GORGEOUS DAYS!

Here we are on the seventh of February and the weather over the weekend has been spring like, here in central Ohio but no work was done on the Fiero. The new rubber wheel well splash shields from the Fiero Store arrived a couple weeks ago but just didn't have the motivation to put them in yet. I did move the car to do a little paint work on the Mercedes SLK 230 headliner trim pieces but that is about the extent of messing with it.

Even though my posts have been down, the hits on the blog were up in January and are already at 106 views for February. Thanks to all of you who have been following this build and I promise, the posts will pick up in March.

Currently, new equipment is being gathered to be able to do some drive videos and I am really shooting for getting the third module installed so the car can be driven the 22 miles to work. Several of my co-workers have been interested in seeing the conversion but I want the car to be working and look as good as possible before showing it. Hopefully by early spring it will be ready for prime time!

Inside EVs ran an article titled "President Obama Proposes $10 Per Barrel Tax On Oil In Push For Cleaner Transport" and it is ironic because if any of you follow EVTV, Jack Rickard laid out a very similar plan to tax gasoline, starting with $.25/gallon and gradually raising it over the next 5 years. Now I am not advocating raising taxes and the chances of passing a bill to raise taxes on oil would be slim to none, but it would be a way to fund clean transportation and give additional incentives  for the public to try an alternate fuel vehicle. 

Well, got my EV fix out of the way for this week, so back to the Superbowl. Thanks for visiting and don't forget to leave a comment.

Randy

FIRST SNOW

This winter has been unseasonably warm so far and last week the temperature reached 50 deg one day but finally Old Man Winter is catching up with us! 

FINALLY, SNOW IN CENTRAL OHIO

With the holidays, not much progress has been made on getting the voltage and amp meters finished and the interior put back together on the Fiero but today, new splash shields were ordered from the Fiero Store, for the engine compartment. 

ENGINE COMPARTMENT SPLASH SHIELDS

A bluetooth keyboard and mouse were purchased for the Dell Venue 8 Pro, so while the center console is out of the car, may change the tablet mounting so the keyboard can be incorporated and also to raise the tablet high enough so the camera will clear the dash to get video of drives.

BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

The garage is cold, so I have been spending most of my time working on getting parts and developing a plan for work on the Fiero when the weather breaks. Below is a picture of me sitting by the computer with my build assistants Apollo (cat) and Chloe (dog.)

ME AND MY BUILD ASSISTANTS 

Thanks for visiting,

Randy