Thursday, February 25, 2021

a new model

 After sharing my dead battery tale of woe with my brother he informed me that Fiat is coming out with a new total electric version of the Fiat 500, which is the model I drive.  I really like the idea of an electric car but it would require a place to plug it in.  Before I downsized that would not have been a problem.  My garage had several outlets that would have worked well.  Here it would not be so easy.  There is electricity for the overhead lights in our cave-like under ground garage.  Unfortunately, since this building was built in 1965, no thought was given to being able to plug in a car.  Someone would probably notice if I took out a lightbulb and screwed in an outlet (can you even do that?).  I could run a heavy duty extension cord from my apartment.  I pay my own electric bill so this wouldn't be cheating.  I figure 500 feet should do it.  I could either drop the cord from my balcony (I do have a heavy duty outdoor outlet there) or I could run it along the hall and down the stairwell.  If I dropped it from the balcony I would need to park outside but it could serve double duty as a fire escape.  I could zip down that cord, hop in my car and drive off.  Really, it's probably easier if I just keep my little gas guzzler but I do have to fill it up at least every six weeks.  

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