From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:08:33 -0800, Roger Rhino  wrote:   
      
   >Clare Snyder  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:28:11 -0800, Roger Rhino  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >(...)   
   >> >> Ed P  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >> > Given the complexity of new cars, I won't own one out of warranty   
   >> >   
   >> >You should consider an EV.  They are simple and low-maintenance, and   
   >> >easier & way more fun to drive than gasbangers.  Electricity is also a   
   >> >lot cheaper than gas.   
   >> >   
   >> >For most people, there's not a very good case for gas cars.   
   >>  You have experience???   
   >> I built and drove an electric coupe back about 1979-80   
   >> About as simple as it was possible to make it - but not exactly   
   >> practical for most of my life.   
   >> 50Miles at 30MPH and 30 miles at 50MPH back then   
   >   
   >That's pretty impressive.  Do you still have it?   
      
      
   Sadly , no. I made the mystake of basing it on a Fiat, which more or   
   less disintegrated. It was a 1975 Fiat 128 Sport Coupe -like this one:   
   https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1973-fiat-128-1300-sport-coupe-41W57g   
   Including those rare cromadora rims   
    When the batteries frose because someone :needed the extention cord   
   more than I did" in winter storage and family commitments came ahead   
   of new battery replacement and rust repair, it was scrapped. Picture   
   it in refrigerator white with "electric blue metallic" rockers and   
   wheel surrounds and rear panel between the tail lights, with tan   
   interior - it was a good looking little machine.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)