Very cool! What's wrong with that? On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:43 PM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My wife's cousin has a Model 3, had my Jetta parked next to it at a family > thing a couple months ago. He was telling us how cheap it is to run. I > remarked that I could drive for something like 3 years just on just the > difference in price between the two. > > Then he started getting text alerts from his car because the kids were > playing near it. Made me not want one... > > -Curt > > On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 2:38:45 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I can buy a lot of diesel for what a model 3 costs. > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 7:42 AM Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 55 gal drum of electrons? > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 7:47 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Yeah, that is a major point of electric cars: no trips to the filling > >> station. Unless you drive long distance, which most people dont. > Neighbor > >> had a Cmax for awhile with a 40 mile range. He drove it 37 miles wo work > >> every day, plugged it in, and drove it home again after work. Never went > >> to > >> the gas station at all. > >> > >> I like the 55gal drum idea. > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 1:18 PM OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > I haul it in the F150 - unload it, and fill whatever needs to be > filled > >> > (airplane and mowers). No, it doesn't extend the range of a given > >> vehicle, > >> > but it does extend the time between visits to fueling station ... > >> > > >> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 3:08 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > But that 55 gallon drum looks silly in the trunk of your Mercedes, > or > >> do > >> > > you tow it around on its own little trailer behind the car? > >> > > > >> > > Randy > >> > > > >> > > On 29/10/2019 3:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > >> > > > I fill a 55 gal. drum with fuel and dispense it with a hand pump. > >> Might > >> > > > have to get an electric one some day, but this works and is > simple. > >> > > > > >> > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < > >> > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > >> That did give me very bad ideas > >> > > >> > >> > > >> clay > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >>> On Oct 28, 2019, at 9:03 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > >> > > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > > >>>> What you really needed, was the auxiliary tank that mounted in > >> the > >> > > >> trunk! > >> > > >>> That 240D slug we had, with the aux tank in the trunk, easily > had > >> a > >> > > 1000 > >> > > >> mile > >> > > >>> range. Clay even saw it once, on the trip where we verified the > >> 1000 > >> > > >> mile > >> > > >>> range! > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> -- Jim > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________ > >> > > http://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 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > OK Don > >> > > >> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > >> > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > >> > > >> > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The > few > >> who > >> > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > fence > >> > for themselves." > >> > > >> > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > >> > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > >> > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > >> > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > >> > _______________________________________ > >> > http://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 > >> > >> 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 > > 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 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
