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Not really a big fan of these as so far they're expensive, you can't go far in them & they take a day to charge, but bumped into somebody I used to have a lot of dealings with in the car trade & he told me what he's been up to since he gave up his car sales business:

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Really hope he does well with it as he is a genuinely nice guy & one of very few used car dealers (but now an ex-dealer) that I actually trust. He's currently working on an electric bike!
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Looks awesome that, 8)

ive just got an electric car, well its sort of electric, (Hybrid)
couidnt Resist the £30 a year for car tax saves a few quid, :mrgreen:
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lozz wrote:Looks awesome that, 8)

ive just got an electric car, well its sort of electric, (Hybrid)
couidnt Resist the £30 a year for car tax saves a few quid, :mrgreen:
you got a hybird, is it a prius or lexus 4x4?
should be congrstion charge exempt aswell.
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lozz wrote:Looks awesome that, 8)

ive just got an electric car, well its sort of electric, (Hybrid)
couidnt Resist the £30 a year for car tax saves a few quid, :mrgreen:
Prius, Honda Insight or the Honda Civic saloon? I actually quite like the Civic - looks quite stylish.
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there is also the new honda crz which is a sporty looking thing.
although the honda system isnt the same as what the toyota uses. the 3008 hybird isnt out yet but that should be properly good for eco driving
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ive got the civic, Ima Hybrid, 06 Exec.
tbh idont like it -its abit Rover looking, its not my cupa tea,

good thing is iwont loose any money on it ive already been oferd £1k more than ialready paid for it
will be keeping it until after christmas and then il let it go,
iwill be staying with Citroens me thinks, :?
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I thought them hondas all looked like modern and cool
although i don't think I'm the one to ask if somethings cool or not

How many miles of forward motion can one expect to get out of it after inserting one gallon of flammable liquid?
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FarmerPug wrote:I thought them hondas all looked like modern and cool
although i don't think I'm the one to ask if somethings cool or not

How many miles of forward motion can one expect to get out of it after inserting one gallon of flammable liquid?
Mpg ?
round town (Thrashed) 53 ish mpg,
driving miss daisy style, 60+ mpg,

They arnt too much of an ugly car tbh its just Blande,
the interior is cheap plastic, for a exec standard its Garbage,

seats are synthetic leather with perferated holes, like Tea bags :?

Build quality is very close to Hyundai,
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is the build quality that bad, i sat in a 08 civic although it was the 1.8 vetch the dash in them is really nice, although the civic before it did have a hyundaiish interior to it.
but with mpg figures like those id drive a nissan primera.
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FarmerPug wrote:is the build quality that bad, i sat in a 08 civic although it was the 1.8 vetch the dash in them is really nice, although the civic before it did have a hyundaiish interior to it.
but with mpg figures like those id drive a nissan primera.
iwill take some pics tomoz and show you how blande they are,

have alook at this one on ebay,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-Honda-Ci ... 3f0f586f48
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ah right thats an old school honda interior it is quite bland, although they don't rattle.
I was thinking of the insight, its got a futuristic sort of dash:\
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/hond ... es/25886-5
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FarmerPug wrote:ah right thats an old school honda interior it is quite bland, although they don't rattle.
I was thinking of the insight, its got a futuristic sort of dash:\
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/hond ... es/25886-5
very nice them ,
alot of electrical stuff to go wrong in them ibet tho, :mrgreen:




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lozz wrote:
FarmerPug wrote:ah right thats an old school honda interior it is quite bland, although they don't rattle.
I was thinking of the insight, its got a futuristic sort of dash:\
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/hond ... es/25886-5
very nice them ,
alot of electrical stuff to go wrong in them ibet tho, :mrgreen:




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heres a nice lexus:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

I've seen one of these with an log cap on the side of it, shouldn't be too bad to run.
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ilike lexus,

but that one looks wrong that dashboard looks abit buzy sort of alfa-and Quashkai and other bits of toyota Rammed in to fill the gaps,,
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