Joined
·
5,007 Posts
No negative comments from my end either. I mention it once in a while on loosely related topics on the two other main forums I spend most of my time on. FordTrucks.com and oilburners.net.
Both are for older ford diesel trucks (my main vehicle is an 86 F250 diesel). It's about as red neck as you can get so I fit in there fairly well
, but they seem to be not entirely weirded out by my project. I get the odd question very rarely, but most are more interested in how I can get over 24 MPG out of a 24 year old 6000lb pickup.
When I sought out a saturn forum specifically to learn about the 96 that I bought for conversion, I didn't get any negative comments there either. Some members even came over here to see my build thread and still check in once in a while. So far they are all very supportive.
When I was still considering a toyota corolla, I registered on a yota forum and started asking questions explaining my goals. Again, not negative reviews or rude comments.
It seems to get a little tricky with more - shall we say........"cool" or muscle/classic cars?
If I were to take a 1969 mustang mach 1 and convert that to electric, I'm sure I might get some flack for that. An original corvette stingray, or 1956 bellair. Not that I could afford something like that anyway, but just saying, some cars are an object of worship more than others and considered more sacred.
Of course there is also the possibility that some simply shoot from the hip and reject novel ideas out of hand. I haven't experienced any of that first hand, but it doesn't surprise me when it does happen.
Both are for older ford diesel trucks (my main vehicle is an 86 F250 diesel). It's about as red neck as you can get so I fit in there fairly well
, but they seem to be not entirely weirded out by my project. I get the odd question very rarely, but most are more interested in how I can get over 24 MPG out of a 24 year old 6000lb pickup.When I sought out a saturn forum specifically to learn about the 96 that I bought for conversion, I didn't get any negative comments there either. Some members even came over here to see my build thread and still check in once in a while. So far they are all very supportive.
When I was still considering a toyota corolla, I registered on a yota forum and started asking questions explaining my goals. Again, not negative reviews or rude comments.
It seems to get a little tricky with more - shall we say........"cool" or muscle/classic cars?
If I were to take a 1969 mustang mach 1 and convert that to electric, I'm sure I might get some flack for that. An original corvette stingray, or 1956 bellair. Not that I could afford something like that anyway, but just saying, some cars are an object of worship more than others and considered more sacred.
Of course there is also the possibility that some simply shoot from the hip and reject novel ideas out of hand. I haven't experienced any of that first hand, but it doesn't surprise me when it does happen.
