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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?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 6:56 pm
by Mussels
KungFooBob wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:37 pm
Mussels wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pm
Unless 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?
Sir would be looking for the Alpine A290.
That is much better looking than the 'Turbo' and has reasonable performance for an EV.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 7:14 pm
by Pirahna
KungFooBob wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:37 pm
Sir would be looking for the Alpine A290.
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.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 7:15 pm
by Count Steer
Mussels wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pm
Unless 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?
The 120bhp one is considerably nippier than my old petrol 5 was.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 7:30 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Mussels wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pm
Unless 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?
Faster than a Dacia Duster, what more do you want
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.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 7:58 pm
by Yorick
Blimey. You're all looking for powerful cars.
Yet generally you're all looking at old, slow bikes
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:19 pm
by KungFooBob
https://www.wheelsmotorcycles.co.uk/clearance-bikes
Scroll down to the Zero section, £10k off a SR/S! (it' still £14k tho).
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:24 pm
by Taipan
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
True dat!
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:30 pm
by Taipan
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!
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:32 pm
by KungFooBob
The FXE is only £7k, you knows you love a supermoto!
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:48 pm
by Taipan
KungFooBob wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 8:32 pm
The FXE is only £7k, you knows you love a supermoto!
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
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 3:46 pm
by ZRX61
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:
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/tesla- ... unty-home/
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 4:16 pm
by Taipan
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.
Range anxiety at its worse!!
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 9:08 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
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....
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 9:18 pm
by KungFooBob
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).
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 7:44 am
by Mr. Dazzle
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.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 4:51 am
by ZRX61
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 9:40 pm
by Wossname
I expect you’ll still think it’s funny when somebody in a Tesla blocks you from getting to the pumps.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 9:45 pm
by ZRX61
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.
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.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 4:15 pm
by ZRX61
Nice looking Prius...
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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?
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 9:36 am
by KungFooBob
I've just seen a picture of the new Electric Nissan Micra... It's a Renault 5 with some Nissan badges and new headlights
