Hello i-Miev Owners,
I am writing to you from Norway. But I will write here as I do not speak the language. Hence the local forum is out.
I am considering to purchase an i-Miev. Financially I am limited to a used car. And 2011 models are sold second-hand from 100.000 NOK. And with the money I can borrow I can buy one for a maximum of 120.000 NOK. They have between 21.000 and 58.000 km in them. (For those who prefer miles: 13.049 - 36.040 mi) They also come with what is left of the warranty period of a total of 5 years.
The people here have 4 months of good weather and 6 months of winter. It can get 20 - 25 below in Celsius. (-4 - -13 F.) The geography is what it is: pine tree/rock/fjord/rock/pine tree/rock/rock/pine tree/rock. Not to sound negative though. What really bother me are these long tunnels with steeeeeeep ups stretching for a few kilometres. And the roads have their ups and downs too: not only in quality but literally.
These are the things I have to live with and now you get the picture.
So to buy this car I need a loan. I can go from 5 years up to 9 years. The letter has a ridiculous mothy payback rate. But I do not know if the car will last that long in these conditions and considering that I cannot know how it was used by the first owner. Can the lifetime of the battery be estimated somehow in these conditions? How far should I stretch the down payment in your opinion?
In addition I have absolutely no idea how to look for errors in such a car. I have only test driven electric cars. That is all my experience with electric cars and I cannot say I am a technical know-how. I have however, tried to search the forum here for some DIY, and easy, diagnostic methods but I have found none. I do know a place where they diagnose the battery of a Th!nk City for as “little” as 1.000 NOK but I cannot know if any car mechanics would even be in a reachable distance of the car I will purchase.
So any advice regarding these issues would be very much welcomed and appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
George
I am writing to you from Norway. But I will write here as I do not speak the language. Hence the local forum is out.
I am considering to purchase an i-Miev. Financially I am limited to a used car. And 2011 models are sold second-hand from 100.000 NOK. And with the money I can borrow I can buy one for a maximum of 120.000 NOK. They have between 21.000 and 58.000 km in them. (For those who prefer miles: 13.049 - 36.040 mi) They also come with what is left of the warranty period of a total of 5 years.
The people here have 4 months of good weather and 6 months of winter. It can get 20 - 25 below in Celsius. (-4 - -13 F.) The geography is what it is: pine tree/rock/fjord/rock/pine tree/rock/rock/pine tree/rock. Not to sound negative though. What really bother me are these long tunnels with steeeeeeep ups stretching for a few kilometres. And the roads have their ups and downs too: not only in quality but literally.
These are the things I have to live with and now you get the picture.
So to buy this car I need a loan. I can go from 5 years up to 9 years. The letter has a ridiculous mothy payback rate. But I do not know if the car will last that long in these conditions and considering that I cannot know how it was used by the first owner. Can the lifetime of the battery be estimated somehow in these conditions? How far should I stretch the down payment in your opinion?
In addition I have absolutely no idea how to look for errors in such a car. I have only test driven electric cars. That is all my experience with electric cars and I cannot say I am a technical know-how. I have however, tried to search the forum here for some DIY, and easy, diagnostic methods but I have found none. I do know a place where they diagnose the battery of a Th!nk City for as “little” as 1.000 NOK but I cannot know if any car mechanics would even be in a reachable distance of the car I will purchase.
So any advice regarding these issues would be very much welcomed and appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
George