On 24 Oct 2016 at 16:52, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > 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 ...
If you can't work on your car because the manufacturer either explicitly or effectively prohibits it, you don't really own that car. Can you even get a service manual for the ICE version of the Smart, so you can fix the non-drivetrain stuff on your conversion? The Smart was originally conceived by Swatch head Nicolas Hayek as a general purpose city runabout EV -- not as an ICEV. Diamler insisted on shoehorning a puny ICE into the chassis after they took over development. The Smart was supposed to have enough room for 2 people and a case of beer. No kidding, that was the measure of the space behind the seats -- kind of like Honda designing the Civic's hatch area around some number, I think 3 or 5, of US paper grocery bags. I don't think Hayek would approve of ANYTHING about the direction Diamler has taken with his concept, including making it so proprietary. Personally, I'm staying far far away from the Smart ED, and I suggest you think long and hard about it too. If you don't want to get another Leaf, the Imiev sounds to me like a MUCH better choice -- though how much longer Mitsu will continue to sell and support it is anybody's guess. From what I can tell, they don't seem very enthusiastic about it. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ 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)
