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Post #Ax2krj2FgsYHeDBnhQ by [email protected] |
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Now that’s something you don’t see everyday - a 1970s era Citroen DS that h… |
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Post #Ax2krjA3Dsn42Oq1r6 by [email protected] |
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@erik If there's one good thing Tesla has done, it's made poor quality … |
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Post #Ax3UH1yatwaTZKv2yO by [email protected] |
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@erik oh yes! There's a British company that does individual classic car co… |
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Post #Ax3ntYw0i3jfv8nV3o by [email protected] |
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@erik Want! |
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Post #Ax4BzwuSsihEuoeWyO by [email protected] |
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@erik @ceravanlife 👆 😊 |
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Post #Ax4P5SvAaexV35wXPE by [email protected] |
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@erik I strongly approve of this 😍 |
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Post #Ax4ho1xDUvzvcPIgxE by [email protected] |
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@erik Nice! Mr Giles drove a Citroen DS. I bet if Buffy were being made today, … |
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Post #Ax5fHueZ6LJSxU5rou by [email protected] |
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@erik absolutely beautiful! this is my dream car and to be made electric? *swoo… |
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Post #Ax5fIag6qzVJIR8h3g by [email protected] |
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@erik I wrote to GM about 30 years ago and said they should make electric cars … |
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Post #Ax5fIanYPJSVfWcdf6 by [email protected] |
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@arbres @erik this might be relevant; https://www.mercury.co.nz/about-us/etran… |
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Post #Ax5fIauzxdPi2c6aGW by [email protected] |
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@alanthecampbell @arbres @erik Also thishttps://restofworld.org/2024/electric-v… |
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Post #Ax5fJjqWFl1A1HYVdo by [email protected] |
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@erik I would soooo buy a 2CV converted to electric! |
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Post #Ax5fL7TRtHfBadQIca by [email protected] |
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@erik The drivetrain finally caught up with the amazing design.Imagine being ab… |
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Post #Ax5fL7bbOyBXzvEoKW by [email protected] |
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@thomasbeagle@erik 100%That would be exactly the kind of car I wanna see from C… |
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Post #Ax5fQe5Y3fLkBpsYUK by [email protected] |
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@erik What a time to be alive! |
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Post #Ax5fRAvPyLr21yOQmO by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] DS21e? 😁 |
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Post #Ax5fS6gtCWhBBi2eBc by [email protected] |
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@erik I'll bet it doesn't spy on you, pretend it can drive for you and … |
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Post #Ax5fS6oKkqeNYnWan2 by [email protected] |
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@kevinrns @erik add "shut up and take my money" memr here.Seriously, … |
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Post #Ax5fS6vmJAbZvt0XOS by [email protected] |
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@benny @kevinrns @erik Sure. I already saw an electric VW Beetle in the wild. |
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Post #Ax5fSsaV7a6djnQDtQ by [email protected] |
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@giggls @benny @kevinrns The best part about Beetles is their accessibility for… |
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Post #Ax5fSsj0bwuaABP19c by [email protected] |
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@erik @giggls @benny @kevinrns: Tagging the #WeirdCarMastodon crowd. |
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Post #Ax5fSuM2YJj9DWfhdA by [email protected] |
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And I have to own up to not knowing my DS history as well as I should. My paren… |
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Post #Ax5fSuSm9H7BYPp584 by [email protected] |
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Also noting that I'm in a country back-water in (close to) the middle of no… |
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Post #Ax5fSuYnmrw3r6dtWS by [email protected] |
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Whoops - that exploded beyond my usual network. Very happy to see that the DS i… |
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Post #Ax5fVN6Odl7ixJWrzM by [email protected] |
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@erik would absolutely drive this. I love the idea of converting old cars, but … |
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Post #Ax5fYxYlY3j0taVf1s by [email protected] |
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@bennyThere are quite a few companies that do that for you, or produce kits for… |
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Post #Ax5fYxhH2QWxJyUSI4 by [email protected] |
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@cdamian @kevinrns @erik thank you. I wasn't aware this was a thing and I c… |
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Post #Ax5fYxoMc4CZfxo7LE by [email protected] |
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@benny @kevinrns @erik If you are curious, here are a few channels on different… |
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Post #Ax5fYxwA94RM49SLUu by [email protected] |
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@cdamian @benny @kevinrns @erik I was going to ask if battery costs are a signi… |
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Post #Ax5fYy3bhOOYREwI6K by [email protected] |
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@alanthecampbellI think they are. A lot of them are salvaged from Teslas, inclu… |
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Post #Ax5fbJDtyVmof9s3mK by [email protected] |
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@kevinrns The conversion probably costs far more than 80,000, but I'd say: … |
