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Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 04-18-2022, 01:41 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 27,301
Posted By aerohead
why

If I'm glimpsing the brake caliper to the front, then the explanation may have to do with airflow biased by NISSAN towards the front of the wheel for cooling, using some deflector under the LEAF,...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-23-2021, 02:18 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 5,749
Posted By JSH
Volvo has been doing very well globally. They...

Volvo has been doing very well globally. They have been steady growing from 374K vehicles in 2010 to 705K in 2019.

This move isn't out of desperation. Volvo's major markets of Europe and...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-17-2021, 05:01 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,998
Posted By rmay635703
The 1st Gen leaf has had several iterations of...

The 1st Gen leaf has had several iterations of battery

2011-2012 - Worst battery looses capacity rapidly
2013/2014 - unofficially Improved fewer failures
2015 - Lizard battery wears the best...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-16-2021, 01:32 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,162
Posted By MetroMPG
Politics. Nope. Let's cool it down with the...

Politics. Nope.

Let's cool it down with the US vs. THEM ... and talk about vehicles instead.
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-11-2021, 01:45 AM
Replies: 138
Views: 8,928
Posted By freebeard
Greebling -- aerohead's Paris dressmakers...

Greebling -- aerohead's Paris dressmakers flitered through Lucasfilm Ltd.
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-10-2021, 11:04 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 5,749
Posted By Isaac Zachary
Darn it! I was afraid if that. I feel like...

Darn it! I was afraid if that. I feel like society favors less efficient designs under the excuse that it's not too inefficient. But do an indepth study of aerodynamic and real world statistics and...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-10-2021, 04:01 PM
Replies: 138
Views: 8,928
Posted By redpoint5
As was mentioned elsewhere, the front is the one...

As was mentioned elsewhere, the front is the one area where aesthetic have less restraint since changes there have less impact to the efficiency and utility of the vehicle, giving rise to the "nose...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-09-2021, 05:03 PM
Replies: 138
Views: 8,928
Posted By freebeard
I just paid off a thousand dollar car...

I just paid off a thousand dollar car (https://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/bottle-rockets/1000-dollar-car-7967.html). And I was just in a dentists chair giving up one more tooth and I told him and he...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-09-2021, 04:28 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 5,749
Posted By oil pan 4
Heard the same thing in the late 1990s about 2020...

Heard the same thing in the late 1990s about 2020 and everything being all electric.
And, yet, here were are.
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-09-2021, 04:19 PM
Replies: 138
Views: 8,928
Posted By redpoint5
My parents have a 2012 Leaf and I've driven it a...

My parents have a 2012 Leaf and I've driven it a bit, and enjoy it. The reason to get a Leaf isn't to win a beauty contest. Could be worse, could be better.

I was hoping Hyundai would make the...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 03-07-2021, 04:15 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,998
Posted By rmay635703
A Bolt might cost $9995 used but it’s a much more...

A Bolt might cost $9995 used but it’s a much more EV than a Leaf and it has a useable range, the battery doesn’t seem to degrade to the levels of a leaf either.
Some old 2011 leafs only have a...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 02-26-2021, 09:44 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,015
Posted By Piotrsko
You don't drive your Ev conversion to the middle...

You don't drive your Ev conversion to the middle of nowhere just to get stuck with a dead battery. You have 2 choices: go to the middle, or not. If I'm going there I take the F250 and my camping...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 02-07-2021, 09:15 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,997
Posted By freebeard
I read Utopia or Oblivion: Prospects for Humanity...

I read Utopia or Oblivion: Prospects for Humanity (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=utopia+or+oblivion) when it came out in 1973. All I can say is my brother's catch-phrase "Life's been good to me so far."...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 02-06-2021, 10:13 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 27,301
Posted By Cd
Thanks for bringing that up about using cloth. ...

Thanks for bringing that up about using cloth.
I have some areas on in my wheelwells that I am using coroplast for that involve complex curves.
Coroplast and curves don't get along !

I am an...
Forum: Hybrids 02-02-2021, 06:15 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 8,494
Posted By cowmeat
If you can find the rear spoiler from an early...

If you can find the rear spoiler from an early 90s Subaru Legacy wagon I can tell you from experience it fits perfectly in the front grill and looks practically OEM

Here's what mine ended up...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 02-01-2021, 02:19 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,997
Posted By freebeard
The search term is...

The search term is duckduckgo.com/?q=phytoremediation (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=phytoremediation)
Forum: Forum News & Feedback 01-25-2021, 04:24 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 10,928
Posted By MetroMPG
And the winners are...

2509 posts were made in the contest period (post ID's from 639020 to 641529).

(If you want to know what your personal odds were: divide that by the number of posts you made. Your ...
Forum: Forum News & Feedback 12-23-2020, 07:59 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 10,928
Posted By MetroMPG
Guess who's a teenager now: Happy 13th birthday to EcoModder! (Win a ScanGauge!)

https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29835&stc=1&d=1608770566
(Original photo: Royal Broil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/royal_broil/495692782); candles: Bootique Illustration...
Forum: EcoModding Central 10-26-2020, 01:10 PM
Replies: 258
Views: 67,488
Posted By Cd
Here are some changes to my car :

Here are some changes to my car :
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 06-04-2020, 02:31 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 27,301
Posted By freebeard
Wood glue is the 'folk remedy' approach. Fabric...

Wood glue is the 'folk remedy' approach. Fabric covered aircraft used dope.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_dope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_dope)
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 06-03-2020, 11:12 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 27,301
Posted By freebeard
Blade Runner Total Recall Back to the Future ...

Blade Runner
Total Recall
Back to the Future

Is that picture with the hand in it in front of or behind the wheel? Ahead of the wheel, some taper could help the break-over angle. Curvature would...
Forum: Aerodynamics 04-23-2020, 02:28 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,736
Posted By JulianEdgar
Good find. Note that the graph you have shown...

Good find. Note that the graph you have shown simply displays the difference in CFD prediction vs wind tunnel results (ie the error) - not the actual changes in drag.

Versus the standard rim...
Forum: Forum News & Feedback 04-21-2020, 03:53 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 7,247
Posted By redneck
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https://i.postimg.cc/ZRFCnkCd/8-C39-DA07-05-B6-4-B72-9937-3-C302-D39-B948.gif (https://postimages.org/)


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Forum: Forum News & Feedback 04-21-2020, 02:43 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 7,247
Posted By MetroMPG
Exclamation Please cut out the political chatter

A message from Tim & me:

Please cut out the political chatter in the forum. It's not what EcoModder is here for.

Thanks.
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 04-19-2020, 12:53 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 27,301
Posted By freebeard
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lightning++icon&ia=image...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lightning++icon&ia=images (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lightning++icon&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images)

Sounds good. I looked at lightning bolt icons and most of them are...
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