The Car Thread

[Kenny]

Job with Zenith now done and with it i say goodbye to the i4.
Absolutely loved it and will miss driving it. Stood up well in the very cold weather with it only losing around 10% of range.

New car on Thursday that i have no clue about yet but coming from a pool at a leasing company I am expecting it to be a Tesla or Polestar, let's see.

Had a hire car delivered today by my new employer to get me to Sheffield, that is a Kia Sportage. Happy with that for a few days but already had a reminder when taking it for a test drive that I can't just floor it like the EV, it doesnt like that one bit.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I'm serious looking at the Polestar 2, Tesla M3 is tempting but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

 

[Kenny]

So, I am in a Nissan Ariya for a short while.

Seems ok but I miss the power of the i4 already

 

[leedswolf]

So, I am in a Nissan Ariya for a short while.

Seems ok but I miss the power of the i4 already

Kenny Clarkson

 

[lemonjelly]

think we discussed car headlight glare on this thread?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn71xyjpdl2o

interesting article imo. I know my parents avoid driving at night time, and tbh I prefer not to, and only do so to go to football, gigs etc where at all possible, especially in winter months (as I feel the reflected light from wet surfaces makes the experience worse).
But the 2nd half of the article highlights that some of the aspects of the problem are perceptional. That said, since covid, I live on a dual carriageway, and am as sure as I can be that night time traffic is much less than pre pandemic.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I don't like driving at night here. Outside towns road lighting is pretty much non-existent so outside your headlight beams it is very dark indeed. So this seems to make oncoming headlights seem even more dazzling for me.

Plus the kangaroos are out at night and hitting a big boar is pretty much a write-off for anything under about two tonnes unless it has bull bars.

 

[Keef]

One of the cars at the Bathurst race last weekend hit a kangaroo at about 260kmh

 

[Kenny]

That was one quick kangaroo

 

[Keef]

The way I set that up, even Hwang couldn’t have missed getting it in the back of the net

 

[Kenny]

The way I set that up, even Hwang couldn’t have missed getting it in the back of the net

You dont know Hwang very well do you

 

[Keef]

His cookies are supposed to be awesome, managers love em

 

[Hereford Wolf]

Test driving a Volvo XC40 next week. All reviews are really positive so it will be very interesting.
We have really enjoyed our Kia Sportage, so it will have to be good to replace it.

 

[Kenny]

So, I am in a Nissan Ariya for a short while.

Seems ok but I miss the power of the i4 already

Thats being binned already. Shite range for what I will need.

Looks like I am in an Elon Mobile from tomorrow

 

[Tredman]

Thats being binned already. Shite range for what I will need.

Looks like I am in an Elon Mobile from tomorrow

I'm looking around for a big EV as my current lease is nearly up. Model Y should be the obvious choice but fuck that. They've even just rolled out the child abuse chat bot in the cars this week.

 

[Sniffer]

I'm looking around for a big EV as my current lease is nearly up. Model Y should be the obvious choice but fuck that. They've even just rolled out the child abuse chat bot in the cars this week.

Is a Q4 big enough?

 

[Tredman]

Is a Q4 big enough?

Sadly not, the twins are too large now - the youngest is like a squished chicken between them. I've been to look at an ioniq 9 today, I'm clearly old

 

[Kenny]

I'm looking around for a big EV as my current lease is nearly up. Model Y should be the obvious choice but fuck that. They've even just rolled out the child abuse chat bot in the cars this week.

My only take on this is I am not directly funding them and will be out of it as soon as it not a RV loss to the company.

Have you looked at the ix3? Decent range on that

 

[Tredman]

My only take on this is I am not directly funding them and will be out of it as soon as it not a RV loss to the company.

Have you looked at the ix3? Decent range on that

I basically need a really wide car (like a polestar 3) or a 6 seater. On our company salsac scheme only the Id.buzz and Ioniq 9 are good value I think. The buzz's range is shite though

 

[Kenny]

The Kia PV5 passenger is a decent option but that range is under 300. Guessing you are looking at 300+

 

[machin05]

Kia EV9 is huge