[Cialug] O.T. Who Killed The Electric Car ?

[Tony Bibbs]

Yeah, I'm a geek by day but spend a lot of time hunting and fishing and end up hauling things that either wouldn't fit or would be way too messy for a car.  The interesting thing is I've see these relatively new engines that cut down the number of available cylinders they use while on the highway and I'm amazed this isn't catching on more.  The only such truck/suv I've personally seen that does this is the Chevy Colorado which goes from, I think, 5 cylinders down to 4 at cruising speeds.

Tim, you know the phrase "if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy".  $3/gallon may be worthwhile "hush" money ;-)

--Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 12:55:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] O.T. Who Killed The Electric Car ?

You could also argue that if cars were cheaper, you could own a 1 ton
truck and a fuel efficient car and then only drive the truck when you
need it. Which a lot of people would actually do.

Problem is that you when you need a big truck, and have to choose, the
big truck usually wins.

On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 12:17, Tim Perdue wrote:
> Brandon Griffis wrote:
> 
> > That and too many people are buying 1 ton trucks for their daily commute 
> > to the office.
> 
> This is really caused by gas being way too cheap for too long. Even at 
> $3/gallon, my wife is really wanting to get a new SUV, which I am 
> putting the kibosh on.
> 
> Bottled water is still more expensive than gas, even now.
> 
> Tim
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