Mark, Have you driven one of these cars? If not do so before you make any decision on a lease or purchase. I have had one at my disposal for about two years. Every time I drove it I couldn't wait to get out. On the freeway at speed it is one of the most dangerous cars I've ever driven. For the price, comfort and reliability a Leaf is the way to go. Love mine. On top of all that you just can't build one better or cheaper that a factory built car. My $.02 worth.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Hanson via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 1:52:05 PM Subject: [EVDL] Smart Car Conversion Kits? Hi folks I was wondering if it makes sense to convert a Smart Car and does anyone know of a good conversion kit? The problem with the Smart ED as I was looking at a used 2014 is they want a $80 monthly battery rental fee for ten years or $9600 on top of the car price. Also there is *no* service manual available from Mercedes. I called several Smart dealers and they said their service department can't even get a service manual. Also I can't find any way to monitor the individual cells like my Leaf or iMiev And If you buy the battery for an additional $5k the warranty is only 4 years and 50k miles. Battery replacement cost is $29k verified at several dealers. The Leaf and iMiev are 100k 8 year warranty and the Leaf is $5.5k to replace and the iMiev is about $12k a dealer said. I'm thinking of selling my Ghia www.evalbum.com/4346 and buying a used iMiev or Smart ED. I already have a Leaf that my son drives mostly and both EVs are charged from the sun. Have a renewable energy day Mark Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161024/6c625d71/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
