Posted on 03/07/2021 8:08:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Do you even know how to have an argument? You flat out call me a liar about something I’ve seen.
When was your last visit?
Must be Florida then. Those pictures aren't from a lockdown state.
“When was your last visit?”
Two years ago. We spent the day with a realtor.
We live about 60 miles from there.
That’s the point...they don’t want you to drive long distances because we Neanderthals are killing the planet!/s
They can take my gas-powered vehicle from me when they can peel my cold dead hands from the steering wheel.
Why do you push this leftist propaganda?
So you saw the gas powered golf carts then.
They sure made a lot of noise for electrics, at least the few dozen I saw.
So is that place as much of a scam as it looked?
My mom lives in a smaller place a few miles away that actually seemed like a decent place to live without all the fakeness.
I’ve personally witnessed children 3 and 4 years old unloading barges in China. Have you?
My wife has been after me for years to stop bringing in junk (or good stuff that turns into junk). Now that we're seniors we're getting rid of stuff. Recently last year got rid of a car engine from my garage, a car frame from the yard, a half-body of a car, and a bunch of scrap metal. Sold off a 1970 car rusting away but running. I have a 1968 car body in the garage that I'm chopping up. Am looking at selling or discarding other vehicle parts including 4 doors, 2 hoods, 4 trunk lids, roll bars, suspension parts and axles, seats, multiple mag wheels, boxes of car components, and two extra engines.
Not only do I have cars that don't run, they are parted out and disassembled! At least your cars are in one piece. Yes, I was a car nut. I have to get rid of these, as my wife doesn't know the values. A carburetor pair is worth $2000, an oil pan about $800, camshaft about $200, etc., - special racing components. But in her eyes, it's all junk.
My intentions were always to build these cars some day. Sigh, haven't built one for almost 20 years (a 1966 sports car that still runs like new).
My buddy (age 73) has a 55 Chevy he’s been “going to fix up” for the last 40 yrs.
I always tell him, better hurry up or we’ll be dead.
Six months ago he almost died of a major heart attack.
Now we’re wrenching on that 55.
“So is that place as much of a scam as it looked?”
Houses are over priced but it is great for those that want that lifestyle.
You evaded my question!
I expect to see the USA look more like Cuba in say 20 years where well loved classic gasoline powered automobiles are repaired and have their engines replaced with old tractor diesel engines that are then run on salvaged cooking oil.
Great that you guys are working on it! My 73-year-old neighbor has a 68 Camaro SS in his garage, I've been telling him for decades to get it running. Nope, not yet. I don't think he ever will, as he is getting weak in the legs and back.
I owned various Chevys as a teen and in my 20's. Sold my last one, a 57 Chevy coupe in 1973 to raise money to pay for dental work. Have regretted it ever since. Perfect original two-tone paint, chrome, with a 327 engine and dual quads, 4-spd Muncie trans, flipped rear axle and large balloon tires on chrome rims in back and hydraulic shocks to lift and lower the rear. Before that, had a 56 Chevy, a 63 Chevy, a 58 Chevy and other cool cars. My 56 Chevy I modified with a straight axle in front, 327 with multiple carbs, header pipes out the sides with glass-pipe mufflers, and raised rear, raced it at a local drag strip (now long gone).
Simulate an mini one out in the desert with a ZR-1, maybe a GLE Coupe, an Infiniti Q60, and a Tesla S Performance parked alongside. Oh wait we need a hybrid - LS 600h L (barf).
All heavily chipped vehicles.
Ok every car has an experienced pit crew with all new electronics and every other replacement part necessary in hand. Which one is back up and running first?
“Ok every car has an experienced pit crew with all new electronics and every other replacement part necessary in hand. Which one is back up and running first?”
None! The pit crews would be wiped out by the radiation!
Exactly they are and always be a niche commuter vehicle.
Until you can go 300 (minimal) miles on a charge and recharge fully in 5-10 minutes EV’s are a non starter.
Commuter vehicle, or status symbol for upper class.
When you can afford 1 vehicle it has to fit all your needs not just your daily commuting needs... for most of America they can’t fill those needs
“Until you can go 300 (minimal) miles on a charge and recharge fully in 5-10 minutes EV’s are a non starter.”
Tesla is advertising 520 mile range. More than adequate for most.
The average is less than 50 miles a day which means you only charge at night while sleeping.
A company in CA has an exchange station that Uber drivers are using. Presently 10 minutes for an exchange. Their goal is five minutes.
“When you can afford 1 vehicle it has to fit all your needs not just your daily commuting needs... for most of America they can’t fill those needs”
Please tell me. What one vehicle fills the needs of all people?
“When you can afford 1 vehicle it has to fit all your needs not just your daily commuting needs..”
The average in the US is 1.88 vehicles per household. About 10% have no vehicles which means that the average family has two vehicles.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.