Car (or bike) Chat!

[dave2010]

Hi Dave,

Yes, we had the Nissan Leaf high up the list of possible replacements for the Jazz, it will be used mainly for local journeys. The Cha-Cha-demon plug is a bit of a put off, I will see if there are sensibly priced adapters, I don't understand why Nissan continue to use them, they are not exactly popular or maybe that's just here.

Thanks for the video I will take a look.

There are still many Cha-Cha plugs in use. If you have a wall mounted charger which takes a separate cable, it's probably easy to get another with a Chademo end.
It looks as though a Leaf would work with our home charger for example - see https://pod-point.com/guides/vehicles/nissan/2018/leaf - though maybe that only refers to relatively recent models. By the time we need a 2nd hand cheap replacement vehicle I expect all the models we'd look at would be compatible.

If you have a tethered charger [which in many ways is more convenient] then you may not have such an easy conversion. There'd probably be cheap slow chargers available - if you didn't mind a very slow rate of charge overnight.

There's also this on Chademo - https://www.greencarfuture.com/elect...m_with_CHAdeMO

[struth]

problems with convertion was that the computers talked a different language and the locks were on car for ccs and on charger for chademo. dunno if its been solved

[AJSki2fly]

problems with convertion was that the computers talked a different language and the locks were on car for ccs and on charger for chademo. dunno if its been solved

Well having read the article Dave put up we won’t be getting an EV with a Cha-cha connector. It will be CCS so that may put a nail in the Nissan Leaf,

Possibly a used Zoe and buy a beret, or a used Hyundai Kona with wok[emoji23]


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[struth]

Well having read the article Dave put up we won’t be getting an EV with a Cha-cha connector. It will be CCS so that may put a nail in the Nissan Leaf,

Possibly a used Zoe and buy a beret, or a used Hyundai Kona with wok[emoji23]


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kona is a great car and has converted lots of petrol heads on the motability forum. not a big boot but its easy in/out

[dave2010]

Well having read the article Dave put up we won’t be getting an EV with a Cha-cha connector. It will be CCS so that may put a nail in the Nissan Leaf,

Depending on when you might be buying a 2nd EV it's possible the Leaf will still be a goer. Firstly, the price differential may be significant - as the Leafs have been going for around a decade now, so might be possible to pick one up cheaply. Secondly, the newer Leafs may well have CCS, so would still be viable. Zoes will probably be more expensive as a more recent model, though eventually the prices will drop.

[walpurgis]

Tip for cyclists.

If you have cables to feed through outer sleeves and the ends are frayed, degrease the last inch or two of the cable end with thinners and let it dry, then give the end a couple of coats of superglue. When that dries, snip off the frayed bit, grease well and then it should feed through the outer easily as the glue will keep the strands together. You may need to shorten the sleeve to correct for length.

[struth]

good tip geoff

[Pigmy Pony]

Just had insurance renewal notices for my FireBlade and my Vito van.

Bike premium gone from £150 for the year to £140.

Van insurance has gone from £531 last year to £852.

On last year's policy I paid extra for personal accident cover, which has now been removed. They say that the additional cost of this has been removed accordingly, but this just makes their taking-the-piss quote even worse!

They (Dialdirect) won't be getting my money now, on principle. Even if they come back with a reduced quote.

[Pigmy Pony]

And while I'm having a moan, what's going on with the roads? They're all falling apart, I've never seen them so bad. Councils can't even blame frost damage as they have done in the past, the winter hasn't been that cold.

[struth]

Just had insurance renewal notices for my FireBlade and my Vito van.

Bike premium gone from £150 for the year to £140.

Van insurance has gone from £531 last year to £852.

On last year's policy I paid extra for personal accident cover, which has now been removed. They say that the additional cost of this has been removed accordingly, but this just makes their taking-the-piss quote even worse!

They (Dialdirect) won't be getting my money now, on principle. Even if they come back with a reduced quote.

a rip off indeed