That is much better looking than the 'Turbo' and has reasonable performance for an EV.KungFooBob wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:37 pmSir would be looking for the Alpine A290.Mussels wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pmUnless you want one that isn't dog slow, is there a good reason for such low power or are they trying to push people to more expensive models?Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 11:40 am Renault 5 looks like way better value than a Mini with the added bonus of not looking shit.
0% finance available now.
https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehi ... t5-htb-ph1
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Wifey is in the market for a new car and I briefly looked at electric and did my calculations on range and public charging costs based on one of those. The nearest public charger is 15km away.
The big problem I have is home charging. I'm off grid, up a mountain in Spain and need to upgrade my house solar to cope with winter. Add a car into the mix and the only choice is to move my solar installation to some land I own 200 metres from the house. The cost of doing the install myself would be around €12k. I've booked her a test drive in a Lexus LBX for next week.
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The 120bhp one is considerably nippier than my old petrol 5 was.Mussels wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pmUnless you want one that isn't dog slow, is there a good reason for such low power or are they trying to push people to more expensive models?Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 11:40 am Renault 5 looks like way better value than a Mini with the added bonus of not looking shit.
0% finance available now.
https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehi ... t5-htb-ph1
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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Faster than a Dacia Duster, what more do you wantMussels wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pmUnless you want one that isn't dog slow, is there a good reason for such low power or are they trying to push people to more expensive models?Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 11:40 am Renault 5 looks like way better value than a Mini with the added bonus of not looking shit.
0% finance available now.
https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehi ... t5-htb-ph1
When I looked at these Renaults they were price matched to petrol Minis of the same performance pretty well. The Renaults were all faster and cheaper than the equivalent Mini.
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Blimey. You're all looking for powerful cars.
Yet generally you're all looking at old, slow bikes
Yet generally you're all looking at old, slow bikes
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https://www.wheelsmotorcycles.co.uk/clearance-bikes
Scroll down to the Zero section, £10k off a SR/S! (it' still £14k tho).
Scroll down to the Zero section, £10k off a SR/S! (it' still £14k tho).
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Yorick wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 7:58 pm Blimey. You're all looking for powerful cars.
Yet generally you're all looking at old, slow bikes![]()
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I have thought about one for a while now. But I'm still struggling with teh EVs silent power and i think a EV bike would just be too weird!KungFooBob wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 8:19 pm https://www.wheelsmotorcycles.co.uk/clearance-bikes
Scroll down to the Zero section, £10k off a SR/S! (it' still £14k tho).
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The FXE is only £7k, you knows you love a supermoto!
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Only about 20 miles range on motorway though.I was looking at this one which has dropped from £6k to £5.5. Might be able to bag it for £5k?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135771196348
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Not sure what's going on with my neighbor, for about a month now all he does is roll his Tesla out of garage, wash/wax it & put it back in the garage.
Meanwhile:
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Meanwhile:
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/tesla- ... unty-home/
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Range anxiety at its worse!!ZRX61 wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 3:46 pm Not sure what's going on with my neighbor, for about a month now all he does is roll his Tesla out of garage, wash/wax it & put it back in the garage.
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I already thought the new Renault 5 was a cool French hatchback which captures the essence of the genre. Then Renault go and seal the deal with this accessory....


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I've built a R5 on the webshite, that can't be an official option as there's no '5' decal on it (like every other accessory).
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Loads of press cars seem to have them and someone on Reddit posted the part number.
Clearly Renault don't expect post Brexit Britain to be chic enough to need a cute little car for runs to the Boulangerie.
Clearly Renault don't expect post Brexit Britain to be chic enough to need a cute little car for runs to the Boulangerie.
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I expect you’ll still think it’s funny when somebody in a Tesla blocks you from getting to the pumps.
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There's about 30 chargers at that location, maybe 6 were in use. It was just a photo-op. Got severe stink eye off the guy in the blue appliance to the left, blew him a kiss.Wossname wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 9:40 pm I expect you’ll still think it’s funny when somebody in a Tesla blocks you from getting to the pumps.
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I've just seen a picture of the new Electric Nissan Micra... It's a Renault 5 with some Nissan badges and new headlights 

