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Date:         Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:30:03 +0000
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Considering some big repairs and upgrades
Comments: To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CACvdLxPrgn5gna5WcEQ=YTAfDU3SAys6HqtwOgTTDq6Kqsaj9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Dave, this is gonna be a robust discussion for sure!  Everybody....just state your mind, don't be shy....this is how we gain perspective on the whole matter.

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 04:53:12 PM PDT, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote: I fully support the transition to electric vehicles.  I fully support any legal actions that local, state, and federal government take to hasten the transition.  Right now, my main personal transportation is a 2006 Toyota Prius.  I will keep it so long as it continues to provide the service I need, because the environmental (and monetary) cost of replacing it with new, even electric, are greater than keeping it.  I continue to use my camper for the reasons I have it, but if I could replace it with electric, I would.  I look forward to the EV Buzz, and hope that by the time it comes here, it will have improved range.  If I can get a camper conversion of it or something like it, I will.

Right now, the camper needs a few thousand dollars of maintenance.  I am mulling the trade-offs involved.  Some queries about that: 1.  Stainless steel coolant pipe kit:  How important?  My camper has (installed 2 years ago) the GoWesty stainless inserts in the plastic pipe ends. No leaks there. 2.  Metal coolant pressure tank:  How important?  Or just a new plastic one?  The current one has not ruptured or anything drastic, just leaking at the cap. 3.  I put on all new fuel lines in 2008.  Is it time to do that again? Ditto coolant hoses.

David McNeely 4.  Antifreeze is bright blue and perfectly clear.  Do I need new when redoing coolant system?


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