Even the EV guy gets it..

My neighbor always carries a "gas stick" in his truck... that's the official stick to check fuel level in all his old tractors that have no working gauge...gauge don't work in the truck either but he always has a can of diesel in the back for the tractor so...

 

It was pure luck because there were many other items that didn't work. I had this rusty 1978 Chevy Monza. I get out of work, hot summer night. Shut the door and it bounced back open. After a couple tries I straight up slammed it. Well it shattered the already rolled down window inside the door which then proceeded to flow out the bottom of the rusty door. That door never opened again and I drove around with 1/4 plexiglass riveted to the door frame. But......gas guage worked.

 

I've got enough machines to keep one in business

 

I had a Buick opal winter beater, slammed the driver door for basically the same reason and the window stopped when it hit the passenger side door. Had a freebie piece of totally scratched to chit plexiglass cut and installed it into the window track. Even rolled up and down. That thing had more bondo and kitty hair than metal in it. Muffler was plugged and would glow red hot. Kept your feet warm at least because the heater wasn’t exactly awesome. Spring came we made an enduro car out of it and raced it a few times until she took a bad one. Bondo flew off every panel and she about split in two.

 

Fun fact. Back in the late 50s - early 60s, the gub decided that they needed a nuclear powered aircraft that the President and high ranking military officials/politicians could board and remain in flight for weeks without refueling, to have continuity of government in the event of a massive nuclear bombardment between the soviets and the US. They spent a few years developing different components to the engine, and in the end it was decided it would be too heavy to fly (and the fact that it wasn’t smart having a flying nuclear reactor in the first place) Anyway, all that work was done at the facility I work at now. To this day our union lodge is called the CANEL (Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory) Some of the contaminated buildings have been torn down, the rubble buried (nope, nothing to see here!) but there’s still evidence of what we were working on back then. Huge 4 foot thick reinforced concrete doors to contain radiation leaks, radiation alarm signs, all sorts of relics from a bygone era. That was back when nuclear had a bright future. It was the end all be all to the world’s problems. Point being, we never know what the future has in store for us.
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL)

 

None of the things you listed run on gasoline. You're right that diesel and jet fuel are going to wait longer but I'm not sure it's out of our lifetime. The automakers are already talking about 3/4 ton EV's being 5 years behind the first round of trucks coming out now. There's already EV busses cruising around and electric boats are being sold. Some of the most vuabke drones flying over Ukraine right now are electric. I've been watching close for the past 10 years and it's happening really, really fast. I do still plan to keep the 30 year old Jeep for a very long time. I'm not that crazy.

 

Do those electric boats come equipped with 2 paddles per occupant? I don’t care how good it gets touted 6 miles offshore ain’t no place to be floating in the currents.

 

That's hilarious. My brother had an Opal cadet. Neat little car. His seat fell completely through the floor on our dirt road lol. He came rolling back in looking like an 8 year old he was setting so far down in the car. Luckily he wasn't going down a black top road at speed. This thread is dredging up some fun old memories.

 

Don't all boats have paddles? I know I keep them in mine.

 

We had competitions on who could get the worst best winter beater back in high school. Good times. Lucky we all survived some of them. They were hunks of chit we maybe paid $200 tops for. Do just enough to get an inspection sticker weather it was legal or not.

 

They are not factory supplied so that would be a no. Just another expense.

 

I wasn't in competition with anyone but I had many a chit box beater lol. Even a Renault Encore.

 

The very definition of "boat"

 

Hot diggity! I paid 4.29 for diesel this morning. I got done calling everyone that I have a contract with, and told them my rates went up 2 bucks an hour. Thank goodness that I have a commodity clause in my building contracts. For a reference.....a finished two door garage will be about 1000 bucks more now. If it gets to 5 bucks a gallon, I'm only going to have some cash customers.

 

Fine chit boxes those were. My best was a VW Dasher with major electrical issues. Turn headlights on and car shut off. Good thing it was a standard when we went out at night and met someone on the road.

 

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I realize most run on diesel or specialty fuels. Most stations sell gas and diesel. You also have home heating oil which is essentially diesel fuel. Many areas don’t receive enough sun to use electric heat generated from solar panels. Many areas also don’t have natural gas which is still a fossil fuel. This is about more than that though. They’re trying desperately to ban wood stoves in new homes and have in some countries. Odd considering wood is a renewable energy source. Why not push wood heat? Should ask yourself why.

 

Sounds exactly like the VW Scirocco I had in high school. Probably built by the same dude in Wolfsburg.

 

The ones that had spark plug wires that cost $250 because they had 8mm copper in them