Willdat?

On 03/10/2023 at 21:29, Vintage Grumble said:

Now that the speed limit on my daily commute has been lowered to 80kmh max (WANKERS) I have been having my usual retarded ideas of buying something cheap to run for the 70km round trip. If something like that could do 35km each way at 80kmh max, it would be cheap motoring (apart from purchase price obvs) and be a bit of fun to go for a hoon on now and then.

So, a better electrical noggin than mine might see a flaw in this, but power required to go faster squares each time it doubles so my gut is you will probably do the 35km to work, but then need to charge it to get home.

In my opinion, 60,000km NBCs are now overpriced compared to near new CT125s/Groms/Monkeys/Super Cubs anyone ridden a CB125F, they look too cheap to be real....

Just charging the cheap Outlander in Takaka. RUCs probably need to start sooner than later as it looks like a 300km trip is going to cost me less than $20...

15 minutes ago, kws said:

It's not old, but I think it's pretty cool.

Just paid for it, now waiting for it to ship. 2016 Alto Works, manual, 660cc 3 pot turbo and 4wd.

Does it have the Recaros too?!

3 hours ago, flyingbrick said:

Right. Does anyone here with an EV get anywhere close to the estimated kms remaining (as indicated on the dash) and are you getting anywhere close to the range shown within the sales literature.

Cant remember if i have mentioned this here, but I have put serious effort into getting atto3 to return anywhere close to stated range and it is absolutely futile. No town driving or open road driving is going to get you close. You would literally have to do 340km downhill or drafting behind a truck to get close or maybe cook yourself with no heater/AC on (or something, i don't know)

As far as I am concerned the literature is a lie and the *in ideal conditions* statement is referring to conditions that legitimately cannot be attained.

 I have been questioning the sales yard (BYD andrew simms) and am not getting any feedback worth a damn.

Also worth noting, they no longer sell this 50kw standard range model in nz.

bit pissed as 250km range is proving to be *just*enough to be a fucking pain in the ass. 

Folks get pretty much what it says on the tin mixed driving in a Tesla Model 3 SR. Round town only would be ~10% more. Open road only, ~10% less.

1 hour ago, flyingbrick said:

I mean, knipex is a brand isn't it? Do you mean is there a similar quality brand in general?

Yeah exactly, I was last working in electronics close to 20 years ago and it was Knipex or nothing.

9 hours ago, flyingbrick said:

is there information missing from this post?  

Which bit? My first project is upskilling so I can teach it better to students, I want them to do a solar tracker project next year, and an antclass robot wars kind of thing in 2025. I need to be able to solve the problem before I teach it, I find nice hand tools make fiddly wiring more of a satisfying process...

On 10/02/2021 at 17:18, Willdat? said:

He's actually looking at refining it this year, I'm encouraging him to document it so that others could follow the recipe if they were interested. To be honest the technology curriculum is set up for prototyping rather than making a final polished product.

He's also making the CNC plasma I mentioned in @ThePogs thread.

Caught up with this student a few weeks back. He's just finishing his second year at UC and wants to develop this project further so is going to work on it over summer. Just looking at upgrading my personal kit, is there a Knipex, or similar quality for cheaper option out there?

On 05/09/2023 at 07:24, GregT said:

Give Mega in ChCh a ring.  they carry Ferodo.

Two sets of pads in my garage from Mega, no Ferodo as they don't stock them in this model. A Kevlar/organic and a semi sintered. Cheers for the heads up.

33 minutes ago, GregT said:

Give Mega in ChCh a ring.  they carry Ferodo.

Browsed the Ferodo catalogue, looks like it's the FA086/2 that I'm after. I've got in touch with them now, thanks for the heads up.

I can get pads, it's just trying to find some that aren't 100% Chinese spec unbranded...

I'd like my brakes on my 'CG125' front end from mBike to have more bite, especially when 'cold' not super worried about wear rate/dust. Anyone got any good options?

The caliper and brake pads are also referred as LT-F888 or LF-F808.

Any pointers much appreciated.

40 minutes ago, jjerm said:

Ok I’m ready to be schooled, Tesla’s why wouldn’t you consider a couple year old model 3?

Ive never had nor driven an ev but these seem to have most things going for them and can be had at mid $40’s? Thoughts opinions other options etc welcome.

Also if it been covered already send me a link cheers all

I'd look at the Chinese made Standard Range Plus as a bonus over the US made ones. Being able to charge the battery to 100% consistently is a lot less brain admin for a simpleton like me compared to mostly charging to 80% unless you're on a trip. Depreciation hasn't really hit these yet unless it's a Performance/LR model...

