I’ve been going back and forth with a few different people about my conversion. I’ve been pricing things out and with the US Dollar being so strong (and the Canadian Dollar being so crappy), everything has gone up in price dramatically.
One of the people who has helped me a lot suggested I pick up an old conversion. I could then take the parts and put them into this car. What a great idea! I started looking. I checked into http://www.evtradinpost.com/, http://www.evfinder.com/classifieds.htm and many forums. Through one of those I found an S10 that was converted by someone I trust, and it has everything I need! Only short batteries. Well… It was a bit more than I wanted to spend but after going back and forth we settled on a price. I go and pick it up on Friday March 4th 2016. So excited and so scared. This is coming together.
What I’ve had to sell the wife on is how to do this. I’ve decided that I’ll get the truck and get it working, more to come on the batteries soon, sell my car (which will pay off the truck purchase) and then pay off the batteries with my fuel savings. Good plan. Problem, there is no AC in the truck and I work in a suit. Crap. Guess I’ll be motivated to get the vitara done.