09-24-2008, 05:28 PM
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Pb-Blaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
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I just got word that the Citicar was just loaded into the back of a truck.
Inside was a classic Jaguar and some really fancy motorcycle.
Apparently the money the freight company gets for moving my car is just gravy.
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09-25-2008, 12:18 PM
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newbie here to learn
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: MS. Gulf Coast
Posts: 77
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YEAH! can't wait to see the progress. You aren't going to neglect your other EV's are you?
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09-25-2008, 12:22 PM
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Pb-Blaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toyobug
You aren't going to neglect your other EV's are you?
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No, I am not.
Last night, I drove the Electro-Metro over ten miles and clocked the recharge energy usage. It came to about 280 watt-hours per mile or roughly 130 eMPG.
I was working on the motorcycle this past Sunday, as it was having really strange problems. I tracked it down to that bad battery post. Worked great all summer for a home-brew repair, but it has finally failed. Time to take it to a battery repair place! |
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09-25-2008, 12:38 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Santa Cruz, CA.
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Hope they don't make a mistake - and deliver the Jaguar.......
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09-26-2008, 03:07 AM
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newbie here to learn
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: MS. Gulf Coast
Posts: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christopher Jordan
Hope they don't make a mistake - and deliver the Jaguar.......
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An Electric Jaguar.......a man can dream can't he..  |
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09-26-2008, 05:44 AM
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What? THIS IS MY GOOD CAR
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 285
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Recumbent exercise bike? Exercising while laying down, what a concept, now how to get paid for not working.
Nice work getting the car Ben. 
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09-26-2008, 08:25 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Germantown, WI
Posts: 1,653
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toyobug
An Electric Jaguar.......a man can dream can't he.. |
If MetroMPG has his way, you may see one yet...  |
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09-26-2008, 09:51 AM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Alameda, CA
Posts: 88
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My Citicar came with sun-baked seat belts that were 'crumbly' at best. I replaced them with a set from a Jaguar (about the only ones at the junkyard that were the right length).
Perhaps not an Electric Jag - but that 1% surely improves the performance... |
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09-26-2008, 02:05 PM
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Shadetree Engineer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 503
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Christopher Jordan
Hope they don't make a mistake - and deliver the Jaguar.......
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Yeah, 'cause he's already got a fancy motorcycle! |
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09-26-2008, 06:52 PM
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Contumacious Rapscallion
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Virginia Beach, Va. USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justpassntime
Recumbent exercise bike? Exercising while laying down, what a concept, now how to get paid for not working.
Nice work getting the car Ben. |
Get a nice cushy Gubmint job.
www.usps.com
is a good place to start looking.
S.
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!!WooHoo I did it!! (now for the 55 MPG mark)
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09-27-2008, 10:50 AM
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Pb-Blaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
Posts: 1,553
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THE CAR IS HERE!!!!!!
Sorry, can't talk, gotta go work on it!!!
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09-27-2008, 11:13 AM
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Shadetree Engineer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 503
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Insert Jeopardy music here.
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09-27-2008, 11:25 AM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daox
If MetroMPG has his way, you may see one yet... |
HA! I was wondering when the the XJ-12 NEV topic would emerge...
Sounds like Christmas came early to the Nelson household. Have fun today! |
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09-27-2008, 01:18 PM
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Pb-Blaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Turns out the PWM controller in this car is a Curtis 1221B.
That's a 48-80V 550 amp controller! That's bigger than the one in the EV-Metro!!!!
Come on, you KNOW I am going to OVERVOLT this thing!!!
Oooohhh - I sense a knickname forming!!!!
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09-27-2008, 01:35 PM
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02 Golf TDI Driver
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Scott, La
Posts: 876
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Dude! Congrats!
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09-27-2008, 05:16 PM
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Pb-Blaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Mwaa ha ha aha ha ha ah ha ha ha!
I don't have the key for the Citicar yet. My brother put it in the mail along with the title. (He still has THE LOST CORD book too!)
I ducked under the dashboard and hotwired (bypassed) the key.
I put in four of my budget gel-cells and was able to get power the the main and frd/rev contactor.
Next, I jacked up the back and tested it.
Wheels spin!!!!!!!
Under no load, the speedometer shot quickly up to 50 mph!!!! Too bad it doesn't do that in real riding!!!
Nothing else on the dashboard works yet. The lights, taillights, wiper, etc, - none of that is working - BUT THE WHEELS SPIN!!!!
Of course I had to go out for a ride......
I got it up to about 30 mph. My batteries wore down REAL FAST. I went about 2 miles, and must have been doing 10 mph at full pedal pulling into my driveway.
I checked the four batteries with my multimeter. One of them read 8.1v!
Looks like I got a bad one. But at $12 each, the batteries were still a steal!
Click here for photos! |
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09-27-2008, 05:26 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Auburn, NH
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It's Alive! ALIVE!!!
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09-27-2008, 05:34 PM
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Pb-Blaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
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EVery thing on this car is rediculously simple!
Instead of a rigid plastic container for windshield washer fluid, it has a BAG! (Think camping shower bag material)
Instead of an electric pump to run the windshield washer fluid, you pump it with your foot!
There is no radio in this car. There never was.
The back of the car isn't a hatch - just a window.
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09-27-2008, 06:27 PM
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X-Frenchy: very
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toulouse, France
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bennelson
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The jaguar's mirror has a pretty cone shape.
Have fun with your new toy
Denis.
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09-27-2008, 06:56 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Auburn, NH
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No music?!?!?! Gawd, I'd go insane!
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