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20th September 2019, 13:37 | #11 |
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I doubt that electrical is more than a short lived fad.
They are really not any better than internal combustion engines, unless the electricity is generated by water, wind or sun. The only seriously good solution is hydrogen. Created with clean energy and stored suitably. That would solve a whole host of problems and, I think, be the way forward.
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20th September 2019, 18:06 | #13 |
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I agree, I can't see it being electric. We had electric milk floats when I was a kid, so they have had many years to develop electric vehicles, but still a long long way off yet.
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I’m not convinced that there will be any ‘classic’ cars in the future, certainly not ones that the ‘average Joe’ can tinker with in their man cave (or indeed woman cave)
Cars are already getting to the stage where the technology onboard and the equipment required for repair/diagnostics is beyond the reach of amateur mechanics/enthusiasts and it’s only likely to get worse, especially with EVs and any future tech. There’s hopefully going to have to be some sort of scheme or legislation to allow the (limited) use of the classics we already have, otherwise there’s going to be an uprising!
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20th September 2019, 18:46 | #15 |
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im not bothered really just hope i keep,on driving and keep the old 75 on the road for as long as i can.. be time the electric cars come into full force ill be 94 years old thats if i make it that far lol rgds mark
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Petrols: Convert it to 'burn' hydrogen and we can drive as long as we want as there is only water coming out of the exhaust
It is like lpg, only the tank needs a lot of pressure, but nothing that cannot be done. This is my plan for the petrol classics, for the diesel 75 that I want to keep, put 'blue' diesel in it and it should be ok, or not? Rob
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20th September 2019, 19:26 | #18 |
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I believe technology is regulated, it has to be as otherwise the world would implode. Manufacturers already have the future in their hands, but too much too soon is not always a good thing.
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I do sometimes regret selling my Scimitar GTE. Despite being a 3 litre V6 Ford Essex engine it ran so clean it impressed MOT testers every year. A rebuilt carburettor helped achieve that.
Fuel, compression and a spark and it would run. No ECU, no ABS or other gizmos. It was all down to the driver and I soon learned to drive in snow in my Austin 1100 and Ford Cortina. Today I push a snow button. How can an EV be a classic? Will people find them nostalgic and quaint because the range was only 150 miles? Cars then may do 250 miles ha ha. There has always been outstanding engineering that has captured the enthusiast. A friend is heavily into Riley motor cars. One from the 1920’s and another from early 1930’s. Stunning how much quality engineering of the time made them what they were. Over engineered, yes. 2.5 ton car pulled by a 1.5 litre engine. They were made to the requirements of the day rather than cutting edge future vision of what a car should become. They were carriages pulled by an engine instead of horses. I really can’t see the EV on offer from loads of manufacturers and being broadly identical being desirable. Add the fact that manufacturers are sharing platforms and technology and even merging to save development costs it will become classic badge engineering. Sound familiar?
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