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Post #Ax5fh5QMC0SzbSS3tY by [email protected] |
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@erik Isn't the whole thing basically a hydraulic pump that does everything… |
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Post #Ax5fh5Y9j0hlze6I3E by [email protected] |
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@VE2UWY @erik The funny hydraulics in this car are for the hydropneumatic self-… |
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Post #Ax5fhJDktehmOQfCCG by [email protected] |
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@aSweetGentleman @erik you can buy 2CV conversion kits! https://2cev.co.uk/ |
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Post #Ax5fhbMDSwAUdslCsq by [email protected] |
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@stevenray @erik There's a small but thriving specialist industry doing exa… |
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Post #Ax5fhbU0zwPH24PR2W by [email protected] |
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@cstross @stevenray @erik How many stars on the NCAP crash test? |
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Post #Ax5fhbbSYGMTP9tNdw by [email protected] |
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@geert @stevenray @erik WTF is the NCAP crash test? Is it applicable to vintage… |
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Post #Ax5fhbiu6aJfmFNKFM by [email protected] |
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@cstross NCAP ist a standardized test suite for cars new to the market. Won'… |
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Post #Ax5fhlSFvKwPxVfAga by [email protected] |
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@VE2UWY @erik From memory, everything apart from driving the wheels--suspension… |
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Post #Ax5fiSbdUKzhn3NlmC by [email protected] |
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Paging @xtaran @aSweetGentleman @erik |
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Post #Ax5fr9YPgzgHJ91J5M by [email protected] |
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@cstross @geert @erik crash tests have been done in many (most?) countries for … |
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Post #Ax5ftfcjQfpNLiExTU by [email protected] |
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@VE2UWY As I recall, the drive train was traditional, but suspension and transm… |
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Post #Ax5ftfjp0JUzhhYcWe by [email protected] |
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@erik @VE2UWY That is what they did. Sumptuous suspension that felt like no oth… |
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Post #Ax5fuG167Yi0DhuvS4 by [email protected] |
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@erik @benny @kevinrns Somebody once told me that this is because the Beetle ha… |
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Post #Ax5fwqZhAbS8BLKoam by [email protected] |
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@cstross @stevenray @erik My first car was a 1973 Toyota Celica, purchased use… |
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Post #Ax5fzfMzHoGmIbjda4 by [email protected] |
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@ThermiteBeGiants @erik 🤩 |
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Post #Ax5g6oBcu7P9fepJsO by [email protected] |
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@erik It is nowhere near as noble, but I'd love to have an 1982 Austin Metr… |
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Post #Ax5g6p7lPxuQZy1kUi by [email protected] |
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@erik although, I'd quite like for my current car, a 2010 VW Fox to be EV c… |
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Post #Ax5g7APCILKea7LT5E by [email protected] |
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@cstross @stevenray @erik I enquired about the cost of doing an electric conver… |
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Post #Ax5g7NXTSsg3JYJlI0 by [email protected] |
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@cstross @stevenray @erik Those conversions are unfortunately not allowed in al… |
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Post #Ax5g7NgKvvlZl2Sq6S by [email protected] |
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@TomDB @cstross @stevenray @erik Not even when the vehicle is rehomologated? |
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Post #Ax5g83kMXLwUDgfeD2 by [email protected] |
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@erik next time I'm in Kingman, Arizona I'll take pics of the cars in t… |
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Post #Ax5g8PwrzX1F4qgwl6 by [email protected] |
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@erik Nice conversion! We had a ‘66 DS back in the 70s. I loved that car. ❤… |
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Post #Ax5g8Q4JXqyRRwAtMW by [email protected] |
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@erik I should have said, J'ai adoré cette voiture. |
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@erik ping @jono |
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Post #Ax5gAK2GwjSDJm7vYu by [email protected] |
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@ThermiteBeGiants @aSweetGentleman @erik 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 |
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Post #Ax5gBLCO6hylDOLOZk by [email protected] |
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@cdamian @kevinrns @erik thank you so much for the links |
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Post #Ax5gGx5Kft6wAHiftQ by [email protected] |
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@erik @giggls @benny @kevinrns With a proper (jet) engine attached, it would pr… |
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Post #Ax5gKcXsyvpXcZpBPk by [email protected] |
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@vonxylofon @cstross @stevenray @erik As far as I know currently there is no le… |
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Post #Ax5gdjtTswD7ui2f5s by [email protected] |
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@geert @giggls @benny @kevinrns See Fantomas 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watc… |
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Post #Ax5gfCrVfRhk2wos9g by [email protected] |
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@erik @VE2UWY Suspension was auto-levelling, with a ride-height adjuster next t… |
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@VE2UWY @erik Hydraulics only for the suspension and brakes, used a conventiona… |
