| Re: Have your cake and eat it too! | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Mike Fleischer (themightytoe gmail.com)
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| Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 19:14:45 -0700 (PDT) | |
Ah no because the packs are cheap even if it takes a week to get a new
one...
Now if I spend 20-30 grand on a new pack for my car, and I am stranded for a week while I wait to get one... That might be a bit different?
Mike Michael James wrote:
Does this 'problem' stop people from buying Dell or Apple computers altogether? M--- On *Fri, 5/21/10, Mike Fleischer /<themightytoe [at] gmail.com>/* wrote: From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Have your cake and eat it too! To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 3:18 PM And a smart capitalist always consults a smarter engineer... Let me know how successful you are putting that Dell battery pack into your Mac book? Oh or even into a Dell from 2 years ago? Enjoy. Mike Michael James wrote: > Batteries is Batteries - Duracell, Energizer, Optima, Interstate, etc. > will all want to get-into that BIG market and sell you batteries for > your car - every future WalMart, Autozone, Pep Boys, Tire Rack, > Batteris Plus, and Target will have them in-stock, 24/7. How many > different sizes for Camera and Watch batteries are there? About a > dozen or two? Did variety kill the market? Nope. Sillyargument. > Real Capitalists are excited by the prospects. > > M> > > --- On *Thu, 5/20/10, Mike Fleischer /<themightytoe [at] gmail.com <http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=themightytoe [at] gmail.com>>/* wrote: > > > From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com <http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=themightytoe [at] gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Have your cake and eat it too! > To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com <http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com <http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>> > Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 5:38 PM > > Yeah but one of life's lessons... > > I had a trip out to Silicon Valley last March. In the middle of a > week of presenting for a customer, my mac book's battery died. > Stopped holding a charge, and pretty much was next to useless > unless plugged into the AC adapter/wall... Now fortunately, there > were some Apple stores in the Valley and they for some odd reason > were well stocked, so $115 later and I am good to go... > > Now if I am driving out to Road America and my Tesla's batteries > stop holding a charge while I am sleeping at the Osthoff? I > imagine I am entirely F'ed. This is why Electric cars won't take > off, not only are they expensive and less efficient than gasoline > vehicles, but the lack of standardization out of the gate will > turn it into another unholy Beta vs. VHS fight. Wait for all the > Prius owners to start footing the bill to replace the hybrid > battery packs... Not to mention if it becomes mainstream, dealing > with the heavy metals in spent batteries... China would probably > be happy to make children's toys out of it but shipping it over > there might cost more than its worth. > > Honestly I really like the Hydrogen fuel cell technology the best > out of all the "alternative" sources. > > Sorry for the rant, wanted to go flying today and didn't get a > chance... And hey man, stop with all the bicycles already. > > LtWacko wrote: >> I get tired of hearing "I'll take the old vs. new" or "new vs.>> old". Mike, we're on the Ferrari list. Take 'em both! LOL. Oh>> wait, my house is proof of that and I have room for nothing!>> >> Rodney >> >> >> >> In a message dated 05/20/10 05:18:39 Central Daylight Time,>> ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com <http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com> writes: >> >> Certainly having all your torque at 0 RPM is amazing, and >> having played >> with RC cars for many years, its about time someone made a >> full size >> version :) All it will take is an incremental improvement in >> battery >> technology to push these into the mainstream, but I would not >> trade it >> for the WOT scream of a V-8, 10 or 12 on any given sunny >> afternoon :). >> >> BR, >> Mike >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>>>> _________________________________________________________________>> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit:>> http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/themightytoe%40gmail.com>> >> Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com >> and F1 Headlines >> http://www.F1Headlines.com/ <http://www.f1headlines.com/>>> >> > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> _________________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit:> http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/cavallino_rapante%40yahoo.com> > Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/ <http://www.f1headlines.com/> <http://www.f1headlines.com/> > > _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/cavallino_rapante%40yahoo.com Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com and F1 Headlines http://www.F1Headlines.com/ <http://www.f1headlines.com/>
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