Daox
Member
Hello, I'm new here. I guess you could call me an efficient/small car enthusiast. I currently daily drive a 99 Chevy Metro. The wife's car is an 04 Prius. I'm also a hypermiler and ecomodder. The Prius had an enginer phev kit at once along with some other mods, and the Metro is modified for better fuel economy with a few bells and whistles too. I've helped a bunch of local guys build EVs through a EV car club, but I've never built my own car. I do have a old Simplicity riding mower that I did a lead acid conversion on a few years back that I absolutely love.
That being said, I'm quite interested in picking up a used iMiev. Their price is so ridiculously low that a DIY conversion (what I'd previously been looking into) is almost silly considering the amount of work needed to come out with a good reliable conversion.
Right now there is a 2012 about 20 miles from me with 12k miles on it for $10k. Seems pretty reasonable from my morning of browsing the forum.
I live in Wisconsin, so its not real hot here... ever. I have a few concerns with the iMiev, one being winter snow/ice driving with it being rwd. I've never driven rwd in snow or ice before. I know it has traction control, but how much of a pain is it?
I'm pretty interested in additional information as the display doesn't seem to give a lot of info to the driver. I see there are at least one or two canbus projects going on which is great stuff.
Thats about it for now. I'll keep browsing and searching. Just wanted to say hi.
That being said, I'm quite interested in picking up a used iMiev. Their price is so ridiculously low that a DIY conversion (what I'd previously been looking into) is almost silly considering the amount of work needed to come out with a good reliable conversion.
Right now there is a 2012 about 20 miles from me with 12k miles on it for $10k. Seems pretty reasonable from my morning of browsing the forum.
I live in Wisconsin, so its not real hot here... ever. I have a few concerns with the iMiev, one being winter snow/ice driving with it being rwd. I've never driven rwd in snow or ice before. I know it has traction control, but how much of a pain is it?
I'm pretty interested in additional information as the display doesn't seem to give a lot of info to the driver. I see there are at least one or two canbus projects going on which is great stuff.
Thats about it for now. I'll keep browsing and searching. Just wanted to say hi.