"That's got basically nothing to do with locking people out of their own vehicles, and everything to do with basic engineering -- materials science especially, as well as new manufacturing techniques to permit the use of stronger, lighter, and more efficient materials and designs."
Yes, that is correct I was saying something new - that there is a good side and a bad side to everything. I might have to build kit cars or some other pursuit. If my main transportation lasted 400K and required no effort on my part, I would like that. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Ben Goren <b...@trumpetpower.com> wrote: > On Apr 27, 2015, at 8:52 PM, Michael Ross via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > being the devil's advocate... > > > > This is clearly not great for the poor or the DIY'r, but the new car > buyer > > may have much better cars to choose from, I expect instead of 200K miles > > being common, 100K was a great thing when I was young, I am sure with EVs > > there will be an expectation of 300K and 400K life. > > That's got basically nothing to do with locking people out of their own > vehicles, and everything to do with basic engineering -- materials science > especially, as well as new manufacturing techniques to permit the use of > stronger, lighter, and more efficient materials and designs. > > My 1964 1/2 Mustang that's going to become a plugin hybrid? It's going to > make more power, get better mileage, and have a better chance of lasting > longer than basically anything you could buy from the dealer in the '60s. > The block itself may well wind up having been manufactured in the > '60s...but the rotating assembly is going to be either forged or nodular > iron, it's going to have fuel injection, and so on, giving the drivetrain > basically all the advantages of both '60s and modern technology and none of > the disadvantages of either. > > The auto manufacturers are just following in the footsteps of the inkjet > printer manufacturers: sell the printers for the price of a full set of ink > cartridges...and sell the cartridges at some sort of insane > thousand-to-one-or-so markup. And put a $0.0001 chip in the cartridges that > ensures that you can't refill them and can only use the manufacturer's > cartridges in the printer. > > My advice to car buyers? > > Don't buy anything model year 1966 or newer. If you have a newer car that > left the factory withOUT computer controls, don't sell it. > > Either that, or just get it out of your head right now any notion that you > actually own the car.... > > b& > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150428/da3c6dab/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
