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Old 08-03-2004, 09:41 AM
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Elphaba,
First, welcome to the forum and good luck on your purchase.

In the end the author said
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I have the car now and can safely say I was worried about nothing.

*SNIP***....

During my wait I did some extensive research and came up with the following based on wheel diameter, electric motor torque and gear ratios....

Max Forward grade from a dead stop = 46% (that's 46 rise over 100 length)
Max Reverse grade from dead stop = 40%
My driveway (only 24%, yet it still feels steep)
For the most part, it didn't sound like there was a problem.

Still, it would be good if others could weigh in on this.

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Eric Powers

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