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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I've never seen tjts so perky!  |
I aim to please
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Yeah, kinda. But you missed the trick question. The answer to "where does the Tesla put its battery pack?" is "Where the engine & fuel tank used to be". The VW gets about 4X the mpg as the Lotus that the Tesla is based on, so it seems fairly reasonable to assume that a battery pack to give the VW the same range as the Tesla would be 1/4 the size...
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I didn't know Lotus builds a a diesel Elise. I learn new things every day.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
All of which are things I don't want in a car. Rear windows just let in the glare from all the idiots who can't be bothered to dim their lights (rear video with image enhancement would be so much better), and a trunk's just a way of breaking up the storage space to make it less useful.
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Congratulations. You're the only one. I'm sure VW would be happy to build 1 car just for you.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Strange, but I've flown a number of two-place sailplanes over the years, and never had a problem talking to the other person. And my usual passenger is the dog, who usually prefers to ride back in the hatchback area anyway.
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See above.