Re: MY EV experience so far

I'll second Bob on that. He's built a number of EVs and generally has
at least one under construction. There's a EAA chapter in MN, but
don't know how close it is to you. Check out www.mneaa.com for
details. If too far away, round up a few enthusiasts around you and
start your own chapter.

Dave

On 11/1/09, Bob Rice <bobrice@...> wrote:
>   Hi Hazem;
>
>     Hey! We're all family here, I mean that in a good way; "You choose yur
> friends your stuck with your family<g>?"!Is the norm. Sheeple, or friends
> don't let friends build an electric car in a rickety garage in Speonk NY or
> Surprise AZ, BOTH actual places, without friends, or in OUR case the
> "net!"Were here to help. Over 200 of us in all walks of life and places.
> Central Connecticut, here.Yur in MN, don't forget we have one of our most
> knowledgable guyz on here, Lee Hart, up in Sartell, MN, so it 'ain't a
> wasteland of EV stuff..CA and Or are the hotbed of EV activity, although it
> is spreading out east. ANOTHER EV was born in my garage last night!! Yup!
> Mike and I FINALLY hooked the Curtis controller up so it RAN! Mike has a 20
> mile RT for HIS daily run, so a 144 volt '97 S-10 SHOULD do it, and he can
> stop off at Home Despot or Blowes for stuff, as needed? For MORE EV stuff
> check out the Yahell Groups; the NEDRA one and EVen OURS "NEEAA" New England
> Electric Auto Assoc.That's ME and about 30 other guyz into EV's, a "Build it
> and they will come" sorta thing. Have club meetings at your home, fixed
> date, do show and tell, fill yur yard with EV's we've had a dozen,
> here!Electric meter spinnning like a CD player!Good food, company and tech
> talk.EV Chapters ARE springing up around the USA, as sheeple get the word,
> like YOU have! Great note of introduction ya posted!As you know EV's issues
> aren't technical, but political? I can't go into that, or I'll get yelled
> at, but I'm SURE you have scene the docu-flik "Who Killed the Electric Car"
> You haven't? Go rent/buy it, and report back, but DON'T watch it on a full
> stomach!I THINK there is a sequil in the works;After all we have Teslas out
> there for you guys with deep pockets or a few oil wells in yur back, or
> front yard? But you wouldn't NEED them for yourself, though?Although it IS
> easier to clean paint brushes, and sprayers  with gas than electricity!
>
>     Yeah! I GUESS I can be optimistic about badd-eries, I have followed all
> this over 40 years, old fart here,the wonderful, all conquoring battery is
> just around the corner? The Titanic's coming in Friday, and the US Budget
> will be balanced in OUR lifetime. Frankly I'm betting in the Titanic!The
> THIRD ship, in their fleet, WAS gunna be called the "Gigantic"But the name
> game changed, after the world's most famous boating accident, they let her
> go with "Britannic".Sad that we need a national emergency to make stuff
> happen, we go from chrisis to chrisis, nowadaze.But Tesla got some money
> from the Feds!Waiting for the model "S" to come out, for the rest of us, who
> might wanna travel with a Significent Other AND a suitcase or two? Better
> times ARE coming, in a EVer changing world. Thanks for joining OURS, you
> newbees, out there, too many to mention.This List grew from a few posts a
> day to todaze many, in , what, 10 years?Been a fun 10 years?
>
>     Seeya
>
>     Bob, only state without a drag strip; Corrupticut!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hazemsedra" <hazemsedra@...>
> To: <ev@...>
> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:41 AM
> Subject: [EVDL] MY EV experience so far
>
>
>>
>> First of all, thank you guys for taking the time to help me with your
>> insightful comments regarding my continously running vacuum pump.
>> I couldn't believe all the help I got..it needs a new valve starter switch
>> and my beloved EV
>> should be back on the road soon.
>>
>> I bought my converted 85 Ford escort approximately 1 month ago with a lot
>> of
>> trepidation.  I am in the middle of northwest minnesota in a small town, I
>> don't have a  a mechanical or electrical background as I am in the health
>> care profession, and the closest EV shop is GEM motors in Fargo, three
>> hours
>> from where I live.
>>
>> However I just knew there must be an alternative out there to gas engines,
>> and there must be something cleaner for our environment...so why havn't we
>> got there with all this incredible technology around us?  Gas prices
>> continued to rise, the recession hit in, GM/Ford execs traveling in planes
>> to congress to beg for our money, and Exxon/Mobil making record profits
>> while our precious environment continues to deteriorate and is in state of
>> unforeseen worrisome changes.
>>
>> That's when the electric vehicle made absolute sense to me.  However it
>> was
>> a difficult choice, because I knew nothing about taking care of a single
>> battery, and then I was faced with 18 of them, a controller, a charger and
>> now a vacuum pump. Nevertheless after driving it for 500 miles so far, and
>> passing by those dirty gas stations, I discovered a new found freedom!
>>
>> I think you know what I mean...there is a freedom and an independence that
>> comes with an EV which is just so refreshing. There is a pioneering spirit
>> that comes with it...that you are doing something completely different and
>> unique. It's like the feeling when email and the internet first came on
>> the
>> scene in the early 90's. I was blown away by it, and it
>> changed how I did things from that moment. Sure I crashed windows 95
>> several
>> times, didn't know the difference between aol and world wide web, but I
>> stuck with it because I saw the potential and now I can't function at home
>> or at work without the net. Same feelings, reactions, and this excitement
>> about my EV and the possibilities later on. Now, I don't think I can ever
>> return to a gas clunker again!
>>
>> Thank you guys again for your help and this forum. I wish I can be as
>> optimistic as Bob Rice regarding new battery technology in the near
>> horizon
>> given  the corporate greed of the automotive/oil industry…we will see.
>>
>> Hazem
>>
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