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Makes you wonder if back in the late 1890s, on the Conestoga Wagon Forum, they were lamenting the pending demise of their horse drawn wagons.....
PS- I'm 65 and wondering which will come first... my inability to physically ride my motorcycles... or the lack of gasoline available to ride my motorcycles... I've told my wife several times that I'm glad I'm 65 instead of 35... I couldn't take 40 more years of what's going on, for many, many reasons...
Same boat for me. I focus on the now. Most major changes usually come out of left field. That's why most predictions of the future fail miserably. I for one think humans will not be allowed to "ride" or "drive" anything 50 years from now...
Funny you should say that. I've been of the mind that it's very likely that some entrepreneurs will create kits to convert our dinosaur juice loving dinosaurs into electron sucking machines.
An example of this transition is from back in the day when I was a motor head with V-8 muscle cars. We did all we could to wring near 400 HP outta our rides. Lots of time and coin spent.
Now, you can drop either a factory or aftermarket mill in there with 600+ HP
Someone is converting them (classic cars) in England. I forget the name of the company
Someone is converting them (classic cars) in England. I forget the name of the company
So is Lingenfelter Performance, here in the states..... They're working with Chevy on their E-Crate electric engine, supposedly being released in late 2022...
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