So basically you want to be rollin coal Italian 2 wheel style?
the alternative personal transportation thread
I'm not sure what KTM has been able to do to run fuel injected 2 stroke dirt bikes, but something like that in a Vespa...
I'm intrigued.
I'm not, I'm "It's a Jeep..... any good parts you put into it will just become infected with fail from the jeep"...... Go on try it nau!
And it's only $750k.
EVs for the masses?! yes please: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/india-turns-tesla-model-on-its-head-to-target-mass-market?utm_source=Clean+Energy+Review&utm_campaign=db3d5c4107-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_08b98425f1-db3d5c4107-347685205
if they can drive down the cost by the time I have to replace my current vehicle (maybe another 4-5 years?), I'll be a happy camper.
And in about another 5-10 years after that, my roof will likely need to be reshingled. If this pans out, and comes to Canaderp, I might be able to charge my car with my roof!*: https://inhabitat.com/teslas-new-solar-roof-is-actually-cheaper-than-a-normal-roof/?utm_source=Clean+Energy+Review&utm_campaign=db3d5c4107-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_08b98425f1-db3d5c4107-347685205
*I know it doesn't quite work that way, but it's a start...
if they can drive down the cost by the time I have to replace my current vehicle (maybe another 4-5 years?), I'll be a happy camper.
And in about another 5-10 years after that, my roof will likely need to be reshingled. If this pans out, and comes to Canaderp, I might be able to charge my car with my roof!*: https://inhabitat.com/teslas-new-solar-roof-is-actually-cheaper-than-a-normal-roof/?utm_source=Clean+Energy+Review&utm_campaign=db3d5c4107-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_08b98425f1-db3d5c4107-347685205
*I know it doesn't quite work that way, but it's a start...
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I'd happily have the solar roof, but I'd be worried about its ability to withstand Colorado hail storms without needing constant repairs afterwards.
I guess that's what the "infinite" warranty is for... though I agree, it would get pretty old pretty quick if you were calling them up every year...
I just don't care for the Zero's. They have come a long way, but they still look awful. But Mustangs are WAY worse.
Here we go.
http://www.businessinsider.com/porsche-fans-reportedly-signing-up-to-buy-taycan-its-tesla-rival-2018-7
300 miles, 600 HP, 0-60 in 3.5, starts at $75k
http://www.businessinsider.com/porsche-fans-reportedly-signing-up-to-buy-taycan-its-tesla-rival-2018-7
300 miles, 600 HP, 0-60 in 3.5, starts at $75k
I am very down with this. I visited the Zenith factory and checked out this plane last time I drove cross-country:
http://www.zenithair.com/stolch750/index.html
Yeah, that kind of thing is really popular here. There's also the Kitfox, which I like a bit. In short, I'd like something with one of the smaller 100-ish HP engines, light, that sips fuel, fun to fly, etc. I think the Sonex Xenos might be it, the idea of being able to shut off the engine and just glide about is very appealing, in no particular hurry. Although the backcountry thing is somewhat appealing, I know I won't be here forever and I don't really have a strong desire to go land/wreck on a sandbar somewhere. I was really impressed at the factory, their QC seemed to be excellent and they seemed to really be trying to put out a good product. I also like the RVs, but those have grown and have the bigger engines on them for the most part and if I'm looking at an RV12, I don't see any advantage to the Sonex.
They are making the Sub Sonex kits like crazy. Sold something like 20 already and a bunch were in production when I was there. Motorglider is hard to see, in the background to the left of the red plane.
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How about a gyroplane car?
I went to a rotor-craft accident class too. Too many sentences ended up in "....if (x) fails, you die". The pusher-type gyrocopters are especially bad, if you get into a low speed situation and it pitches down, it "tucks" and can't be recovered. The "tractor" configuration for gyrocopters doesn't have this issue, but people don't generally see these as "cool".How about a gyroplane car?
Never ever in my several years of General Aviation did I once meet anyone with a homebuilt that I would have gone flying with. Not once. Either the aircraft was super sketchy, or the person flying it was.
Harmon Rocket n00b! Go big or go home.
I get around pretty well in aviation, there are plenty of certificated airplanes that I wouldn't step into due to how they have been (lack of) maintained throughout the years. Things like wings and stabilizers that you can grab and move around because they are pretty much ready to fall off. Obviously, homebuilt relies heavily on the builder's skills and attention to detail. Kits these days are getting harder and harder to screw up though from a structural standpoint. Of course, there's always the person that "designs their own" and makes it with cardboard and paper-mache, but the well built kits like RVs, Rands, Sonex, Kitfox, etc., are all well established and it's pretty rare for a wing to fall off or any other structural concerns. The issues usually center more around the engines and especially the fuel system. Things like ethanol do not work well with most fuel systems (tanks, seals, etc.), even when the engine does just fine on auto-gas, and then even when the engine can also run on 100LL (aviation fuel) you can't just go dump it in and run it, without additives it'll despite enough lead to eventually jam exhaust valves. Other red flags are half-built kits that people sell, often because they screwed them up and/or figured out that building things wasn't for them.
Never ever in my several years of General Aviation did I once meet anyone with a homebuilt that I would have gone flying with. Not once. Either the aircraft was super sketchy, or the person flying it was.
Harmon Rocket n00b! Go big or go home.
Last GA place I worked in, owner thought he could make a bunch of money building Lancair's for people. He offered to send me to Lancair's "builder assistance program" to get schooled up, but I would have had to sign some kind of agreement to stay on for at least two years afterwards. As intrigued as I was, another two years in that shit-hole, working for that assclown, was a TOTAL non-starter. I went to the airline probably within a month of that conversation.
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Harley Davidson fails @ $30k emoto.
I was excited about this bike when they first announced it. It went downhill from there.
I was excited about this bike when they first announced it. It went downhill from there.
Yes please. Harley can suck it, glad somebody knows what up. And an E Duc, I could afford the maintenance.
http://traffic-simulation.de/ring.html
and in related robot overlord drivers:
http://moralmachine.mit.edu/
and in related robot overlord drivers:
http://moralmachine.mit.edu/
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