On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 07:59:51 -0500, Ignoramus18408
wrote:

On 2015-06-27, Larry Jaques wrote:
I was given a "dead" golf cart. It took almost $6 to fix it and I
sold it for $950, then gave the gifter a Benji for the trouble.
A 1-foot battery cable was the culprit, preventing the charger from
working, too. I had started to clean the battery terminals when I
found it, and couldn't stop chuckling.

Very nice story, and I bet it was fun to work on.

It was. I detailed it (soap, water, polymer paint treatment which is
super easy to wipe off, tire black, and a piece of 0000 steel wool for
the aluminum trim. I baking-sodaed the battery box and cases, cleaned
and greased the terminals, and charged it up. The 5th guy driving by
brought cash, and I happily dropped it from $1k to $950. My old
neighbor lady drove it to my other neighbor's house to water his yard
for a week while I was on vacation, then I cleaned and sold it. Nice
profit margin, I think.

Air dream: I'd love to build a small electric car or motorcycle for
kicks.

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Find out what people will submit to, and you have found out the
exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
--Frederick Douglass