Ben Nelson's Electro-Metro Build thread

[RarestAce]

i am very glad to hear that all went well. i was on pins and needles all day at work waitting to hear the outcome

[Tango Charlie]

Originally Posted by bennelson

So it's official.

My car is licensed, registered, insured, and ready to roll. All I have to do is put that little sticker on the license plate when it comes in the mail.

In some ways, this is an end...

Awww! How bittersweet is that. I nearly teared up there.
Thanks for the great thread, Ben. You can't read it and NOT want to build an EV. You deserve all the heartiest congratulations.

[Intrigued]

This isn't going to be like that cell phone commercial where the guy unplugs the cord and everything dies, right?

You ARE going to keep us up on e-mileage, and battery changes, and pack monitors, and all that good stuff, right???

Don't completely unplug the car (some pun intended ): keep the thread plugged in, and check in once in a while with updates!

And yes, Congrats, Ben!!! You made it happen!!!

...now if the rest of us can just find another thread to haunt. E-Neon, anyone???

[Intrigued]

Originally Posted by bennelson

So it's official.

My car is licensed, registered, insured, and ready to roll. All I have to do is put that little sticker on the license plate when it comes in the mail.


-Ben

Boy, now THERE'S an EVGrin that's been hard earned and well-deserved!!!

[bennelson]

I am by no means done with the car or this thread.

I gotta keep Christ and the rest of you entertained. I am hoping to keep documenting the Neon conversion and the XR3 when that starts being built.

I am also planning something with bio-fuels, trucks, and EV range-extenders, although I am still not sure what.

I am also intrigued with Pauls Cheap EV controller, and would love to see what else I can contribute to that project, although he has me beat hands-down in terms of electronics knowledge.

I think my strength is in breaking EVs, so maybe he should send me the finished controller to road-test it.

[Christ]

Originally Posted by bennelson

I am by no means done with the car or this thread.

I gotta keep Christ and the rest of you entertained. I am hoping to keep documenting the Neon conversion and the XR3 when that starts being built.

I am also planning something with bio-fuels, trucks, and EV range-extenders, although I am still not sure what.

I am also intrigued with Pauls Cheap EV controller, and would love to see what else I can contribute to that project, although he has me beat hands-down in terms of electronics knowledge.

I think my strength is in breaking EVs, so maybe he should send me the finished controller to road-test it.

That almost made it seem like you were pushing for a religious bias toward EV's LOL... we know different, but I LOL'd when I saw it, and if I can laugh at my own name, I suppose we all can.

By the way, I'm on that Neon build like flies on... well.. a compost heap. That one is sticking in my side and not letting me forget about my own little EV project (still in the extended planning/data acquisition stage).

[Intrigued]

Originally Posted by Christ

That almost made it seem like you were pushing for a religious bias toward EV's LOL... we know different, but I LOL'd when I saw it, and if I can laugh at my own name, I suppose we all can.

You may have to "American-ize" your handle/screen name, just so that MPaul will leave you alone!!!

Right, Chris?

...but then it may be too late...

[Christ]

Originally Posted by Intrigued

You may have to "American-ize" your handle/screen name, just so that MPaul will leave you alone!!!

Right, Chris?

...but then it may be too late...

It seems easy, doesn't it? :P
Doesn't quite work that way though... yea, my given name is Christ-opher... but I can't remember the last time someone called me Chris LOL.

It's not pronounced the same though - it's just Chris w/ a "t" sound at the end... the I is still a short sound.

I digress - Ben, I apologize for the lesson in nomenclature.

[Tango Charlie]

You're fine, as long as no one calls you 'Crisp', right?

Ben, where will you post the XR3 thread? Under motorcycles/scooters?
I think there oughtta be a 3 wheeler subheading somewhere....

[Christ]

Originally Posted by Tango Charlie

You're fine, as long as no one calls you 'Crisp', right?

Ben, where will you post the XR3 thread? Under motorcycles/scooters?
I think there oughtta be a 3 wheeler subheading somewhere....

LOL - my last name is Pettitt, which makes Chris-P (Crispy) very common with people that don't know I don't go by "Chris".

I agree w/ the 3 wheeler heading... there are plenty of examples of 3 wheelers out there, and plenty of m-cycles... I don't think they should be classified together.