6 hours ago, Nominal said:

Are there other good places to look for used cars for sale apart from Trademe?

Buy my Toyota Mark-X Zi0 350G, it's almost an ISF, block of soap, parked by feel special edition... https://www.trademe.co.nz/4250121520

23 minutes ago, Whoopeecock said:

Marcus Drake rode a YB100 for Day 2 of the Marlborough Melee, up Mt Patriach and the Maungatapu. It did better than the Monkey with knobblies   

I'm suspicious his Buell would have some fans on here too. He really needs some bullying!

33 minutes ago, EpochNZ said:

Could a YB100 be a suitable candidate for such an adventure?

(Asking for a friend)

@Mof has done the ride so he's the expert, but typically if you can handle fuel range of ~200km and a cruising speed on seal of 75-80km/h then you'll be fine for these rides.

On 27/07/2023 at 09:36, Indiana_Jones said:

Anyone bought pannier racks and pannier boxs etc from Aliexpress? half decent or just 100% rubbish?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001941492590.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.29da3892NoZNHl&algo_pvid=f72a6b18-7c7b-4629-b35f-0fc1a988a092&algo_exp_id=f72a6b18-7c7b-4629-b35f-0fc1a988a092-10&pdp_npi=3%40dis!NZD!1106.98!575.63!!!673.06!!%402122457116904073181063184d0738!12000018172103608!sea!NZ!0&curPageLogUid=kwbIXr9xSTOc

I have Ali soft panniers. As good as anything available here. Only issues are user error.

40 minutes ago, cubastreet said:

From what I read, the early (2011-2013?) Leafs had a shit heater that drained your battery massively, as well as the worst battery. After that it was better but only some have a heat pump. Is there an easy way to tell if a JDM leaf has a heat pump?

https://samholford.github.io/leafguide/ then ctrl+F with 'pump', it's pretty much the best source of Leaf knowledge I've found.

3 hours ago, cubastreet said:

I'm wondering if the next few months might be a good time to buy an old leaf.

There's a reasonable chance the freebate system will be scrapped before long. As soon as that's announced, I think we'll see the same reaction as when it came in. Lots of people wanting an electric car with discount will push up the prices of fresh imports and the prices of older imports will follow suit.

The only counter to that idea is when RUCs are introduced it won't look quite so much like ultra cheap motoring either. I'd be suspicious there will have to be RUCs (and no tax on fuel) on everything too as PHEVs will blow minds otherwise.

3 minutes ago, jakesae101 said:

Thats still pretty dam good they were not much more than that new? 

I'm not sure, you can see numbers anywhere from 40-60km when new online. A mate's (with 100K km less than mine) does about 25km around town but I think he just drives it like a car, rather than trying to eek out range. My 34km was up and down hills etc, but minimal use of brakes, which might make a difference. Still not an expert as only picked it up on Sunday.

1 minute ago, jakesae101 said:

Whats the battery life like on it now as theres a few now getting substantially cheaper 

Still does 34km on a charge round town.

On 01/07/2023 at 19:14, morkster said:

^I don't own one but i'm really interested in a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV so that's what i'd be looking at.. anyone on here know much about them?

Yeah, so since this post I'm now the owner of one with 248K km. Still has 34km of range on battery only. Wahine is keen on being a one car family and this is one of the cheaper ways of ticking all the boxes. This is possibly targeted to @kws but is there anything in the way of preventative maintenance I should be doing?

I will also have a 2GR Toyota Mark X Zio w/151km coming up for sale in the near future @HighLUX/ anyone else?!

7 minutes ago, sentra said:

has anyone been brave enough to buy a <$6k leaf specifically to put in stock for when the ev's enhanced battery becomes available?

i assume there will be a very short window where the economics of doing this are favourable but this would be a great combo to replace our runaround fleet with.

I've got a few people into cheap Leafs in the past few years but all have been purchased with making the most of the minimal range rather than being stored. I saw an ~75% SOH battery the other day for sale for $4.5k. This combined with a rebate eligible cheap Leaf and flick the <50% battery onto someone for cheap solar energy storage would stack up pretty well.

I still don't have a Leaf as my wife/kids still think I'm cool enough to walk to work with. This might change next year when the eldest arrives at the school I teach at...

8 hours ago, flyingbrick said:

Yeah that is pretty impressive actually, I found that lead in the boot. I have no idea about capacity etc but if it's enough to run our water pump when we have a power cut I'd be totally impressed for life.

https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/byd-atto-3-v2l-load-testing-vehicle-to-load-power-output/2299 someone has done the research for you already!