Ace-Garageguy

More prudent to just ignore the endless rebleatings of this same tired line. We get it. You're the hip-happening-know-everything-future-looking kinda guy all us old fossils are jealous of, and anybody who criticizes any current trend, no matter how hopelessly misguided, is too old and past it to take seriously. Stay awesome.

Between-the-lines reading eludes many, but then again, so does the simpler kind.

Overrated and overhyped describe a lot of what we see these days, but that's nothing new.

There's no question some electric tools outperform their more traditional counterparts under some conditions. I have a top-of-the-line rechargeable 1/2 inch drive impact wrench that's so superior to dragging an air hose all over the shop, I've come to rely on it for extremely high-torque fastener removal. It's a kinda nice "away" tool as well, as a bank of solar cells can charge it in the field. But did I throw all my old breaker bars out because it works so well in PARTICULAR applications? No, because I'm not an embrace-whatever's-new-no-matter-what-just-because-it's-new kinda guy. I use WHAT WORKS, and there's simply no substitute for an old fashioned long extension bar in some circumstances. So don't keep trying to shove electric vehicles down EVERYONE'S throats. They're just another tool in the box. They'll be fine for some people, maybe even most people in urban settings (assuming the infrastructure can handle the increased load), but THEY WILL NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE ALL THE TIME, and insisting they will is the height of arrogant ignorance. EDIT: Funny thing, to me anyway, is that I have done EV conversions back in the dim recesses of time, long before anybody could foresee this stuff would become mainstream. Heavy lead-acid batteries imposed limitations on performance and range, but the advantages in PARTICULAR situations were the same as now: the ability to have a fully-"fueled" relatively short-range vehicle that took it's motive power directly from the infrastructure that ran the house. My new home in Az. is miles from town, and on trips where I don't need a truck, or where driving something interesting isn't the main objective, I can definitely see the advantages to having a little grocery-getter electric. BUT NOT FOR EVERYTHING. EDIT 2: There are STILL situations where a horse or your own two legs are the only things that will get you where you need to go.

Contract law is based on the premise that everybody is out to screw everybody else, and that if lawyers can get enough arcane wording only they can understand on a thick enough pile of paper, then when the inevitable screwage happens, the lawyers will make enough money arguing in front of a judge so they can all make regular payments on their Mercedesesses and their golf-club memberships.

Ach laddie, I well rrrememberrr those haggis hunts overrr the Highlands in my youth. A wily, crrrafty wee beastie is a haggis...

Somebody said electrification won't have much effect on heavy vehicles and farm equipment. I beg to differ. A contact from a real engineering forum forwarded this to me. I can't personally vouch for its veracity, but it rings true. Quoting now:"A close friend farms over 10,000 acres of corn in the mid-west. The property is spread out over 3 counties. His operation is a "partnership farm" with John Deere. They use the larger farm operations as demonstration projects for promotion and development of new equipment.He recently received a phone call from his John Deere representative, and they want the farm to go to electric tractors and combines in 2023. He currently has 5 diesel combines that cost $900,000 each that are traded in every 3 years. Also, over 10 really BIG tractors.JD wants him to go all electric soon.He said: "Ok, I have some questions. How do I charge these combines when they are 3 counties away from the shop in the middle of a cornfield, in the middle of nowhere?" "How do I run them 24 hours a day for 10 or 12 days straight when the harvest is ready, and the weather is coming in?" "How do I get a 50,000+ lb. combine that takes up the width of an entire road back to the shop 20 miles away when the battery goes dead?"There was dead silence on the other end of the phone.When the corn is ready to harvest, it has to have the proper sugar and moisture content. If it is too wet, it has to be put in giant dryers that burn natural or propane gas, and lots of it. Harvest time is critical because if it degrades in sugar content or quality, it can drop the value of his crop by half a million dollars or more. It is analyzed at time of sale. It is standard procedure to run these machines 10 to 12 days straight, 24 hours a day at peak harvest time. When they need fuel, a tanker truck delivers it, and the machines keep going.John Deere's only answer is "we're working on it." They are being pushed by people who don't really know much of anything to force these electric machines on the American farmer. These people are out of control. They are messing with the production of food crops that feed people and livestock... all in the name of their "green dream."Look for the cost of your box of cornflakes to triple in the next 24 months...” END OF QUOTE

My Favorite Animal:Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken."She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else laughed.My parents told me to always tell the truth. I did. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much.I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office.I told him what happened, and he laughed, too. Then he told me not to do it again.The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was.I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, so I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.She sent me back to the principal's office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again.I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am.Today, my teacher asked me to tell her what famous person I admired most. I told her, "Colonel Sanders."Guess where I am now....

Actually, it's VERY different. Not all ICE cars are going to require crippling repair costs as they age, particularly if they're intelligently designed (timing chains or gears, for instance), and if they're well cared for. But EVERY electric vehicle will experience significant battery degradation over time. EVERY SINGLE ONE. (NOTE: Toothed belts were relatively cheap and easy to replace when the engines were designed, to a point at least, with servicing in mind; cars like Pintos and Fiats and early Hondas and belted Toyotas were a snap to do. But cars like Neons and PT Cruisers and many many more elevated timing-belt replacement to near-nightmare status, requiring loads of disassembly just to get to the damm things).

And a very large percentage of used vehicle owners balk at $1000 to '$1500 for timing belt replacements, which accounts for the exceedingly high percentage of rubber-toothed-belt equipped vehicles being junked when the belt fails. So used vehicle owners are going to have no problem replacing battery packs, even if they get down to $2000? Yeah, right.

That's what's happened every time I've started trying to have a reasonably intelligent conversation about these issues, and I've been shouted down, in some cases by BOTH sides...even when I've tried to present FAIR and BALANCED and FACTUAL information. I really no longer give a rat's rump about posting facts and numbers and reality, because very few people ever let facts and numbers and reality influence their largely unfounded opinions. There are pros and cons to EVs, but they're not the magic bullet to "save the planet" all the rebleating sheeple would have us believe. EDIT: And don't forget, now the green weenies are going after emissions from fertilizer, and tractors, and livestock, all over the Western world, with apparently no realization that their actions will inevitably decrease food yields, leading to more severe shortages. When you have ignorant fools who are firmly convinced of their own moral superiority running things (and who mistakenly believe they understand "technology" because they all rely heavily on "smart" phones for everything), you get what you get. But they will not have much effect on me.

"Pump the gas!" screamed the panicking crook when the getaway car wouldn't start, not realizing that doesn't work with fuel injection.

Pretty much my philosophy for continuing to build my stock of models and stuff for 1:1 projects.

July, You're a Woman is a song by John Stewart.

Days of Our Lives is a soap opera that's been running since 1965.

Them cows ain't gunna milk theyselves.

'Bout the only use I've had for NAPA in some time was 'cause many parts in their "Echlin" electrical line seemed to be of superior quality to a lot of aftermarket stuff.

I second that.

Clients often have wants they can't possibly afford, or that are simply impossible to realize in this particular time-space continuum.

Really nice, sure would like to see more. That green on the Ford looks like one from the Earl Scheib somewhat limited palette for overall repaints. "Any car, any color, $29.95".

Hmmmmm...extended wheelbase, scoops on the lower bedsides...how about a mid-engined canyon carver?

My kinda kid. Too bad I'll be pushing up daisies by the time she's old enough to vote.