i think there are a lot of problems with electric vehicles - batteries and range. all electric is something of a novelty that works best for short trips in-town. many diesel owners here like low tech and driving long distances, so its not surprising that many here do not like them.
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>wrote: > faulty head light switches, faulty brake/cruise switches, you name it > ford's found a way to make it cause a fire. > > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Just think about how many Fords have burnt due to faulty headlight >> switches >> over the years....... >> >> Mike >> On Oct 16, 2012 9:03 AM, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > Gas cars light on fire all the time, country wide theres probably a car >> > fire happening every 10 minutes or something. There have been a >> relatively >> > small number of electric car fires, even relatively small compared to >> the >> > total number of electric cars (which is itself relatively small) why is >> > this a big deal and regular car fires are not? >> > >> > -Curt >> > >> > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:35:08 -0700 >> > From: ernest breakfield <erne...@backyardengineering.org> >> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Fledging electric car market in turmoil >> > Message-ID: <507cd5ec.8060...@backyardengineering.org> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> > >> > yeah, let's ignore the mega-bux Fisker that burned itself up in Woodside >> > recently while the owner was shopping,... this was claimed to be due to >> > a different cause than the last one that flamed out; ironically, the >> > cause of this most recent one was determined to be a cooling fan that >> > overheated,...?! >> > $100K+ cars, but clearly still not ready for Prime Time. >> > >> > >> > cheers! >> > e >> > >> > >> > On 15/Oct/12 18:24, Curt Raymond wrote: >> > > Ahh but thats something that anti-s are using to snub electric cars. >> > > >> > > Apparently a Volt was left in a yard of some sort for 2 weeks after a >> > crash and finally spontaneously caught fire. A regular gas car would >> have >> > had its fuel tank drained, apparently nobody thought to disconnect the >> > battery. >> > > Now electric cars are "dangerous". >> > > >> > > >> > > -Curt >> > >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
