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sts3234@yahoo.com - 07 Aug 2006 12:06 GMT

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Where can I buy some sollar pannels to put on the roof or on the hood
of a car?

The car I have right now, is a total junk. It's a gas and it's totally
sluggish, plus it's old so it smells like sh.t.

I'm seriously thinking about buying an electric vehicle or a used
hybrid so I can save up on some money. I'm totally broke and I'm
unemployed most of the time. But I have ten or so grand I can spend
from credit if I can put it into something as a callateral that I can
show to the bank, which an electric or hybrid hevicle is perfect
because it barely depreciated or at least depreciates a lot less that
ICE cars. Plus me being broke doesn't help at all with the gass prices,
I can berely afford to drive at all with a car, but I can have an
electric vehicle as long as it has some extra solar pannels and some
extra batteries, which is ok for me in terms of finances because they
will be covered by the low interest loan, easy money.

I'm so f*&#$ng broke it's not even funny. I'll take any way it takes to
save money. With solar pannels, I'm saving like 10% on gas
automatically, plus it's free because the bank covers it, as long as a
keep up a good credit. I don't care if it's sticking out or anything,
as long as it's huge and big and get's me the juice. I'm desperate, I
need to get from point A to point B.

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John S. - 07 Aug 2006 12:45 GMT

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> hybrid so I can save up on some money. I'm totally broke and I'm
> unemployed most of the time.

If you are totally broke and unemployed why would you spend what little
money you have left on building a car that will have no value to anyone
but you.

> But I have ten or so grand I can spend
> from credit if I can put it into something as a callateral that I can
> show to the bank, which an electric or hybrid hevicle is perfect
> because it barely depreciated or at least depreciates a lot less that
> ICE cars.

Do you have $10,000 or are you borrowing this money.

> Plus me being broke doesn't help at all with the gass prices,
> I can berely afford to drive at all with a car, but I can have an
> electric vehicle as long as it has some extra solar pannels and some
> extra batteries, which is ok for me in terms of finances because they
> will be covered by the low interest loan, easy money.

You would be better off buying a cheap used car than pouring your last
money into a project like this. If you are broke and unemployed do you
really need a regular source of transportation? Why not use the bus.

> I'm so f*&#$ng broke it's not even funny. I'll take any way it takes to
> save money. With solar pannels, I'm saving like 10% on gas
> automatically, plus it's free because the bank covers it, as long as a
> keep up a good credit. I don't care if it's sticking out or anything,
> as long as it's huge and big and get's me the juice. I'm desperate, I
> need to get from point A to point B.

You won't be savng a nickel. You will be spending money. Go re-read
what you wrote.

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Don Bruder - 07 Aug 2006 14:05 GMT

<Passes John the little bottle labeled "troll ketchup"> Here, give him
some of this, too - I hear it goes great with troll-food.

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John S. - 07 Aug 2006 15:00 GMT

> <Passes John the little bottle labeled "troll ketchup"> Here, give him
> some of this, too - I hear it goes great with troll-food.
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> somewhere, any message sent to this address will go in the garbage without my
> ever knowing it arrived. Sorry... <http://www.sonic.net/~dakidd> for more info

Yup...I took the bait on that one.....

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do_not_spam_me@my-deja.com - 07 Aug 2006 15:06 GMT

> Where can I buy some sollar pannels to put on the roof or on the hood
> of a car?
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> because it barely depreciated or at least depreciates a lot less that
> ICE cars.

The most you'll get from a car covered with solar panels is a few
hundred watts, or roughly 1 HP.

Frankly an electric or hybrid vehicle makes no financial sense for you.
An inexpensive conventional internal combuston car would be better,
and the one with the best gas mileage is probably the Toyota Echo.
These are good cars -- reliable, surprisingly roomy for 4 adults, and
not very popular.

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John S. - 07 Aug 2006 16:56 GMT

> > Where can I buy some sollar pannels to put on the roof or on the hood
> > of a car?
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> These are good cars -- reliable, surprisingly roomy for 4 adults, and
> not very popular.

Yes. A good friend crewed for a solar-cell powered car in a race
across australia. Those cars are notable for their efficient design to
allow batteries and other heavy electronic components to be carried.
The cars can run at almost highway speeds because the battery pack can
be recharged nightly, with the solar cells replacing some but not all
of the energy used. The OP needs to consider that the solar cells
alone as you mentioned do not put out enough energy to power a car.
That solar power source has to be supplemented.

IF the O.P. is accurate in his statements about not having income or
assets then I would think that conservation of remaining cash would be
a priority.

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