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Old 12-01-2009, 06:24 PM   #1322 (permalink)
bennelson
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Yeah, doing something with resistors had been mentioned to me to change the range the volt-meter is good for. I guess my voltage is still a bit in the air right now, so I don't want to mess with something I need to physically change out.

Today, I picked up some cheap hub caps at the auto parts store. They are just plastic, nothing special, but I think the car looks a little nicer with them.

Car with just painted rims (which are rusting....)


Car with new hub caps.


Not sure I ever directly mentioned it before, but I added an ELECTRIC sign to the back of the car.



I have noticed that I do drive a little more aggressively now, just so that the car seems to have speed and power, rather than people thinking that all EVs are slow and have poor acceleration. That's not the EV's, that's just the way I usually drive!
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