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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