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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: electric fuel gauges
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 05:32:01 GMT
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- carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
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- >Er, Howard? Suppose you've got a nominal range of 60 miles. You've driven 58
- >miles. You're driving past a place where you could recharge your battery, but
- >you *REALLY* want to get to someplace about 5 miles further in the next half
- >hour.
-
- >Do you stop and recharge your battery, or do you keep driving?
-
- (assuming I'm fool enough to buy one of these pigs) I'd just walk around
- to the trunk of the vehicle, fire up my honda generator, put the battery
- on charge, stick the un-catalyticly-converted flexable exhaust out the
- window and be on my way.
-
- Oh, is that cheating? :-)
-
- John
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