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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/11/2008 11:36:57 AM
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OneJohn410
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What do you think about the Lightning electric car? It's being made in England.
0-60 in 4 sec. 160 mph top speed - all electric!
You can learn more about it at http://www.lightningcarcompany.co.uk/home.php
I would like to see some of this in an American car!
Whirrrrrrrrrr!!!
OneJohn410 ambles in to the garage, raising empty mug to those chilling in such a magnificent setting, and over to the capuchnolatte maching. Slides open bean ground door while holding nose with other hand, deftly removes old filter and gronds, flipping it outside under an azalea bush- azaleas love acidic soil. Load up the machine with some fresh Duncan Donut grounds, *whack*, rinsed out pot quickly fills, and fills the giant mug. *slap* and moves pot to heating plate. Spies the Monday morning breakfast buffet Denbert hasn't cleaned out, drops some bills in the donations can and gets a generous portion. Now seated, getting down to it.
Electric cars... now there's a blessing to the auto mechanics world. How many folks are going to try tinkering with one of them for very long, hmm? ZZZAAAPPPP! If you ain't dead, your head has bubbled up your hood like an air jammer, and you'll need three weeks of Tylenol and one of those funny water bottles to ease the swelling, or you'll be laid out on the ground unconscious holding a reforged metal something in one hand. Just think- soon mechanics will all be back in school learning about the 10 new powers for cars and how each work. If one of them has a bad day, or is emotionally detached from what they are doing- your car may not know which way is up! 'Hey! This is On-Star! What in the world have you done to your car???!!?? My display of your diagnostics are off the charts! Why don't you- *click* (turning them off).'
There's enough trash laying around on this planet, I'm more interested in one of those flying Deloreen cars of Back to the Past's Futures whatever. Maybe roadkill would give you an extra 32nd of a lightyear of travel. Roads? Where I'm going, we don't need roads. Still, a golf course cart has got speed to it, and kicks right in when you give it the spikes. So electricky cars may be the ticket. It does bring a tear to my eye, remembering 99-cent a gallon gasoline, and thinking $1.15 was absolutely outrageous!
Ray, the buffet was magnificent. The French toast the best it's ever been. The grits were even better. It's a good thing you put a two plate limit on it. A little water on that azalea, and you'll be amazed to watch that plant explode with growth. Denbert, I hope your camping trip was... Denbert? Wake up, brother. It's a w*** day already! Aw, man. Someone help me get him onto his motorcycle. We've got to get him off to w***! Did he bring his chaufferone with him this morning? Anyone seen RevBob around? I wanted to learn what the beaver in his garden is eating now. I guess that'll have to wait for another time.
Have a blessed day, all, and don't forget to *slap* off the heater plate.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/11/2008 1:20:41 PM
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Good idea. 
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 6:41:18 AM
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 7:46:21 AM
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Hello Everyone! Nice to meet you. 
It sure is crowded in this garage but I see a space over there in the corner for me to sit down. I'll just help myself to a cup of coffee and relax. Continue on your discussions!
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 10:22:00 AM
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Hello, James, glad you made it. Me, well I found a quiet minute before I have to go errand running for the wife, wanted to let you know these guys are great and theres lots of great fellowship in here.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 11:09:05 AM
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One problem with electric cars... without the throaty grumble of a high compression engine venting through glass packs, why would any man want drive?
toasting everyone with an empty coffee mug, OneJohn410 spies a fresh pot that hasn't been emptied yet, and tops the mug off.
Hey All. APZR, Ray said you were asking about the silent electric car. Why, what better way to hear the needs and concerns of the significant female in the car with you than in a silently running Lightning, right? That'd double the chivalry!  Plus she'd listen more closely to you as well.
My question, Ray, is who's stopped by here recent that has a chance of winning that millionaire game show, so we can all see one of these electric things up close and personal. We could play a little game in here and prep them good somehow, but 224,055.57 USD would take a check from Ms. Meredith IMHO. Now I'll chip in the 57 cents... coins clinking in the garage maintenance fund can. You're a genius, Ray, want to try for an electric car for all of us? What do think about us sponsoring Denbert? He's a man of the woods and the pop-up camper. Nice coffee today! It reminds me of the day I saved several pots of leftover, stirred them up, and reheated it all.     Yep, this should carry me in to the lunch break.
