my opinion and partially satire, I'll leave it to
you to figure out which is which.
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:35:27 -0700
From: G Mann
To: Mercedes Discussion List
On Feb 26, 2012, at 8:45 AM, "Dan Penoff" wrote:
> I think the best place to put our development dollars is to raise the
> corporate CAFE standards. If Detroit is forced to develop more efficient
> cars, and I believe they can, electric vehicles won't stand a chance of being
> realistic unles
I have to agree with Grant. While I'm all for saving energy, the math these
people use, even if accurate, still fails to take a lot of the upstream costs
into account, especially the cost of generating the electricity necessary to
charge the thing.
I have to believe that if this is factored in
Well good for them but it's still wonky math.
Ok.. so electric costs are .12 cents average Let's factor in the cars
cost of $46.000 and divide that by the "projected" service life of the
battery, plus battery replacement costs for service life of the car [got
any idea how many miles th
Gerry wrote:
I sent the Fox News article to a friend who has owned a Volt for 3 or 4 months.
This lady is a medical research tech and her husband is a microbiologist. Both
are dedicated to extreme accuracy so I wouldn't question their math.
This is her reply:
"Thanks for sending. When I read ov
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