Bling

1 hour ago, locost_bryan said:

Wife has been talking about replacing our Kia Rio with a hybrid, the Honda Jazz fits the bill in most regards, except the lack of a West Auckland dealer (used to be an authorised service agent in Avondale).

Any recommendations on Jazz sized hybrids or EVs, preferably with more than 300l of luggage space.

I swear you've asked this a few times now. Does she keep changing her mind or something? Just buy a hybrid Jazz, easy.

I don't think you'd ever pay back a 20k premium, that's nuts. Depreciation is real, but it doesn't help the economy is in the toilet. Cheap EVs are the best value just like cheap petrols are, it's the same shit different drivetrain. If you don't need range, LEAF are dirt cheap for what you get. Not many cars you can grab for sub 5k with heated seats, front and rear, and a heated steering wheel. I'm only mentioned that one of many great things as it's been cold in recent mornings and oh boy I love a warm bum and hands, no homo.
 

No more politics (Elon talk other than about the cars) in here I say, it's just embarrassing. No one cares who you do or don't like.

1 hour ago, BlownCorona said:

difference is the head of VW probably isnt a nazi anymore. i mean do you think toyota were any better during the war? alot of time has passed and this is a tired and flawed defense. 

Is attacking random teslas a good thing to do? absolutely not and innocent people will get hurt. 
does it appear to be the first thing that's made a dent to these fucks in charge in a very very long time? yes, and that is important if you want this to stop. 

Besides, anyone who bought a Tesla before musk outed himself as a bad person is lying to themselves and everyone else, he was overtly always a bad person. You can rightfully say that the engineers who actually designed the car probably arnt bad people, but don't try to claim that musk was anything but a cashed up opportunist, who bought/stole tesla from its original founders and then took legal steps to ensure he can be called the inventor/founder and saying otherwise leaves you open to a defamation claim. yeah, real good guy turned bad 

 

Do you genuinely think Tesla would be still around if Musk didn't get involved? I don't think it would be.

Lexus hybrid doesn't seem bad. Still room to halve the running costs, especially when you consider servicing costs of such a a fine automobile.

Imagine the bill for writing your car off and part of someone's house with zero insurance cover, big oof.

I would take a stab at my Leaf being around 8c/km going by that. It's not used for high mileage so 90% on average of my charging is done during free power periods. It could be 100% but having the power period over the weekend makes more sense for me due to washing / drying loads. Could also change plans to be half price overnight or free 9-12 week nights. I probably travel on average 100km/week. Our CX5 is probably ~25c/km, not fun.

So there is room for people to keep the Leaf running costs down, without springing for solar.

Was followed / following one of those this week, they actually look pretty good for a ute. Nice shade of blue at least.

Get them to take it to EVs Enhanced then, I think it was ~$40 for the report, done while you wait. Gave me data on battery temp over it's life, and a bunch of other temperature related stuff i've long since forgotten. I was basically checking the battery hadn't been operated at high temps in Japan. No big issues with mine, just a bit worn out and priced accordingly. Gremlins will show up at low charge levels compared to high levels. It's probably fine, but if you want it looked at that's what i'd do (and was told was a good idea by our inhouse specialist).

Can't see what the charge level is, i'm going to assume fully charged to get it that close. Tell him to send you the same chart when it's at 20% charge or something. If you wanted to know for sure though the state of it, send it into EVs Enhanced for a report, they can get detailed info. 

Ah fair enough, I don't feel so bad for not being able to work it out now haha.

6 hours ago, xsspeed said:

/shitbox spam

(Re)painted black, also new tyres to less rubber band spec, fill the guards nicely

 

//massive scope creep on daily driver

What's the plate mean?

Can't just leave belts wired in and hide them?

On 08/02/2025 at 13:55, xsspeed said:

Presume you mean the liftbacks, there's been a couple for sale lately

 

Id been keen for a p10 but trying to learn lessons and limit projects

Yeah that's the one, same reason as you that it will never happen though. I've done my car projects, certainly no plans for more!

On 08/02/2025 at 15:06, xsspeed said:

Better shot, needs a wash

Black is so the worst colour to keep looking clean. My LEAF looks just as bad, it gets the hose if it's too embarrassing.

I do enjoy a nice P10. The UK model was my pick, were hard to find even when I was shopping way back when.

CVT is perfect for appliances, would trade again. Makes a normal auto seem so unrefined. Next level up smooth wise is EV, I'll get my coat.

Are the countersunk screws you have 8.8 rated? Never used any myself so just wondering.

Slightly off topic I know... but i'm just going to leave this here (has haunted me since I read it): 

They will make whatever you want. Costs more than off the shelf stuff, but that's to be expected as they have to do a bit of work. Looked into them for a solution a couple of years ago (but didn't go ahead), good to deal with.

I mean in our region really, unless you have a massive sealed area to run around on. I'm sure they are very useful in places where safety standards haven't been invented yet. They remind of of the petrol trollies I used to see at the freezing works. Powered front wheel (from memory) with solid steel deck for transporting all sorts. 

2 hours ago, 440bbm said:

people that bought foton utes, early mahindras and GW utes. 

Yeah those could at least be used as alternatives to Hilux's till they shit the bed. The bike things don't look all that useful. If they were road legal I could see the appeal, safety (massive lack there of) aside. I'll wait for the ANCAP test video 

You have to sell them to make profit. The type of person that doesn't realise those are hot garbage likely doesn't have 5k sitting around either. Bet the frame and components don't even outlast a Great Wall ute.

Sweet that's not bad then (SoH). Not many van options around for that price either, which doesn't help. 

On 13/01/2025 at 08:50, cubastreet said:

I'm in Palmie tomorrow so gonna take a look at this e-nv200

https://www.trademe.co.nz/5110226078

 

approx 100km range on a 25,000km vehicle, and supposedly the nissan dealer couldn't provide SOH. Sounds a bit fishy, maybe that's what the vendor told fleetwise because there's bad cells or something? any thoughts @Ned?

My understanding is the van batteries have a different case to the leaf so a swap would have to come from another van, or maybe one day I could repack it with modules from a 40kWh leaf battery?

I checked for previously sold NV200's, first one I saw listed SoH via what sure looks like leafspy. So yeah i'd be rather untrusting of someone who says the health can't be checked. I certainly wouldn't buy a Nissan EV without getting a battery report done. Proper report, not just a leafspy check. Could be someone in palmy that can do it, not my neck of the woods. I can't comment on anything else NV200 related. But 2015, 100km if true would be treating it nicely typically, and empty too I imagine. Obviously good examples and bad examples of the battery (mine for example is below average) so can't say either way based on the trademe ad. 

Listing I saw after a quick look, couldn't find any that actually sold. 72% SoH with a "guess-o-meter" range of 94km.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/nissan/listing/5036828523?archive=1&bof=TF2zUCfi

Was yarning with someone recently about a similar removal (vin though) that meant future roadworthiness of a vehicle was in the hands of NZTA $$. I assume they noticed rivets / damage around them. Don't remove plates, it can really ruin your cereal. I masking taped (very neatly) my build plate when respraying and it looked sweet as.

That arrived quick!

Yeah looks like I'd be put to shame. Seemed heavier as it's hard to pick up, I swear!