I had promised my wife an Elio as a retirement present. She retired last month so I am afraid I'll have to go car shopping before her Elio ever makes it off the line.
All of these setbacks are starting to depress me. When I "got in line" a few years ago I doubled their estimate of when production was to start and told the wife that I could make her current car last that long. I am now thinking I'll probably have to buy her something else as I'm getting...
When I was stationed in Fairbanks, at Ft. Wainwright, for two winters we had a 1968 Mercury Cougar and a 1971 Datsun pickup. I put a battery blanket and percolating heaters in both vehicles and never had a problem - even at 50 below. The perc heater splices into one of the heater hoses...