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Re: Radio adverts for EVs..
« Reply #15 on: 20 February 2018, 14:43:57 »

I can honestly say hand on heart  I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.

I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.

As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)



You've really jogged my memory Opti, funny enough when I was a teenager in South London there was a repair centre for those little blue invalid carriages, the guy who owned the business was disabled but he drove a Cadillac Eldorado ! Nuff said.😀
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Re: Radio adverts for EVs..
« Reply #16 on: 20 February 2018, 14:56:32 »

I can honestly say hand on heart  I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.

I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.

As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)



You've really jogged my memory Opti, funny enough when I was a teenager in South London there was a repair centre for those little blue invalid carriages, the guy who owned the business was disabled but he drove a Cadillac Eldorado ! Nuff said.😀

FWD and about seven and a half litres if memory serves.
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Re: Radio adverts for EVs..
« Reply #17 on: 20 February 2018, 15:01:22 »

I hope you have been charging it! The batteries don't like inactivity.
Yep, they needed a bit of TLC when I got hold of it because it had been unused for a couple of years and my M.I.L. had, unbeknownst to me, unplugged the charger because "there's no point in charging it if it's not being used". ::)

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As for the experience. Only a well drilling rig  http://www.streicher-drillingtechnology.de/en/business-sectors/vdd-vertical-onshore/mobile.html    has a higher centre of gravity so corners at 8 m.p.h are tricky

Yep, clocked that one on the first test drive up and down the cul-de-sac. :-[
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« Reply #18 on: 20 February 2018, 15:06:27 »

I can honestly say hand on heart  I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.

I remember walking to school one day when I was about 7 and seeing one of the old 3 wheeled electric milk floats take a corner a bit  enthusiastically. The inside rear wheel clipped the curb and the whole think tottered around on 2 wheels for a while before deciding that today was not its' day and continuing up the road.

Unfortunately, nobody told its' load of milk which deposited itself neatly at the intersection of the give way markings in the middle of the road.

Myself and my mate nearly split our sides.  ;D Fortunately, we outran the milkman as he wasn't best pleased with his handywork. ::)
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« Reply #19 on: 20 February 2018, 16:51:39 »

I can honestly say hand on heart  I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.

I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.

As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)

Invacar they were called,apparently the last ones made could top 80mph :o :o :o :o,not electric.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invacar
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« Reply #20 on: 20 February 2018, 17:23:47 »

I can honestly say hand on heart  I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.

I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.

As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)



You've really jogged my memory Opti, funny enough when I was a teenager in South London there was a repair centre for those little blue invalid carriages, the guy who owned the business was disabled but he drove a Cadillac Eldorado ! Nuff said.😀




FWD and about seven and a half litres if memory serves.


Only if you bought the small engine.


The 500ci lump is 8.2 litres.
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