Re: [EVDL] Electric EVette at BBB?
Didn't Buckminster Fuller already do this with the Dymaxion car back
in 1933. It was a highly maneuverable 3 wheeled car that could carry
eleven passengers. And it got 30 miles per gallon. Is this new game
almost 75 years old?
On 10/22/07, Tom S. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> I understand what your saying, however even an autocross doesn`t showcase the extreme maneuverability of the EVette. There is a new game in town, one that I think is much more relevant to real driving, besides I`m having to much fun rattling cages. Really, the only thing that matters is to bring good useful electric cars to America, at a price the average person can aford.
> Tom Sines
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Doug Weathers <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Oct 21, 2007 6:42 PM
> >To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [EVDL] Electric EVette at BBB?
> >
> >
> >
Didn't Buckminster Fuller already do this with the Dymaxion car back
in 1933. It was a highly maneuverable 3 wheeled car that could carry
eleven passengers. And it got 30 miles per gallon. Is this new game
almost 75 years old?
On 10/22/07, Tom S. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> I understand what your saying, however even an autocross doesn`t showcase the extreme maneuverability of the EVette. There is a new game in town, one that I think is much more relevant to real driving, besides I`m having to much fun rattling cages. Really, the only thing that matters is to bring good useful electric cars to America, at a price the average person can aford.
> Tom Sines
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Doug Weathers <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Oct 21, 2007 6:42 PM
> >To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [EVDL] Electric EVette at BBB?
> >
> >
> >
jerryd wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi Tom and All,
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message Follows -----
> >> From: "Tom S." <[email protected]>
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Electric EVette at BBB?
> >> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:38:42 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >>> Well, I really don`t feel like playing
> >>> around in the dirt with the EVETTE its to pretty, however
> >>
> >> Translation, above 30 mph it gets really hairy.
> >>
> >> Jerry Dycus
> >
> >How about this translation: maybe Tom doesn't know what an autocross
> >event is, and thinks it's something like motocross, which explains the
> >comment about the dirt.
> >
> >Autocross events are held on flat paved parking lots. A twisty course
> >is marked out with traffic cones and people compete to see who can
> >drive their car through the course the fastest. Dirt is not involved.
> >It's safe - distances are short and speeds are low; a run can take less
> >than a minute and you're all alone on the course. A respectable
> >performance at an autocross event would do a lot to quiet the Evette's
> >skeptics.
> >
> ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocross>
> >
> >Motocross is a motorcycle sport, played outdoors in the mud. Or
> >sometimes indoors in the mud. Completely inappropriate for most
> >four-wheeled vehicles. And dirt is definitely involved.
> >
> ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motocross>
> >--
> >Doug Weathers
> >Las Cruces, NM, USA
> >http://www.gdunge.com/
> >
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