Electric Cars-Anyone Currently Driving One

[Gumpy]

Tesla Starting price 35,000 for the new one coming out model 3

[JeffB2]

Just think of the fun if you buy this:http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/5242835405.html and find a wrecked P85D Tesla and put the Tesla running gear in the old clunker Ford and run the 1/4 mile under 12 seconds.

[Gumpy]

Yes that would be interesting, there is an electric conversion for the early vw bug,, the electric one out ran the gas powered one its on y0utube

[dmsfrr]

When car guys look at me funny for owning a Prius I tell them it's only so I have more to spend on parts for my T-Bird. ...This was for just under eight gallons.

[scicala]

Why not buy a North American product and help this country ? We make hybrids too.

Sal

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A lot of electricity is generated by burning coal. Thus your Tesla or whatever plug-in hybrid is actually coal powered!

[dmsfrr]

....and with all the toxic chemicals it takes to make one it's probably nowhere near as 'green' as a small fleet of trashed diesel trucks. You'll get no argument from me on that. It's just easy to live with on a monthly out-of-pocket basis.
It's a regular Prius from '07, when there weren't as many choices as there are now. In a couple years it will be about time to replace it. If there are better options at car shopping time I'll take them into consideration.

[Kahuna]

What's this got to do with Ford V8's?

[Tinker]

Originally Posted by dmsfrr

....and with all the toxic chemicals it takes to make one it's probably nowhere near as 'green' as a small fleet of trashed diesel trucks. You'll get no argument from me on that. It's just easy to live with on a monthly out-of-pocket basis.
It's a regular Prius from '07, when there weren't as many choices as there are now. In a couple years it will be about time to replace it. If there are better options at car shopping time I'll take them into consideration.

That's a valid point. The bio foot print to buy a new car ever few years is actually quite huge. All the resources required to produce a new car vs driving a pinto for 30 yrs, I would say quite confidently that the pinto is actually more green. But the pinto doesn't have built in wifi... And that hasn't hurt the car industry lately

I'm a fan of electric cars. They will get better.

[scicala]

Why don't we take this to a Tesla, Prius or electric car forum before I throw up.

Sal

[dmsfrr]

Originally Posted by Kahuna

What's this got to do with Ford V8's?

Nothing at all that I can tell.
Ask Gumpy, it was his original post.

Originally Posted by scicala

Why don't we take this to a Tesla, Prius or electric car forum before I throw up.
Sal

If folks don't post more comments it will drop off the bottom of the list by itself.
A couple V8 Ford photos to help calm those symptoms....
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[Brendan]

thank you! to people driving electric cars. they are saving more gas and oil for me to burn!!