Congratulations Darin on getting your EV running and legal!
Lately a few E-mail threads have been of the "just get it done" thought,
stop trying to over-engineer everything to perfection, get it done, and
make improvements later. You possibly have inspired some to get moving,
including myself. Thanks for a kick in the.....kick start to get
things....jump start to....thanks for a booster charge to get the
electric vehicle done....
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Darin at- forkenswift.com
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:38 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EVDL] The ForkenSwift is legal!
Well, as of about 2 hours ago, the ForkenSwift *legally* joined the EV
fleet
- it's insured and plated!
Turns out getting insurance was the trickiest step to date. Several
companies turned me down flat because it's a conversion (despite having
passed inspection). It took a while to find a company hungry enough to
take
my money and cover the massive risk of this 35 mph top-speed screamer!
The amazing thing is we managed to stick to our "beer budget" motto, and
got
the vehicle to this point for less than $700 all in, thanks to some
motivated scrounging for cheap used parts, a few generous donations
(some
cabling & hand-me-down floodies), and a lot of blind luck (we had no
idea
what we were doing when this all started).
Of course there's still a pile of improvements/refinements to be made to
the
car (that goes without saying), but at least the subsequent test runs
around
the neighbourhood can take place without the threat of getting busted!
So: a geniune "thanks!" to everyone on the EVDL who has helped the
project
along to date, whether through simple inspiration, or freely offered
expert
advice & information. It takes a community to raise an EV!
Darin
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1146
http://forkenswift.com
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Lately a few E-mail threads have been of the "just get it done" thought,
stop trying to over-engineer everything to perfection, get it done, and
make improvements later. You possibly have inspired some to get moving,
including myself. Thanks for a kick in the.....kick start to get
things....jump start to....thanks for a booster charge to get the
electric vehicle done....
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Darin at- forkenswift.com
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:38 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EVDL] The ForkenSwift is legal!
Well, as of about 2 hours ago, the ForkenSwift *legally* joined the EV
fleet
- it's insured and plated!
Turns out getting insurance was the trickiest step to date. Several
companies turned me down flat because it's a conversion (despite having
passed inspection). It took a while to find a company hungry enough to
take
my money and cover the massive risk of this 35 mph top-speed screamer!
The amazing thing is we managed to stick to our "beer budget" motto, and
got
the vehicle to this point for less than $700 all in, thanks to some
motivated scrounging for cheap used parts, a few generous donations
(some
cabling & hand-me-down floodies), and a lot of blind luck (we had no
idea
what we were doing when this all started).
Of course there's still a pile of improvements/refinements to be made to
the
car (that goes without saying), but at least the subsequent test runs
around
the neighbourhood can take place without the threat of getting busted!
So: a geniune "thanks!" to everyone on the EVDL who has helped the
project
along to date, whether through simple inspiration, or freely offered
expert
advice & information. It takes a community to raise an EV!
Darin
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1146
http://forkenswift.com
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