Who killed the Electric Car?

Gonz

Gonz

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Yes sir it did. Can you imagine what a sad world we'd live in had the likes of Mama Cass & Janice, not to mention a few thousand ugly assed guys, had been seen & not heard?
 
Winky

Winky

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Yep if seeing had been requisite as it is today
then they'd never have been heard...
 
Gonz

Gonz

molṑn labé
Staff member
"What would you do
if I sang out of tune
would you get up &
walk out on me."

No Joe, you'd be working in a coal mine after seeing a specialist about that spasm you have.
 
Altron

Altron

Well-Known Member
spike said:
It was on TV, did you go to the theater for it, or are you making things up?
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I turned on the TV and watched about two minutes of conspiracy theory before turning it off.

chcr said:
Hey, let's really build an electric car. Motor on each wheel, synchronized by computer of course, three phase 440 (I'm talking electricity) and a hydrogen fired, steam turbine generator. Feel free to add to this outline. :D
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I actually looked into buying a 440 this weekend. It was a '67 Dodge Coronet 440 parked on the side of the road with a for sale sign. Called the guy, and he was asking roughly ten times what I wanted to spend.

Looked like this except in blue and a hardtop:
dodge-coronet-1967a.jpg
 
Altron

Altron

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Inkara1 said:
So he was asking $10 then?
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Nope. $19,000.

I figure that I can sell the Olds for $1500, and take about a thousand out of the 4-4-2 fund (which, after a period of reflection on life, I decided that just because I have an Olds now doesn't mean that I have to stick to Olds cars for the rest of my life, and that considering other GM, Ford, and Chrysler cars opens up a lot more options), which means I look for stuff under $2500. Given the good condition of the car, I was even willing to take some out of the checking account and the retirement account and go all the way up to $4000.
 
chcr

chcr

Too cute for words
Altron said:
I turned on the TV and watched about two minutes of conspiracy theory before turning it off.



I actually looked into buying a 440 this weekend. It was a '67 Dodge Coronet 440 parked on the side of the road with a for sale sign. Called the guy, and he was asking roughly ten times what I wanted to spend.

Looked like this except in blue and a hardtop:
dodge-coronet-1967a.jpg
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I shouldn't show that to my service manager. He's already got a '69 Roadrunner.
 
spike

spike

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Altron said:
I turned on the TV and watched about two minutes of conspiracy theory before turning it off.
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It's my understanding that it hasn't been on TV yet as it's just making it to some theaters.
 
spike

spike

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Professur said:
And Spike ..... yeah, profit is a matter. Someone's gotta pay for the trillions of dollars of RnD necessary. That's called investment. You know what investment without visible potential profit is called? Taxes.
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Since the cars were in production I'd say the RnD was done?
 
Altron

Altron

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spike said:
Since the cars were in production I'd say the RnD was done?
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They change 'em every year. An 1897 Oldsmobile don't look nothin' like a 1997 Oldsmobile.
 
spike

spike

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Altron said:
They change 'em every year. An 1897 Oldsmobile don't look nothin' like a 1997 Oldsmobile.
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What does an 1897 Olds look like?

Many car companies don't change every year. Really doesn't have anything to do with the point that the R&D for an electric car was already done.
 
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