From: zed@is.dead
On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:26:23 -0500
Clare Snyder wrote:
> 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
Cute, but no mileage listed: "Partial history " only...
> 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.
Fiats tend to be, ftmp:
https://www.metropoleclassiccars.com/product/automobielen/fiat-8v-coupe/
https://radical-mag.com/en/2022/07/14/fiat-8v-supersonic/
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