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utee94 · « **Reply #238 on:** May 01, 2020, 02:22:04 PM »

Quote from: NorthernOhioBuckeye on May 01, 2020, 02:16:00 PM

Don't mess with my truck.

I drive an F-250 Diesel with an extended cab and full size bed. Living in farm country, it is almost mandatory to have something that will get around in the winter as they usually plow our road about a week after a big snowfall. Also, I occasionally pull a 35ft camper, so the extra torque and truck weight is nice.

I'm certainly not suggesting get RID of the F250. I just think there's a place for a hybrid in the F150 and F250 space.

The electric motor would be fantastic for torque for towing, by the way, which is why I'm surprised it's not already being done.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #239 on:** May 01, 2020, 03:21:20 PM »

Imagine an F-250 with say a 3.0 L in line turbodiesel PLUS electric motors and batteries with a full on torque rating of say 700 ft-lbs. That's the concept here. And that torque would be from almost any RPM. The Diesel would be used solely to charge the batteries as needed, coupled with regen braking. You could probably design around a 2,0 L Diesel.

utee94 · « **Reply #240 on:** May 01, 2020, 03:33:31 PM »

Not diesel but this is the way the current generation of Formula 1 cars operates. They're turbocharged hybrids with regenerative/recuperative braking.

They're the fastest F1 cars ever, just slaughtering all former track records. Sadly, they don't sound near as great as the old V10s.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #241 on:** May 01, 2020, 03:55:30 PM »

Regen braking is a very good idea that I think could be on every vehicle.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #242 on:** May 02, 2020, 04:29:05 PM »

https://www.automobilemag.com/news/ford-mustang-history-generations-models-specifications/?sm_id=organic_fb_AMAG_trueanthem&utm_campaign&utm_medium&utm_source&fbclid=IwAR0gXn3FPovYp8KzsRFzUI1HiB-tBTO2gKlCemVD4dX5hrQFLANgyOFQ-fQ

I have on occasion seen a Corvette in France and a Mustang or two. There is the occasional relatively new F150 etc.

CWSooner · « **Reply #243 on:** May 02, 2020, 05:24:33 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on May 02, 2020, 04:29:05 PM

https://www.automobilemag.com/news/ford-mustang-history-generations-models-specifications/?sm_id=organic_fb_AMAG_trueanthem&utm_campaign&utm_medium&utm_source&fbclid=IwAR0gXn3FPovYp8KzsRFzUI1HiB-tBTO2gKlCemVD4dX5hrQFLANgyOFQ-fQ

I have on occasion seen a Corvette in France and a Mustang or two. There is the occasional relatively new F150 etc.

I've never been to France, but a newish American pickup is about the last thing I would expect to see.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #244 on:** May 02, 2020, 05:34:30 PM »

They are extremely rare, but I have seen 2 or 3. Roads in France as you might imagine are not conducive.

They have a lot of vans.

OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #245 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:56:02 AM »

Wouldn't the smaller Ford Ranger sell well there?

Cincydawg · « **Reply #246 on:** May 03, 2020, 05:46:53 AM »

Apparently not. There basically are no pickups, small or otherwise. The working folks use vans. Perhaps they view an open bed as ridiculous. Theft obviously is a serious problem in France. I've been on farms, no pickups, one sees one every week driving around, maybe, one a week or so. We were there for a month in Jan/Feb and I didn't see any. We drove around quite a bit, stayed in a small village about 60 miles outside Paris.

We were talking about how we were lucky not to have been there three weeks later. We returned Feb. 20.

CWSooner · « **Reply #247 on:** May 03, 2020, 02:57:51 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on May 03, 2020, 05:46:53 AM

Apparently not. There basically are no pickups, small or otherwise. The working folks use vans. Perhaps they view an open bed as ridiculous. Theft obviously is a serious problem in France. I've been on farms, no pickups, one sees one every week driving around, maybe, one a week or so. We were there for a month in Jan/Feb and I didn't see any. We drove around quite a bit, stayed in a small village about 60 miles outside Paris.

We were talking about how we were lucky not to have been there three weeks later. We returned Feb. 20.

Re the bolded part, why "obviously"?

Cincydawg · « **Reply #248 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:28:04 PM »

You're asking me if theft is not a major problem in France? I behave VERY differently in Paris than I do in Atlanta and have been subject of several ATTEMPTED robberies and scams. You don't leave stuff lying around in France. Obviously, in the major cities they prey on tourists, but our cousins and friends have been subject of robberies fairly often. And the police don't care, they often don't report the robbery because nothing would be done.

EVeryone we know there takes serious precautions to try and limit theft, the obvious one is building high walls around your house.

OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #249 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:30:46 PM »

So if you caught someone in the act of robbing you in your bastille, can you beat them up? Shoot them? Would you get in more trouble than the robber would?

OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #250 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:32:55 PM »

I live in a bad part of town. I have a fantasy of catching someone robbing my apartment. I lock the door behind me and we have a little "talk" before calling the cops. Thieves are mostly cowards and unless he has a gun, he's toast.

CWSooner · « **Reply #251 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:36:31 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on May 03, 2020, 03:28:04 PM

You're asking me if theft is not a major problem in France? I behave VERY differently in Paris than I do in Atlanta and have been subject of several ATTEMPTED robberies and scams. You don't leave stuff lying around in France. Obviously, in the major cities they prey on tourists, but our cousins and friends have been subject of robberies fairly often. And the police don't care, they often don't report the robbery because nothing would be done.

EVeryone we know there takes serious precautions to try and limit theft, the obvious one is building high walls around your house.

Not exactly. My assumption would have been that pickpockets would be a bigger problem in France than in, say, Sioux City, Iowa. But I didn't realize that the problem is much deeper and more widespread, AND that it's just an acknowledged thing about which little-to-nothing is done.
"Obviously," I was mistaken.

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