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| Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable? [message #90854 is a reply to message #90747] |
Fri, 02 July 2010 14:14   |
GeorgeRud
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Gotta give those boys credit, they have actually built and flown their aero-car. Moeller (of Supertrapp Muffler fame)has been trying for years to get his "aerocar" to do more than tethered flight simulations, and I haven't heard much of his creation for a long time.
However, there is quite a big difference in building a prototype and actually building and delivering product, so I think we will have to keep waiting to see when they actually appear on the road. They certainly should be fun!
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable? [message #90940 is a reply to message #90923] |
Sat, 03 July 2010 10:10 |
Carl S.
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> Steve Ferguson: I have never been able to understand why "different" has to be so darn ugly.
Steve,
As Jay Leno said in the case of the Prius; "It's so the owner can say 'hey, I'm driving an ugly car, but I'm saving the planet'".
It's a martyrdom thing.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable? [message #90964 is a reply to message #90940] |
Sat, 03 July 2010 13:59 |
gmcrv1
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And the 50+mpg of the Prius starts to fall off as the batteries
deteriorate. I rented the Prius when I was doing interior graphics at the
Toyota dealerships - so I always showed up in my rented Prius. On one trip
I did dealerships in NY, NJ, Pennsylvania and Conneticut - Always averaged
50mpg. Now. as the cars age and the batteries start to go, a local Toyota
tech I know said that the customers complain about the mileage drop off -
then he explains that the car depends more and more on the gasoline engine
to compensate for the batteries failing. The customer really gets upset
when they hear the price of a new set of batteries. Initially Toyota was
giving a 50% discount on replacing the batteries - which made battery
replacement very affordable at just over $1,000!
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Carl Stouffer <carljr3b@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> < Steve Ferguson: I have never been able to understand why "different" has
> to be so darn ugly.
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> Steve,
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> As Jay Leno said in the case of the Prius; "It's so the owner can say 'hey,
> I'm driving an ugly car, but I'm saving the planet'".
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> It's a martyrdom thing.
> --
> Carl S.
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable? [message #91200 is a reply to message #90999] |
Mon, 05 July 2010 22:10 |
GMCNUSA
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| g.winger wrote on Sat, 03 July 2010 19:49 |
my wifes saturn,2002 gets 40mpg and the battery only costs 50 bucks or so. Can't se a prious being a better buy with the Saturn only costing 13,500. And a prious costs how much?? How do you save the planet with better fuel economy, add up the polution it takes to make a new 3k dollor battery pack every 3-4 yrs. And to transport,recycle the old one. Think of the fuel it takes to get it here from japan??
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Amen! to that.
Larry Dilk
Indianapolis, IN
76 Eleganza II
Patterson 455,Turbo City TBI,
Just LOVE It!
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable? [message #91215 is a reply to message #91200] |
Tue, 06 July 2010 07:05 |
gmcrv1
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Agree with the Saturn. We have a Saturn Vue - smaller SUV. And now Saturn
has gone out of business. I think the payback on the Prious was calculated
to be close to 10 years IIRC.
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Larry and Cheryl Dilk <lwd222@msn.com>wrote:
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> g.winger wrote on Sat, 03 July 2010 19:49
> > my wifes saturn,2002 gets 40mpg and the battery only costs 50 bucks or
> so. Can't se a prious being a better buy with the Saturn only costing
> 13,500. And a prious costs how much?? How do you save the planet with better
> fuel economy, add up the polution it takes to make a new 3k dollor battery
> pack every 3-4 yrs. And to transport,recycle the old one. Think of the fuel
> it takes to get it here from japan??
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> Amen! to that.
> --
> Larry Dilk
> Indianapolis, IN
> 76 Eleganza II
> Patterson 455,Turbo City TBI,
> Just LOVE It!
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable? [message #116009 is a reply to message #90923] |
Mon, 21 February 2011 18:09 |
Gary Worobec
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Very cool, now you can go fly and get your parts for your GMC while on the
road instead of having them shipped in via UPS
Thanks
Gary and Joanne Worobec
1973 GMC Glacier
Anza, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Ferguson" <botiemad11@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:36 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] 1430# Roadable & Flyable & Towable?
>I have never been able to understand why "different" has to be so darn
>ugly.
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> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Ken Henderson <hend4800@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>> Let's try this one then:
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>> http://www.gizmag.com/terrafugia-transition-flying-car/15584/
>> <http://www.gizmag.com/terrafugia-transition-flying-car/15584/>
>> Ken H.
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>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
>> wrote:
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>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> This link takes you to a Goggle mail log in.
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