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Weegie Member Since: 09 Jun 2014 Location: East Sussex Posts: 3242 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Still be pursued: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-b...e21777784/ John 2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue 2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!! GAP iiD BT 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home! MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold |
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KurtVerbose Member Since: 08 Aug 2010 Location: Les Arses Posts: 5848 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
There's no way you could run a vintage RR as a daily driver with anything like reasonable running costs/reliability. Sorry to derail your thread Eugene. ![]() I don't like all the crap that's talked about electric cars - and that's on both sides - pro and anti. As a consumer I would like to know what the real world numbers are, including life-cycle costs. I suspect any advantages would depend very much on how the car was used. Long journies in winter would favour diesel. Short journies in town and an electric car would be massively better. Either way, the days of carbon are going to end. I personally welcome it because we'll live in a cleaner, more sustainable world. ![]() |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 ![]() ![]() |
Don't get me wrong, there are some very impressive cars out there, I particularly like the all electric ones with the very small combustion engine back up, that only drives a generator. Stupidly quick performance and around 200 Mpg. Plus your not tied to a plug socket, win win all round! Plus electric motors produce very high torque figures, which has got to be a good thing for something over 2 tons.
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ebajema Member Since: 24 Mar 2011 Location: New Plymouth Posts: 4782 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Toyota also just presented a new hydrogen fuel cell car that is going on sale soon. Camry type car.
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Robert Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Perigueux Posts: 2289 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A Dutchman invented a service station system for battery driven cars, where you would drive in, have the whole battery charade changed automatically from under the car, within 3 minutes and drive on again.
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ebajema Member Since: 24 Mar 2011 Location: New Plymouth Posts: 4782 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert, that was the system that Better Place was trying to introduce in a few countries in the world but unfortunately they folded not that long ago. Tesla is rumoured to now also be working on that principle in addition to the supercharger stations. Makes sense, perfect type of range extender for full electric |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 ![]() ![]() |
Wot's my GM box done to you? I hate to brake it to you but the ZF box in your's isn't much better. The main cause is trying to get better MPG with partial torque converter lock up, at low speeds. Most of the modern boxes use this method, and they all ware out. |
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ebajema Member Since: 24 Mar 2011 Location: New Plymouth Posts: 4782 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The ZF boxes just need one solenoid replaced and the coolers (for the earlier models) replaced other than that they last forever. The TD6 box however seems to be made of cheese |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 ![]() ![]() |
I have enlisted the services of a very nice man with a big CNC lathe, final pre-production meeting on Monday, hopefully will have stock by the end of the week |
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Sandyt Member Since: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Wraysbury Windsor Posts: 2269 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Used mine yesterday bloody marvellous |
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RR2008HSE Member Since: 06 Jan 2013 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2932 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Interesting idea, Eugene.
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Stephen.125 Member Since: 25 Jun 2009 Location: Frodsham Posts: 1519 ![]() ![]() |
Ignoring the electric option for now, if we were all using hydrogen fuel cells and pumping our water vapour, isn't that a MUCH more efficient 'greenhouse' gas than CO2? |
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2035 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
you are all forgetting, that the tax on typical fuels like petrol/diesel HAS to be collected... its in the budget. if overnight, we all switched to super lean cars or hybrid, there would be a huge shortfall. hence the costs of purchasing say, a battery for 'transportation', would become the new fuel tax! look what happened when people started buying diesels in the 90's it went up more than petrol. if we use less petrol, like we do nowadays, its has to go up! - to replace the lost revenue. about £25billion on fuel per year..
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 ![]() ![]() |
Hydrogen fuel cells, only produce heat, electricity, and water, no greenhouse gasses at all. But I can see a problem with this idea, with all that extra water being produced wouldn't it make the flooding worse |
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