On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 09:13:34 -0500, "Existential Angst"
wrote:


Just to be clear, I never said RCMers could build a Volt.

You say a lot of stupid things, frequently falling back on what
"could" be done. Except none of them are happening, and your
explanations for that obvious fact tend to be more ridiculous than
whatever you said originally. The facts are simple: vehicles are built
based on what's marketable and what's possible. You can adjust your
outlook to reality, or continue ranting.

I said they could
build a serviceable electric car.

As far as I've read, there is exactly one guy here who's "built" an
electric car. IIRC, it was a conversion, it's long gone, and it's safe
to assume that there's a good reason we're talking past tense. But
since you'd have us believe you'd buy something like that, then why
not contact him and either have him build you one, or advise you how
to proceed? Answer: because your criticisms of available commercial
products like the Volt would seem quaint compared to your complaints
about whatever he could direct you towards.

Incl. Gummer. Mebbe even esp. Gummer.

Well, do you need his email address or what? Clearly he could use the
income. You seem to have come down from hub motors to something more
along the lines of a glorified golf cart. Those do not have to be
built, but merely assembled from donor cars and conversion kits that
are readily available. Put your money where your mouth is!

In the remote case that you find some flimsy excuse to avoid
assembling what you want, drivable versions of your dream car are IN
STOCK ready to roll! Here's one http://www.e-volks.com/6.html. Looks
nice, and only a little more outright than the $6k you quoted as a
year's payment on a Volt. Here's another
http://www.e-volks.com/74_orange_vw.html that's $4k, and it includes
the lathe hauling ability you desire. Cold weather range of 12 miles
at 50 too short for your needs? Well you're in luck, there's room on
that deck for an ICE generator AND an AC unit! Best of all, there
isn't any problem with these vehicles being burdened by the air bags
or computers or government mind****ing that you've been claiming are
preventing you from having an EV.

Note: These vehicles are as simple and affordable as you've been
mindlessly insisting on. And yet the two versions that are capable of
"highway" speeds appear to weigh about 3000 pounds. Curious eh? Must
be the 1000 pound transmission they failed to turf. But hey, no
problem. Gunner is surely as talented at TIG as he is at sexual
conquest. Have him build you an aluminum body.