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Jotapay
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 Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: Re: My Car |
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Cars are so 20th century! 1 person driving a 4-person vehicle???
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Revi
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: My Car |
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My car gets the equivalent of 250 mpg. It costs less than a penny a mile to run it. We've been working on it nonstop for about 2 weeks now. Here's the website:
www.sunnev.com
The new version is a lot better than the one in the video, but it gives you an idea of it.
We just have to bleed the brakes, install the solar panel, steering and the pickup bed...
I hope we have it ready tomorrow, because we're bringing it to the Solarfest in Vermont. Yes, we're trailering it.
We think it will be a great way to get around town. I'll take it to the dump and around town every day. That's going to cut our driving with gas cars a lot. I figure our fleet mileage will go up to around 100 mpg.
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KevO
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| Laurasia wrote: | | Laurasia wrote: | | I drive a Mini and it gets 36.5 mpg in the city. |
...and I just realised I've been a member here for 4 years! H'm! |
Happy Annie Verse Harry
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KevO
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:21 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| Revi wrote: | My car gets the equivalent of 250 mpg. It costs less than a penny a mile to run it. We've been working on it nonstop for about 2 weeks now. Here's the website:
www.sunnev.com
The new version is a lot better than the one in the video, but it gives you an idea of it.
We just have to bleed the brakes, install the solar panel, steering and the pickup bed...
I hope we have it ready tomorrow, because we're bringing it to the Solarfest in Vermont. Yes, we're trailering it.
We think it will be a great way to get around town. I'll take it to the dump and around town every day. That's going to cut our driving with gas cars a lot. I figure our fleet mileage will go up to around 100 mpg. |
If I was in Vermont tomorrow I would have to go and see that. It looks fantastic.
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Pholostan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:42 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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[quote="gnm"] | BigTex wrote: |
It was perfect for hauling me and six of my closest friends... 
And the trunk was big enough to sleep two comfortably... 
-G |
I like big cars, especially a older american cars. Ford from the 50-ies or 60ies, old Chrysler and Dodge. Mmm. Ford Mustang from the sixties looks really nice as one of the smaller ones.
I would get one and convert it to ethanol. Seriously convert it with all efficiency modifications I know of. Would be lots of fun rebuilding. Might not afford to drive it much, but I'm more of a builder/tinkerer/experimenter anyways
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yesplease
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:54 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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MK1 Golf diesel at about 65 miles per man sized gallon. 
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jdmartin
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Joined: May 19, 2005
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Location: Merry Ol' USA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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I drive a 95 Miata, ~32-36mpg highway depending on how I drive. Wife drives a 07 Ford Focus just like FranktheTank, about the same on the highway. I have an 01 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4 for the winter and occasional hauler that comes out on weekends, gets 15-18city, 18-22highway depending on how I drive and how much stuff is in it. I own the Miata and Pathfinder, will own the Focus by year's end. Miata is great because I can fix anything on that car in my garage by myself.
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Twilight
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Grifter
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| Twilight wrote: | Here is my car.
I put my money where my mouth is and don't own one. Walkable towns with public transport is where we should be living, right? |
Don't know how literally I should take that picture but wont you get weak ankles with suck sturdy boots like that? |
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Twilight
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| Grifter wrote: | | Don't know how literally I should take that picture but wont you get weak ankles with suck sturdy boots like that? |
I mix it up to avoid becoming over-dependent. You need the ankle support and water resistance that goes with boots for walking open country. But I have trainers too, for everyday activities. Footwear for every occasion!
I avoid leather shoes though. The cheap stuff is horrible and one pair left me limping for half a year after only one month's wear. I made the mistake of ignoring the discomfort, thinking they would get worn in like every other pair, but they did not. At the higher end, quality can still be variable. I found you can spend well over £100 and still have a heel split and fall off, again after only one month. My suspicion is shoes are generally easier to make and are made by younger less skilled workers, so quality suffers. Also, the tread is often non-existent, which rules out many otherwise wearable shoes because of seasonal icy surface hazard. Some actually have a laminated lacquer-coated sole, which suggests the designer takes for granted that it will touch nothing but heated driveway and car pedals on the way to and from a wooden floored office.
I could go on. You learn more than you expect when you walk miles every day. The first thing a lot of people changing their living arrangements are going to figure out is the footwear they own now will survive concrete no better than it would survive mud.
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WisJim
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:27 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| Is the SUNN EV a legal car, or is it a NEV (legal only on certain streets in cities and municipalities where NEVs have been approved for operation--at least in Wisconsin? |
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cube
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: Re: My Car |
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Toyota Corolla
internet says:
MPG (city) 23
MPG (highway) 31
MPG (combined) 26 |
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GASMON
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Joined: Mar 29, 2008
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Location: England
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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My Sunday car. (well, one like this !!) Built 1973, bought 1982, 18-20mpg.
Fitted with one of these. (American design, British built all Aluminium Buick V8. BLOODY good engine. Last forever, even if oil doesn't.)
Everyday car a boring eurobox.
Gasmon
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Jotapay
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Joined: Jun 21, 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:07 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| How are you guys with cars going to get around when there are temporary shortages (supply disruptions) of gasoline? |
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The_Toecutter
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Joined: Jun 18, 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: Re: My Car |
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| Jotapay wrote: | | How are you guys with cars going to get around when there are temporary shortages (supply disruptions) of gasoline? |
I won't...
...unless I have my electric car finished by then.
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