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Old 03-23-2009, 04:05 PM   #96 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Old Beetles had the battery under the rear seat cushion; I never gave gas emissions a thought. Never smelled anything so the quantity of gas emissions must be quite low?
How quickly did the rear floorpan rot out? That was caused by acid. Maybe not a lot, but over time....

I figure better safe than sorry.

Oh, and Daox--the hybrids may have batteries "internal" to the car, but they are not sharing the same airspace as the cabin. At least, not in the ones I've seen so far. They are also vented to the outside.

-soD
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