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My Idea of a Hybrid Automobile
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Posted on 12/06/2014 2:23:28 PM PST by Mike Darancette

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1 posted on 12/06/2014 2:23:28 PM PST by Mike Darancette
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To: Mike Darancette

Want

Must be Guards Red and Yellow Brake Casings...


2 posted on 12/06/2014 2:26:29 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Mike Darancette

Dear Santa,


3 posted on 12/06/2014 2:27:07 PM PST by digger48
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To: Mike Darancette

Thanks for the offer.. I really appreciate this.

when should I expect delivery!?


4 posted on 12/06/2014 2:27:29 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Mike Darancette

I believe Ferdinand Porsche invented the Hybrid and regenerative braking.


5 posted on 12/06/2014 2:37:32 PM PST by mylife
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYGwZVPb2vQ


6 posted on 12/06/2014 2:39:36 PM PST by mylife
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To: Mike Darancette

Very nice...


7 posted on 12/06/2014 2:53:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: Mike Darancette
Here's the perfect automobile... designed by the common man for the ... common man.


8 posted on 12/06/2014 2:57:56 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: DoughtyOne

would someone please tell me where in the US (outside of a
racetrack)could a driver EVER, EVER uncork that beast?

And if you can’t drive it at full tilt — why have it?

Especially given what the beast costs.


9 posted on 12/06/2014 3:11:04 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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Some folks enjoy being in a traffic jam, creeping along at 2 or 3 mph, in a car that has 500 horsepower.


10 posted on 12/06/2014 3:17:24 PM PST by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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Oh! Is that what it is! Thanks for the info.


11 posted on 12/06/2014 3:20:05 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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If you’ve got money to burn, it’s a great car. Overall not that many will be sold IMO. I could be wrong on that, but I doubt it.

It is an amazing car.

Just the engineering of the thing is amazing. 0 to 60 in 2.4 seconds... LOL


12 posted on 12/06/2014 3:23:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: DoughtyOne

Difference of perspective I suppose. I have much better things to spend that much money on, and a car is simply transportation from a to b to c to . . . and back.
I never thought of a vehicle as a toy or plaything.

It must just be me.


13 posted on 12/06/2014 3:25:40 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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14 posted on 12/06/2014 3:26:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: txnativegop

U probably don’t own a $3000 refrigerator....


15 posted on 12/06/2014 3:27:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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Can’t say as I do . . .


16 posted on 12/06/2014 3:29:49 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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To: Paladin2

the cab of a pull-over truck being pulled by a donkey and used as a taxi.

speaks volumes . . .


17 posted on 12/06/2014 3:31:52 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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It depends on what you use it for. I drive 160 miles a day on my commute through the back roads of Kentucky and I-65. I got an FRS with a manual six speed and it fits the bill perfectly. It handles like a go-cart and the stereo connects to my phone with bluetooth and has a thumb drive port where I plug in various sticks depending on what I wish to listen to.

It makes my commute interesting and fun, every single day. This is it parked next to my stream. It's just enough without being too much. On a side note, when I "hypermile" I can pull in 39-40 mpg, but it's normally around 32.

It matters a great deal for me.

18 posted on 12/06/2014 3:34:39 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: txnativegop

Welcome to Bammy’s Vision (for the plebs).


19 posted on 12/06/2014 3:35:12 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

so the DEMS are nothing more than a mere draft animal?

wait a minute, I like that concept . . .


20 posted on 12/06/2014 3:36:47 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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