Are you talking about the diesel, hybrid, or electric? If its diesel only, put a snorkel on the intake, and you can drive it in a river. (not advisable, since...
I got a little bored last night and I did sum number crunching, to see what size tire would have the same diameter on smaller wheels. I have only listed the...
The discussion is not about can you turn the car into a yacht. It seem that driving though puds from yesterday's rain storm could cause some problems because...
How about bamboo? Bamboo is light as wood but stronger. Rich ... ____________________________________________________________ Click to find airline tickets for...
Use it as a subsurface submarine? Rich ... ____________________________________________________________ Click for online loan, fast & no lender fee, approval...
It looks like the Geo should fit using the Geo 5 speed tranny. I may consider a removeable lower engine cradle. This will allow easy access and repair to the...
Hello, I am disabled due to brain injury and have constant vertigo. Because of this I can't drive, but I am able to ride a recumbent trike (Greenspeed, see:...
Hello, I am disabled due to brain injury and have constant vertigo. Because of this I can't drive, but I am able to ride a recumbent trike (Greenspeed, see:...
plenty of bolt-on electric kits for trikes and bikes; http://www.wildernessenergy.com/ http://synthetictransport.com/ http://www.electricrider.com/ gary...
One other thought just crossed my mind with regards to series hybrid: ... Anyone ever here of diesel-electric locomotive ?? Are not most of the train engines...
Purely economics. Say you drive your car 125 miles per day, i.e. 1 gallon of diesel. Doubling its efficiency will allow the same number of miles with 1/2...
UPDATE: State Farm will NOT insure any vehicle that isn't built by a "recognized manufacturer". The Underwriter in the previous note didn't understand that the...
This thread has been on other boards.  http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080619225634AAwgM4y  Take a look.  Rob This thread has been on other...
They want a sure thing-25-30% profit --but with NO XR3 history they feel naked.... We all want a sure thing, except they can figure out how to do it, (banned...
There are literally hundreds of custom chopper shops around the country that are certainly all building "insurable vehicles", even if they are very low volume....
the battery boxes FA-SM-22 are .125 6061 aluminum on dwgs and .118 carbon steel on dxf. i don't suppose it matters much except for the cost/weight tradeoff. ...
Interesting suggestion. For strength it might be awesome. On the other hand for aesthetics I don't think anything would beat strip planked cedar. Tom P ... ...
You might try one of the specialty insurers like American Hobbyist. They insure Kit Cars, so they might take a chance on an XR3. Usually you have to have a...
in the manual under "insurance for homebuilt vehicles" Riley references Policysure.com i haven't looked, just passing it along gary ... -- Gary Krysztopik ...
I just got a spreadsheet with individual parts cutting costs from Marzee in Phoenix, AZ (listed in the manual as waterjet cutting vendor). I asked if there...
This was originally posted by gary in the Insurance and Titling in Florida thread, but I thought it was too important to "hide" there, so I moved it to it's...
Gary- This is Awesome information! Thanks for following through and posting the spreadsheet for all of us to use! (For any who don't know, you can open Excel...
You would also have to accept the acceleration characteristics of a train( several miles to reach cruising speed). Not very good in stop-and-go traffic. I used...
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was reseaching insurance for the XR3 using the various leads provided by this thread.......sorry this will be long but...
