Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:31:40 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: NVC-Was: Driving on Air
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Think ahead, Michael, and chill.
Your vanagon and mine might very well be running on alternative
propulsion ten years from now. What's any different in this than a
post contemplating the change from a gas engine to a clean diesel
engine that was not imaginable in 1984?
What rules have been ignored? What flaming do you wish for?
Suck it up yourself. I myself am interested in keeping ahead of the
curve, and I drive a vanagon. I intend to be driving a vanagon for a
long time.
Best,
Jim
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have alot of thoughts that are aching to be asked, but if not re: my
> Vanagon, I hold it in(on this list, anyway). Where is the restraint that is
> so often asked for? Where is the flaming that is so often portrayed when
> rules are ignored?
>
> Does anyone have or looking to buy an air-powered Vanagon that is in pre- or
> post-production. If not, then suck it up till Fryday.
>
> I usually get an idea on Tuesday and forget it or think it over by Fryday
> and never speak of it, but it seems that there are carte-blanche accounts
> that I need to get a VIP invitation to.
>
> Thought about not sending this but I guess I need to be reminded of the
> purpose of this list.
>
> Did not snip for your enjoymnet of the ongoing thread that is DEFINITELY
> nvc.
>
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> One slight correction on this andrew. If you read the tech articles
>> carefully, they are using compressed air, and as the pressure runs
>> lower they are using fuel to run a heater to raise the temperature of
>> the air to raise its compression. The performance is said to remain
>> constant until some point.
>>
>> Jim
>> >
>> > Another disadvantage is this... as the pressure drops the car will
>> > lose steam gradually as soon as it is used, so to speak. Unlike an
>> > electric, which will run flat-out until the battery is almost
>> > exhausted.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Andrew Grebneff
>> > Dunedin, New Zealand
>> > Fossil preparator
>> > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
>> > Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada
>> > <goose1047@gmail.com>
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>
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