If You Have to Ask, You Can't Afford It

Like the incessant remodeler who is never satisfied with her kitchen (one of my neighbors is working on her third), I'm tempted to start all over on my 1967 Volkswagen when I read articles such as these.

Zelectric engine compartment
(WSJ photo)

Zelectric Motors of San Diego takes old VW Bugs and

and over the course of a few months converts their engines to run on zero-emission, 100 percent electric power.....the Bugs boast top speeds of over 100 mph—more than double the horsepower of the original stock and with a charge range of between 80 and 100 miles.

Asking how much it costs throws cold water on that fantasy:

The typical turnkey ZelectricBug sedan (1958-1966) starts at $64,000....We can also retrofit your currently owned rear-engined air-cooled classic with select components starting at $40,000.

If one has that kind of dough plus a desire for a technically advanced car, one may as well get a Tesla and have both an ultramodern interior and exterior.

As the Good Book says:

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.