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


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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.

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  • loserone changed the title to 🚨L1's♦️ shenanigans 🍷🚨 HGF + ZE
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.

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It seems pretty damned solid.

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

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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. 

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Verdict : I don't really like ICE anymore 

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1 minute ago, loserone said:

Verdict : I don't really like ICE anymore 

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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. 

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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 

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  • loserone changed the title to 🚨L1's♦️ shenanigans 🍷🚨 All Renault fleet, mostly moderns.

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

 

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

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Seems all the local* chargers are 22kw ones.

 

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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

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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.

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

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

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

 

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

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

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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.

 

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

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

Les petites camionnettes françaises rouges sont les meilleures!

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8 hours ago, loserone said:

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

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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.

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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

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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 😬

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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.

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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.

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@vonmon don't write em off entirely.

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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. 

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

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

Wish it luck.  Thanks @Jimbob McGregor!

 

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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.

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Quick stop for crisps and beers on the way home

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This Audi parks like James Hunt.

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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

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

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