Someone wants electric fun?
Isle of Man TTZero 37.733 mile (1 lap) race with 109.675 mph average on
an electric motorcycle.
Of course no one here is crazy enough (well, maybe some) or
has the balls and the skill to ride that race flat out
but it's hard to say that it would not be fun!
Isle of Man TT is one of the greatest motorcycle races in the world.

Electric Bikes Get Up to Speed at Isle of Man TT | Autopia | Wired.com

X2......These electric cars are all nuke or coal. But going back to the big bang, aren't all fuels really just solar power?

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I could not own any MB without the help from you...fellow forum members.


83 300td 207,XXX

You might be right!

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Yup. What else could they be.

Enjoy the last hours of ancient sunlight...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

More likely to be natural gas and coal. Natural gas has been steadily catching up to and will likely surpass coal before long as the predominant source of energy generation here in the US. Fracking issues notwithstanding, gas is cleaner and cheaper than coal.

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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

I am a producer of methane...

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Blog Posts tagged "Model S" | Tesla Motors

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One of these parked next to me at the mall a few days ago. Same size as the W210, I'm pulled a little further ahead in the spot than they are.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Love the Tesla. I see at least a couple every week, including one that seems to regularly plug into the free charger at the local Roth's.

I have driven more than 200 miles in a day once in the past five years, and I rented another car for that. The range would cover me just fine for 99.999% of what I do. EV's aren't for everyone - no one vehicle is, but golly they'd work great for a lot of people. I just spent 15 mins fueling up at the gas station. It takes as long to plug in an EV as it does to plug in my cellphone, sure would have been nice to come home and plug in my car and be done with it instead of standing out in the cold. You can even preheat-precool your car before you leave, while it's plugged into the charger.

Right now I just can't afford to burn a mortgage payment on a car, no matter how cool it would be. I don't drive enough for the fuel savings to pencil out. I'll be waiting for Tesla to introduce their lower cost models.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

Meh, so common now . . .

Thats true.
In 2013, Tesla Model S Outsold Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series, Audi A8, Lexus LS and Porsche Panamera

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Tesla Model S Is Third Best-Selling Luxury Car In California - HybridCars.com

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

Tons of Tesla's in Palm Springs. They are En Vogue these days. I have driven them and compared to an average car, they are comfortable and have decent power.

I like V8's and V-12's and they have zero appeal to me at all levels.

My daily commute is almost at the limits of their range...

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Regardless of how many people on this forum would never buy one, Tesla is selling every single car they can make. If I could afford one I'd jump on it in a heartbeat.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap