Recent content by ul9601

walking home and i was sure i saw one - managed to take a photo and checked the plate and it turned out to be 600cc petrol version instead! i don't know what anyone would buy a kei-car here though...

Interesting read, Joe. Just as well he couldn't get the cars, I think he would've struggled big time if he went ahead with the plan! But he did manage to pick up a bargain, given RRP was ~NZD60k.

I've not seen one on the road here myself either (other than the couple I went to check out last weekend) - not sure if that number 30 is NZ New registered or overall. I presume ex-Japanese imports are mainly earlier models and brought over the past few years, when the EV market has picked up...

I received an email from Mitsubishi NZ with a NZ spec i-miev brochure - they told me it's same as Japanese spec cars and sold around 30. If anyone s interested i can forward it.

I see there isn't much difference between i-miev and leaf there. Still that's half the money we'd pay over here, but then everything is more expensive (at least car-wise) here anyway... I think it's worthwhile investigating further into the direct auction option from Japan, especially cheaper...

Yes the battery degradation problem of Leaf was one of the factors made me consider i-miev. As for the acceleration, it's not how I normally drive but I'd like to have it on tap in case I need, especially 0-50kph, perhaps I'll need to sample some more. As for price, how does i-miev compare...

Yeah ONLY 30km return commute - it's not much at all. I've had a test drive in another i-miev, 2012 and again around 50,000km on the clock - this one being sold by a dealer. They said it does 70km range - I'd imagine the dealer and the potential customers would be driving with a bit more of...

Hi guys, Thanks for your answers - it seems that the owner has been very economy conscious driving this car (even to the extent of not using a/c - it's hot and humid summer here) - nothing wrong with it as that is the whole point of the car but that approach is not realistic to me, as the type...

Question - how does the range-o-meter with digital readout work? (The one to the right of the speedometer) Does it actually reflect the remaining battery capacity based on past usage or does it just read factory maximum of 160km (or whatever it is when the vehicle was new) Also, how is it...

Thanks guys. Always tricky to figure out stuff about grey import - i'll go to a dealer to have a look at ex-japan import and another one (NZ New) later on today. It seems like Mitsubishi NZ did sell through their network - again, there appeared to have been zero marketing and sticker price of...

cool - just ordered MX+.

Hi, Looking into buying one and going to go and have a look at a couple this weekend - I've had a quick search but couldn't find it (I probably need to have a deeper look) - Is there a easy way to identify the battery types, LEV50, LEV50N and SCiB? Most of the i-mievs here are grey imports...

Hi Mandrake, I thought I recognised your handle - you are on FCF and XM forum, aren't you? It must have been MX+, my mistake. I think I was looking at on US Amazon site - I don't think there is local Amazon presence here in NZ (maybe there is a local portal but not physical warehouse and...

Are the products sold by scantools on Amazon genuine? The price difference between LX and MX is only 10 bucks, which one is more recommended for i-miev? cheers

Thanks Joe - Location updated. I'm looking at ex-Japan import, not sure if there were any sold officially by the dealers here but will check. I'm looking at the option of direct import from Japanese auction sites also (there are more later model compared to local market, which is mostly 2009 or...