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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:06 AM Original message |
GM introduced a family sedan that got 80 mpg average in 2000.. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. How much did it cost? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It was expensive... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Can you build a battery-powered remote-control dirigible... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Dirigibles are hard to control in any kind of wind... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. It could also be outfitted with a digital camera or wireless webcam. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. After the first time you use it the authorities would probably arrange to jam the radio signal.. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Have you seen the Draganfly? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yes but it would be dangerous to fly one over a crowd... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. wow, I'd love to have one of those |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Yeah, I could build you one... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I will send you a pmail |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I use kites. A flat kite is the perfect canvas for a simple message. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I've done kites before, they are cool... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm terrible at flying kites. n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. If kites are illegal or are flown in a dangerous place, there shouldn't be |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. The *will* is already there to make them |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Build it and they will come.. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Which came first? The chicken or the egg? The dinosaurs proved the egg |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes I know that... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The egg evolved as can the auto industries otherwise |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. slight correction. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I know that about improving the least efficient vehicles.. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Right now the big 3 styling is to make a massive, intimating air dam chrome grill |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. They're popular here in the DC area, particularly in Virginia, |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. The problem is that if they are going to charge $48,000 for an electric |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I'm building an electric assisted recumbent bicycle right now.. |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Self-Delete |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. And how much did it cost to build one? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Concept prototypes are by their very nature expensive.. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Garages? Hell, the Prius has been in production for over a decade! -nt- |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Damn, you get old and time flys by ... |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. Let the 'car guys' build them... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not just the bean counters... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Exactly. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. Gas Mileage Has Stagnated for how many Years... The Technology Has been here for YEARS |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. I can't even find an electric mower that will cut the whole grass |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The car in my OP is not pure electric... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. See, this is part of the problem. People have ridiculous and unnecessary expectations. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I make that drive every month. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Sorry, but your requirement IS unreasonable. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I never said it's impractical for everyone |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
49. I love the people with HumVees who slow down to 2 mph to take a speed bump |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. That is an awesome looking car. Don't usually car for cars looks- but that is striking! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Most cars are "styled", this one was designed.. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. So the Precept's aerodynamic design yielded lovely style? Or at least my own aesthetic |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. A bit of both I think... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. that looks surprisingly like the old-fashioned metal recreational campers-trailers. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. If there are no exterior door handles how do you open the doors? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. It's done all the time in the custom car business... |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. How about 300 mpg for trips of 120 miles, up to 1,000 mpg for |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I've seen that, very interesting n/t |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I emailed them and said that when they want to test in winter |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. Put that car on the market at a competitive price, |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is why the employees at GM need to commit MUTANY and take over GM |
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