I like the posters here, Ray. Is that the schematics of a Model T over there, or is it this coffee?
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 11:32:19 AM
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Son, I think I am more in the lines of a Studebaker, but pass the coffee anyway.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 11:34:20 AM
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I would be surprised if the electric car has a trailer hitch. However, The 1995 BMW Series 525 can be equipped with one, and they get p to 48 miles to the gallon highway on a full or 3/4 tank.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/12/2008 2:25:58 PM
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DRILL HERE AND DRILL NOW!! Not for cheap gas, but to save marriages!!!
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/13/2008 10:37:02 AM
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/13/2008 11:46:35 AM
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DRILL HERE AND DRILL NOW!! Not for cheap gas, but to save marriages!!!
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(toasts, empties, rinses out pot, *smack*, fills, *slap*, pot down)
Hey All,
The word is that the men in Europe never knew how talkative their wife was until they forked out 220-something thousand for a Lightning. Now their honeydo list is twice as long and if things are too quiet for too long, they are asked what they are thinking all the time. They say the radio doesn't sound as good anymore because there's nothing for it to compete against, and they had no idea the song sounded that bad. Their wife is much more concerned about all the strange sounds of the road and the battery-operated go-cart, as she calls it, and everyone is complaining about still trying to fill the tank at the gas station when there's no longer a tank! Belching is now twice as loud, and kids hear their stomachs growl when the family passes the fast-food places and such really clearly.
I thought I heard someone yelling drill here drill now on the way over. Well, I'm with you on that one.
How in the world can you brag about an electric car's mileage. There's so many electrical things already involved in a gas-powered vehicle. What do you suppose happens with those when you switch? Right! They still scream for electricity. Get kids in the car playing with the windows, the door locks, the power seats... hey! Stop it! You are ruining daddy's voltage efficiency! Try lovingly explaining that to a kid. Before, they were just being obnoxious and trying your patience. Now they are threatening reaching a destination. Oh, how about all the portable DVD stuff, wanting to plug their cell phones up for recharging so they can keep texting their friends. Do electric cars have cigarette lighters, or just a hole in the dash for a butane? Quit smoking, George! We'll never make it home if you keep stealing amps for your filthy habit! Yep, if a dome light gets left on somehow overnight, you can't very easily put cables to a Lightning battery, jump-start the car, and expect a return trip or much of any recharge for your driving time, right? What will the slogan be- shock me, I gotta be someplace?
Has anyone read how it cools its interior? Would that be like a little electric heat pump setup? I wonder how quickly it would drop a degree.
Well, that's my big improv for the day. If I keep at it, I reckon I'll just have to go pro.
(topping of the mug), nice posters Ray! How's that deck sit? You got a favorite spot for the big rocking chair?
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/13/2008 11:49:49 AM
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OneJohn410
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Oh, Revbob... what did you do- shoot that beaver in the garden? It didn't just go away on its own, did it? Not without cleaning the place out of all the produce anyway?
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/13/2008 12:04:20 PM
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My guess is that those electric vehicles don't have those things...no electric windows/door locks/cig lighters/dome lights...and definitely no A/C.
Haven't had much chance to enjoy the deck too much...been too busy. Plus the olympics are on now. I was out there last night for a few minutes with the grandson though.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/13/2008 2:41:50 PM
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Next year I am putting an electric fence around the garden, so we can at least have tomatoes.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/14/2008 10:41:02 AM
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rayofson
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Need a pellet gun?
Our garden is inside the fenced in area of the backyard. The dogs do a great job of patrolling it. We do have rabbits in the neighborhood and occasionally one wanders into the back yard. Most of them don't make it back out again though.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/14/2008 7:55:10 PM
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Do you eat a lot of rabbit stew?
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 8/14/2008 8:05:02 PM
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I heard about EMT and other emergency personnel being in very dangerous situations because they cannot tell the difference between an electric hybrid and a regular car at all.
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I'm sure it was crazy, so we'll be eating out tonight to let someone else clean up after us.
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