Zedzilla

I could go on for paragraphs about the stupidity and impracticality. but what would be the point... *facepalm*

I think i can make enough sense of this to reply. Diesel is an option yes. The mitsubishi eclipse concept is infact a 2.2 diesel. In saying this, your diesel figures are spot on, but the diesil is still used for transport if goods, trucking etc. so needs to be almost reserved for this use, the fuel is running out fast, and the oil companys hasnt really let anybody pull finger until they can extract that last penny out of the ground. The future is electric without a doubt. it's just in what way. Cadillac have been messing around with thorium lasers, the idea being the laser heats water into steam, which then powers a generator to create electricity. 7grams of thorium (for the laser) can power a vehicle for 500,000km they reckon. from what i remember it is a nuclear element, but not useable for explosives. So the options are out there and hey if i can have an electric engines sports car with some grunt i'd rather have that than be driving a leaf.

I was going to say connector cleaner but most people dont have some laying around and a little squirt of WD-40 wouldn't do any harm, but yeah connection cleaner is better... sorry it was late lol.

before you do that just pop the cover off your gauge cluster on the top, pull the plug out of it that goes to the speedo, little bit of crc/wd-40... worth a crack before paying some joker.

and dress in lace? pulling a funny face while we all spray you with mace? oh we arn't doing rhyming? as you were then. :laugh:

I think the economy is good enough, i mean cmon a hybrid moped. :blink:

Yeap thats that they are going with, and they say the new r36 gtr will have the same performance as the current model.... if not more. and 30mpg... bring it on i'm still a bit anti fully electric cars as nothing will ever replace the roar of an engine, but fuel is running out so it is inevitable... the hybrids are an interesting path if they can pull it off to maintain the same performance but use less fuel, pretty safe to assume use of more aluminium will end up being incorperated to help save weight, and more carbon fibre kevlar and fibreglass, and more plastic body panels to no doubt. the charging on a full electric car seems to be heading in the right direction, toyota's new electric car to be released this year i believe, and for an extra $10,000 NZD they sell you a solar panel for your roof which will charge the car to full warrentied for 5 years but a life expectancy of 25.... to effectively fuel a daily driver for upto 25 years for 10 grand, i'm all for the exciting new future looming upon our doorstep. More so to see where it leads but as i say i'm a bit dubious on full electric from a performance stand point, a an earlier poster mentioned the tesla ran out of volts when top gear used it :glare:

You do realise all they are doing is using a smaller petrol engine to save fuel, and the electric motor adds another 160-200hp and MASSIVE amounts of torque, the torque an electric motor produces is immense.... and its free grunt! yes its an economy thing but it keeps sports cars alive and apart from the extra weight i think in 10 years we will have some wicked electric sports cars that will far out perform what exists now in every respect.

Thanks!, half cage planned after xmas sometime, just concentrating on getting it running as i've owned it for 14 months and never driven it! :thumbdown: I have no idea what you are referring too :innocent: The motor is more just dressed up for a couple of years until i get the nissan vh41de V8 in there, and mostly for giggles probably a supercharger, although i have contemplated a couple of big hairdryers. the rear wheels are manaray ms-6 18x10 and the fronts are 17x8 ROH Drift-r's... oh i have hundreds of pics lol, anything in particular? Hmmm what you have in mind for the outside? i was probably going to go with a slightly lighter gunmetal grey with no metallic.

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Incorrect... Story is the same with the R36 GTR as well its a hybrid too but they are weight saving to account for the batteries and the electric motor coupled with a less powerful petrol engine gives you the same amount of power but 25-30mpg.... all claimed of course, i guess we wait and see.

Times be a changing! hell if i can save on gas and still have the same amount of power... well infact more torque, then i'm all for it.

I'd own one. :w00t: http://www.roadandtrack.com/future-cars/2013-nissan-z

Thanks for the welcomes. here's one more of the bay together. :rockon:

I think he was more just noting it and was pointing out it will need to be secured, it wouldn't appear as if he was trying to start a fight. It's the internet. remember that.

Just thought i'd throw in a newbie intro... I have my z32 in the build stages getting close to driving it, right now im dealing with a full rewire, never a dull day and all that. Anyways everything needs pics.