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I may have actually found my donor vehicle.<br>
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I made some phone calls and low an behold found a '99 Boxster in Dallas
that just blew an engine.<br>
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Everything sounds great -- except it has a tiptronic transmission.<br>
<br>
Should I bag it and look for another?<br>
Live and use the tiptronic?<br>
Grab it anyway -- and plan to swap out/sell the tiptronic for a manual
when the time to convert comes?<br>
<br>
Still trying to figure out what a dead car is worth?<br>
<br>
I may find myself getting involved in my EV project quicker than I
thought.<br>
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thanks,<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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Brian Lasseter wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Mike Seningen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mseningen@austin.rr.com"><mseningen@austin.rr.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Is anyone here using their PEV for daily driving?
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I use mine most every day. (Some days I use a bike, since I'm only 2
miles from work.)
Original Gas powered car:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lasso-jenn.com/photos/2007-03-30%20%20Electric%20Car%20Work%20-%20And%20so%20it%20begins/?d=c&img=1">http://www.lasso-jenn.com/photos/2007-03-30%20%20Electric%20Car%20Work%20-%20And%20so%20it%20begins/?d=c&img=1</a>
Converted all electric powered car:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lasso-jenn.com/photos/2008-04-05%20%20Finishing%20up%20the%20electric%20car/?d=c&img=6">http://www.lasso-jenn.com/photos/2008-04-05%20%20Finishing%20up%20the%20electric%20car/?d=c&img=6</a>
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<pre wrap="">I'm ~15 miles to and then 15 miles back -- up and down HWY 71.
I've got a handful of practicality issues......
these have me leaning towards a converted vehicle -- As my wife put it
-- are you going to drive a tin can (her term for an EV trike, or small car)
up and down Hwy 71 -- I don't think so.
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Yeah, I probably wouldt entrust my life to an EV trike... but I needed
a car since my wife can not drive. So I needed 4 door car for the
family. (They do make the trikes specifically to get around US
safety regulations for 4 wheeled cars.)
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<pre wrap="">Safety (71 is not for the faint of heart!)
Hills -- lots of them
Speed -- 65+ is the "common" speed limit for Hwy71 (despite it being
lowered to 55!)
I'm not a light foot -- and if I was -- I'd get run over on 71 anyways.
Nice Car -- this is to be my everyday driver -- and I enjoy driving
roadsters and "sports" cars.
Two car family max -- wife's edict. No back-up plan for me.
I don't have a way to plug in when I get to work -- unless the pack
was convenient enough to lug to my office. -- so it has to be able to sit
for 8-12 hours and still make it home.
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All the above is doable. I regularly drive mine 30 miles. I suspect
it can go 40-45 miles, but my I'm still breaking in my Xantrex battery
meter (since I've only been driving the car for two months). Once the
battery meter is broken in, I'll be able to stress the pack a little
more if need be. In my two months, I've put 700 miles on the electric
car though.
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<pre wrap="">A couple times a month I need to drive to work, then UT, then home --
total ~50miles
with a single charge.
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That is pushing it. I'm surprised that UT wouldn't allow you to
charge on campus. IBM will let me charge, and I'm only 2 miles away
from home.
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<pre wrap="">Also:
I'm ~18miles from the airport
Airport parking -- how long can a PEV sit without charging and still
make an 18mile return trip?
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I find my 12V small battery runs down if I drive the car, and then
leave it for a few days. However, I think that quirk is peculiar to
my design of car, and it should be fixed by added a supplemental 12V
battery charger to charge the small battery when I plug in my car.
(I'll make that upgrade in the next month or so.)
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<pre wrap="">I've got 7 months to come up with a new vehicle (my current 350Z lease
expires Feb 1, 2009.
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It took myself, and many helpful friends, 14 months to make my car.
I was very happy with the result though. Like any endeavor, money
spent and time spent can trade off in the equation of building an EV.
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