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| Ev Archive for February 2001 |
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| 1152 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:51:05 2001 |
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Re: By Golly, Ollie...
Actually, I remember seeing in the Fayetteville paper when I lived in AR
'Electric car for sale - 1987 T-Bird, needs new batteries'. At the time, I
thought it was a joke. Now I realize it was probebly someone's conversion..
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rod.Hower@ametek.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Cc: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>; <owner-ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: By Golly, Ollie...
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> Mike,
> I think I've got that story beat. When I was renting a house in Arkansas
> during relocation from NC, I would occasionally drive around the
> neighborhood in my 84 electric Fiero. On one Friday night I stopped at a
> neighbors house where a couple of good old boys were working on their 69
> Dodge Charger muscle car. I checked out their car and then showed them
> mine. In between tobacco chewing and popping cans of beer (I think they
> were drinking busch light) I described how my car worked. I'll never
> forget the look on their face when I opened the hood and showed them the
> motor and control.
> I guess Missouri isn't too far from Arkansas, but EV's are not real big in
> AR.
> The good ol'boys liked my car, but I don't think they ever fully grasped
> the concept.
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> Rod
> W8RNH
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> Hi Michael and all,
>
> I thought I was the only nut doing anything like that. My driveway was
too
> limited, so I ran the Civic up and down a stretch of the boulevard. I
> noticed a lady following me with a very suspicious look on her face. I
> stopped, and explained what I was doing. Her reaction suggested it only
> confirmed that she believed I was indeed out of my mind. Isn't it nice
> when
> you can keep your neighbors from getting bored?
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> Thanks,
>
> Mike Chancey,
> '88 Civic EV
> '94 Dodge TEVan
> Kansas City, Missouri
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