🚨L1's♦️ shenanigans 🍷🚨 All Renault fleet, mostly moderns.

[Jim Bell]

Ah that's shit news. One of the best looking cars on here. 

[loserone]

On 13/11/2017 at 12:10, Tayne said:

Be prepared for this L1, lots of people will tell you that the electric car is just plain wrong.

 

Just a little bit of history repeating.

[Ghosty]

I was told the six pots of that vintage eat HGs for breakfast…

[jmsguzzi]

16 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I was told the six pots of that vintage eat HGs for breakfast…

230TE so 4 Cylinder this one, though I've heard it's common on both, a real shame as it's a nice looking car.

What's it like for rot, have seen a few people swap newer Merc engines into these, the estates are desirable so could be a good body for someone if solid.

[loserone]

It seems pretty damned solid.

There's a rotten saloon with a OM606 only 10 miles from here.

[Lacquer Peel]

3 hours ago, loserone said:

It seems pretty damned solid.

There's a rotten saloon with a OM606 only 10 miles from here.

Yesss, a Zoe on veg. 

[loserone]

Collectifericated

[loserone]

[loserone]

Verdict : I don't really like ICE anymore 

[tonedepear]

1 minute ago, loserone said:

Verdict : I don't really like ICE anymore 

I'm only 900 miles in to my own EV adventure, but I can't really see why I'd want to go back. Just daft amounts of fun, other than anything else. 

[Boycie]

The company MG4 is now giving a 300 mile range fully charged , apart from taking a whack while parked ( company fixed with our charging my excess ) it's been perfect .... All for £15 quid a month car tax ...work even pay for charging 

[loserone]

These council workers are having a bit of an inadequatecy complex with this length.

 

[loserone]

All done.  Will see how we get on with actually getting a charger

[Dave_Q]

Needs a bit more cement smeared on the neighbouring flags if you ask me

[loserone]

Seems all the local* chargers are 22kw ones.

 

[loserone]

On 01/05/2024 at 14:48, loserone said:

Will see how we get on with actually getting a charger

Thirty days later, I'm very slowly increasing the range

First time I've used a smart charger, but now on the cheap octopus tariff so the overnight charges will be 7.5p kWh.   Highly recommended @Cavcraft.

[Dave_Q]

Have you signed up for the Octopus electroverse thing? You get a card with cheaper rates at many of the public chargers.

[loserone]

Yes, it works really well.  Nice that it just adds them to your electric bill too.

[loserone]

Modern car and modern trailer collect a too heavy load of shite for the allotment in a tale as old as time

 

[loserone]

On 30/05/2024 at 13:55, loserone said:

Thirty days later, I'm very slowly increasing the range

First time I've used a smart charger, but now on the cheap octopus tariff so the overnight charges will be 7.5p kWh.   Highly recommended @Cavcraft.

Thirty days later, the Zoë has covered nigh on 2000 miles and is costing around 2p a mile, ISH.

 

It's AN CAR, it's nippy as fool and costs peanuts to cover the lots of miles we do.

 

[loserone]

Meanwhile the express is just the fucking best.  Absolutely love this thing.

[Sunny Jim]

Last couple of pics could be Northern France rather than Northern England.

Les petites camionnettes françaises rouges sont les meilleures!

[ETCHY]

8 hours ago, loserone said:

Meanwhile the express is just the fucking best.  Absolutely love this thing.

Not sure of engine on the Renault but I had a Renault 5. If same engine watch the top rad hose bleed screw as the hose perishes around it & fails, dumping coolant in a big way.

[loserone]

1 hour ago, ETCHY said:

Not sure of engine on the Renault but I had a Renault 5. If same engine watch the top rad hose bleed screw as the hose perishes around it & fails, dumping coolant in a big way.

Mine is a 1.6 diesel but I reckon that might apply to @Amelia's Extra

[Amelia]

11 hours ago, loserone said:

Mine is a 1.6 diesel but I reckon that might apply to @Amelia's Extra

My brand new hose failed there too 😬

[ETCHY]

10 hours ago, Amelia said:

My brand new hose failed there too 😬

Sorry to hear that.

Mine failed after a drive. I looked under bonnet when we got back & I'd just stepped back when it failed &  sprayed hot water & antifreeze where my head had been !

Crap bit of design.

[loserone]

3000 miles into the Zoë.  No complaints except around here it could do with about twice as much suspension.  I wonder if Duster struts would fit.

@vonmon don't write em off entirely.

[loserone]

Meanwhile I've been procuring some extra safe seats for the back of the van + these seem to be held in by six self tappers into the floor, all at the front of the seat.  Amazing.  Not properly fitted yet so will leave a post it on them stating "these seats are not fitted and not testable" for the upcoming MOT.  That also means I won't be putting children in them. 

[loserone]

Talking about an upcoming MOT, the express had it's exhaust tickled

And a wheel bearing - this one is about two thousand miles in

Wish it luck.  Thanks @Jimbob McGregor!

 

[loserone]

Zoe needed it's 2 year service 

First of all I needed to give the nice man from the garage a lift to pick up a new* car for his customer.

Quick stop for crisps and beers on the way home

This Audi parks like James Hunt.

Seems the customer has form on the kind of car they like and theirs was declared uneconomical to repair this afternoon.  Luckily we knew just where to find a replacement!

Got the Zoë on the lift at 2300ish

Official Renault service pretty straightforward, only the A service requires CLIP so Jimbob can do every other service without it.