Electric Vehicles etc

Dales Cannon said:
It didn't to an early Passat though it was more like 10 days in the sun in Gladstone summer.
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My brother beat that in my P6 Rover back in the day - bong water and a chocolate milk soaked into the wool carpets, and then left in the sun all day with the windows up in summer.

Took quite some time to get that smell out...
 
Haakon said:
My brother beat that in my P6 Rover back in the day - bong water and a chocolate milk soaked into the wool carpets, and then left in the sun all day with the windows up in summer.

Took quite some time to get that smell out...
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While we're all sharing things we shouldn't be; many years ago two mates got spontaneous, violent food poisoning while driving and passengering a SWB gen 1 Pajero (quite a nice thing, albeit considerably less so trying to get the smell of vomit out of the air vents afterwards).
 
Calvin27 said:
Model Y rwd appears to be in the newer LFP catl stuff. I looked at the awd and that appears to be the old setup was told the NCM. Google fu tells me usa model ys is pot luck between the batteries (what a joke) and eu got the byd blade whereas we get the lfp - this is all very confusing. Supply chain must be a big huge mess.
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I only know what my cells are because of the recall. I probably assumed they were something good because Polestar seemed to have a good reputation battery wise, turns out Polestar are CATL.

My mate liked the Caddy, but some of the negatives turned him to the Zeekr 7x.
 
I had a boss who was an areshole. Somehow cat piss kept being poured into the scuttle of his company car. I helped him write a nasty letter to the council about feral cats. Didn't impact my cats ability to piss though.
Old mate in the passat cut a square of carpet and underlay out and threw it away. Still stank.
 
New wattpilot installed at last - moved house, blah blah.... I like it.
Happy to charge at 7kW now, much bettere than the 1.5kW and I can do eco mode and take the top off the curve now
 
PJO said:
Geely EX5 review:
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It annoys me that every reviewer seems to keep saying this car is gamechanger ot that car shakes up the market. Most of their review is based on a half day of driving the thing, first impressions and zero condieration for long term ownership.

There is a huge segment of the market that people miss, that buy toyotas and hondas and keep them for over 7 years. This is the part EVs ar missing. No one cares about a fancy new feature, they just want a long run production for certainty, reliability and minmal gadgetry and fuss (looks at pop out door handles) that has higher chance of failing in the future.

Honestly, I'd be perfectly happy with a 'dumb EV' something like the MG S5 although word is their reliability is dicey.
 
Calvin27 said:
It annoys me that every reviewer seems to keep saying this car is gamechanger ot that car shakes up the market. Most of their review is based on a half day of driving the thing, first impressions and zero condieration for long term ownership.

There is a huge segment of the market that people miss, that buy toyotas and hondas and keep them for over 7 years. This is the part EVs ar missing. No one cares about a fancy new feature, they just want a long run production for certainty, reliability and minmal gadgetry and fuss (looks at pop out door handles) that has higher chance of failing in the future.

Honestly, I'd be perfectly happy with a 'dumb EV' something like the MG S5 although word is their reliability is dicey.
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My Atto 3s ears are burning.

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Oddjob said:
My Atto 3s ears are burning.
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To be honest, make the following changes to the atto and it will crush the market more than it already does:
- Get rid of string door cup holder arrangement.
- RWD/awd
- Slightly bigger battery
- Make it sealion 5 size or bigger
- Tone down the red stitching on the seats and the air con vents.
 
Calvin27 said:
It annoys me that every reviewer seems to keep saying this car is gamechanger ot that car shakes up the market. Most of their review is based on a half day of driving the thing, first impressions and zero condieration for long term ownership.

There is a huge segment of the market that people miss, that buy toyotas and hondas and keep them for over 7 years. This is the part EVs ar missing. No one cares about a fancy new feature, they just want a long run production for certainty, reliability and minmal gadgetry and fuss (looks at pop out door handles) that has higher chance of failing in the future.

Honestly, I'd be perfectly happy with a 'dumb EV' something like the MG S5 although word is their reliability is dicey.
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There's a Melbourne-based yewtoobs reviewer that released a bunch of hype videos about buying, driving and "owning" (for about a week) a BYD Atto 1. After about a month he's released a, "Actually, so all these things are annoying..." video. (A/C is used for the battery cooling, which makes it ineffective on a hot day, no heat-pump heater, small battery only gets about 2/3rds of it's stated WLTP range in real-world conditions, road noise, etc...). I mean it's made to a price, but (the illusion of) "EV price parity" might still be a ways off yet.

Calvin27 said:
To be honest, make the following changes to the atto and it will crush the market more than it already does:
- Get rid of string door cup holder arrangement.
- RWD/awd
- Slightly bigger battery
- Make it sealion 5 size or bigger
- Tone down the red stitching on the seats and the air con vents.
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Agreed, except about the sizing. I like the Atto 3's hatch-like sizing, but that interior was a massive fail IMO (despite looking kinda cool).
 
beeb said:
Melbourne-based yewtoobs reviewer
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Car sauce I think it was.

beeb said:
EV price parity" might still be a ways off yet
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It's harder to achieve in the smaller cars, and easier in the larger cars I rekon. Take a look at the new Rav4 pricing and you might think we are already there though. Also keep in mind the BYD sealion 7 we get is top spec, (as is the model Y). That's why when you go from rwd to awd there is almost no change to the spec (I think rear seat warmers only). This is a car that is mid $55k DA (assuming cashback offer they were running) in high trim level. The newcomers probably have higher production costs than byd and they are already nearing parity. The catch was that EVs didn't hit parity with traditional ICE, but ICE cars jus never recovered from covid pricing. I mean a corolla is $35k nowadays - that's insane.
 
Fuck me insruance with FSD is a real bloody minefield - FYI anyone thinking of buying outright, with lease, don't do it. Most insurance companies have no idea abotu it so you have to individually list it. And then if you write the car off you pretty much have to pay out the lease because the insurance company can't actually replace your car for you since they no longer can buy FSD outright.
 
Calvin27 said:
Fuck me insruance with FSD is a real bloody minefield - FYI anyone thinking of buying outright, with lease, don't do it. Most insurance companies have no idea abotu it so you have to individually list it. And then if you write the car off you pretty much have to pay out the lease because the insurance company can't actually replace your car for you since they no longer can buy FSD outright.
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If only there was a way a human could drive the vehicle!

(FYI - You're copping the snarky comment I can't direct to my shitty day at work...)
 
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