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- Jan 1, 1970
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Solar said:Just a troll.
What was ?
Notice the new account after losing so many others. Wayne and this jerk
share a brain cell.
Who exactly has a new account ?
Graham
Solar said:Just a troll.
Notice the new account after losing so many others. Wayne and this jerk
share a brain cell.
Baloney. The whole St.Albans thing was just your attempt to weasel out
of a BS declaration, which in turn was made to support your silly
argument that owning 2 cars is difficult or impossible. You're wasting
your time projecting your limitations onto others anyway, since few of
them are as helpless.
Vaughn said:Our conclusion; SUVs give inexperienced drivers a false sense of security in
bad conditions.
(PeteCresswell) said:Per Vaughn Simon:
I'd concur.... and add that 4wd, adding some 500+ pounds to the
vehicles weight, has got to compromise stopping and cornering.
trash ? We do in the UK.Don't you have contractors with specialist vehicles to collect your
Doesn't have to be St Albans.
More or less most places in SE England are
very expensive both due to convenience of location and a decent jobs market.
We don't have 'hillbillies' here.
You need to learn to feel your reserve of traction and train your
reflexes to react instinctively the instant you exceed it. The advice
to "steer into the skid" is only a distraction if you haven't
practiced losing and regaining control. 5 - 10 MPH is enough to learn.
The problem is finding a safe place to practice where the owners won't
call the police.
Because sometimes we need that capability and we don't want to buy two cars.
These days I rarely need to go further than 10 miles from my house, but just two
weeks ago we took a trip in excess of 1000 miles. Sorry, but a pure EV just
won't do.
Have you ever considered selling double glazing, or maybe 'siding' might be
more appropriate in the USA.
I can't imagine where that idea came from. I never implied any such thing.Trygve Lillefosse said:Sorry, but a pure EV just
won't do.
It wont do for you.
But what about those who dont need the range? Why should they be
"forced" to have the same range as you?
Trygve said:It wont do for you.
But what about those who dont need the range? Why should they be
"forced" to have the same range as you?
Trygve said:Double glazing makes a lot of sense wherever there is winther.
Here in
Norway you will not find a reasonably new house with single glazing.
Many new houses have tripple glazing or double glazing with special
glass that is almost as good as tripple glazing.
When I lived in London, I rented a relatively new flat with single
glazing. I could never quite figure out why it was not double.
Vaughn said:I can't imagine where that idea came from. I never implied any such thing.
The rest of the world can buy whatever they want.
That said, short of a massive long-term gasoline shortage, I can't imagine a
significant market existing in the USA for a short-range EV that costs as much
as (or more than) a much more capable IC vehicle.
Jim said:I saw exactly the same automated pickup trash containers we have now
in NH on the 2006 "Doctor Who".
The Welsh seem to be really serious about preserving their language.
Signs were bilingual with English below in smaller letters.
I live in the snow belt along Lake Ontario,where it is not uncommon to
get two feet of snow overnight and I've
have never been stuck with just front wheel drive. In many cases 4wd
just gives people a false sense of
security and gets them stuck twice as deep ;~) I've lost track of how
many times I've seen suv's in ditches on the
way home on roads that only had a foot of snow on them....
Jim said:The weight adds as much to traction as to inertia. Vehicles from ATVs
to plow trucks have roughly similar stopping and cornering ability it
they have tires with similar coefficients of friction.
And of course when the snow starts getting over a foot or so, the issue of
ground-clearance comes into play. More than once I've 'snowplowed' with the
air-dam and bumper of my car to get through a drift.
The current consensus is that it's massively oversold in the UK and for a
fraction of the prive you could insulate your roof to a VERY high standard and
get better results.
Well you are of course rather more northerly than us but you still have to have
some air circulation in a house or the air will become excessively humid, smelly
and foul. How do you arrange this ?
I think double is compulsory now at or at least 'low-E' glass.
When I had my own windows replaced (which are Victorian sliding sash types),
there was only one compnay I knew of doing them double glazed and they cost a
fortune. Probably about 2,000 Euro each at today's prices. So instead I had them
made by a local company and fitted with 6mm laminated glass. Not quite as
effective but better than the about 2mm glass that was there before. We had to
make special weights to balance the sashes. The noise reduction was amazing too,
not to mention potential burglar resistance.
I can't imagine where that idea came from. I never implied any such thing.
The rest of the world can buy whatever they want.
That said, short of a massive long-term gasoline shortage, I can't imagine a
significant market existing in the USA for a short-range EV that costs as much
as (or more than) a much more capable IC vehicle.
No-one's forcing them, but even those who travel shorter distances daily typically
will from time to time have the need for unexpectedly long journeys. This is where
the PHEV really scores.