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Caps18 · 06-03-2008, 10:00 PM

The EVhelp build is good. I would have liked to have seen him use the old bed and hide the batteries under it like I am going to.

Here are two others in progress.
http://www.vehicleofthefuture.com/
http://www.northrim.net/wyanders/ev/

I'm going to pickup the truck on Saturday, but I am planning on the next two months on just prepping the truck, doing research, and shopping/making/looking for parts.

I will ask a guy at work about the truck scale and if there is one around here. (There has to be one someplace, but where is another question).

The next question is what should I do about registration/insurance. I am planning on this being in my garage until October at the earliest, December is when I could really start using it due to weather (and not being able to ride my bike). Plus my birthday is in Dec, so they would just change me the $55 for 2009. I'm not sure if they pro-rate it for the rest of 2008, or if I need to have it if I'm not driving it. I also can't remember if you need to show proof of insurance to get it. And I doubt anything will happen to it in the garage, but you never know. I'll have to call up my insurance agent to ask them about rates for storing a vehicle.

06-03-2008, 10:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Caps18 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The EVhelp build is good. I would have liked to have seen him use the old bed and hide the batteries under it like I am going to. Here are two others in progress. http://www.vehicleofthefuture.com/ http://www.northrim.net/wyanders/ev/ I'm going to pickup the truck on Saturday, but I am planning on the next two months on just prepping the truck, doing research, and shopping/making/looking for parts. I will ask a guy at work about the truck scale and if there is one around here. (There has to be one someplace, but where is another question). The next question is what should I do about registration/insurance. I am planning on this being in my garage until October at the earliest, December is when I could really start using it due to weather (and not being able to ride my bike). Plus my birthday is in Dec, so they would just change me the $55 for 2009. I'm not sure if they pro-rate it for the rest of 2008, or if I need to have it if I'm not driving it. I also can't remember if you need to show proof of insurance to get it. And I doubt anything will happen to it in the garage, but you never know. I'll have to call up my insurance agent to ask them about rates for storing a vehicle.