This weekend there was a new world record in my home village. 399 electric cars drove together in a line. See video here:
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QuoteArcheo-peteriX This must have been before the Datsun since the record time for the 1/4 mile was only 11.8 seconds and the Datsun got down to 11.5 seconds. Also there is no mention of terminal speed. The Datsun reached in excess of 110mph! But the E30 has around 600 hp, so significantly more powerful than the Datsun. I don't think they have done much drag racing with it, but it still
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QuoteArcheo-peteriX I came across this video while searching for electric cars... I love the race at 5:10 ;-) This electric E30 is even faster!
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QuoteJose Pinto The i3 with gasoline powered "range extender" can be used as any car, perhaps taxes bite that version hard in Norway. With the range extender, it is no longer regarded as an electric car, and all the tax advantages are gone. They don't even bother to sell that version in Norway.
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QuoteJose Pinto Just saw one i3 on the road. It looks taller than i imagined, and very different from anything else (they made that on purpose, i believe). I found it not as exciting as i thought it would be, perhaps i have conservative taste. Perhaps i am getting old. Or both. I am stuck with old cars for my life, probably. Three of my local friends are driving i3. I test drove o
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QuoteJose Pinto I notice a bit less adhesion on stone paved streets or bad pavement with higher pressures, perhaps because more bump movement is transmitted to the suspension to deal whith, i don't know. It is basically because the size of the tyre contact patch is roughly inversely proportional to the tyre pressure. The higher pressure, the smaller the contact patch. You can test this b
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QuoteJose Pinto Thanks Ove! From what I gather, the optimum grip will depend on tires also, and is way above what is stated on the fuel flap sticker. I am running the Continental premium contact 2 way above the sticker figure, 2,6 rear and 2.4 front. I experienced up to 3, but I fear damaging the tires and felt no advantage in doing so. No complains for grip in corners and braking, and th
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QuoteJose Pinto Hey Ove, nice to hear you over here! Short commute is a blessing! I do 120km round trip per day, and still the cost of most EV in diesel would leave the diesel option cheaper. ...Unless EV were subsidized or old diesel car heavily (even more) taxed. :/ Example: BMW i3 or activehybrid 3 against the "traditional" powered equivalents. The way to go is have a living a
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QuoteMichiel 318iS If I had the money, I'd have the i3 for commuting. It's quiet, fast accelerating, nice bit of technology (had a 7 day training on it, never thought a car could be that different from conventional ones). We had the chance to drag race it against a MB CLS 63 AMG at a redlight, up to 60 km/h we were ahead of that beast. The driver wasn't really pleased... Gove
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QuoteArcheo-peteriXYour new ride looks really good. It really is a shame that North American never gets fuel efficient and good looking cars that offer performance as well. We are stuck with over weight, gas guzzling monstrosities that support the oil companies obscene profits. The current trend in Norway is to buy electric cars. Most cars are heavily taxed, while the electric ones have free pa
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QuoteArcheo-peteriX Holy Smoke! Look who has reappeared How are things with you Ove? Do you have a permanent cupholder now? Still steering the 318Ti around the tracks? Any little Oves yet? Sorry for all the questions but we've missed your august presence around here Things are fine with me. I never had a 318ti, but rather a 323ti. It has now been replaced by a 2012 F20 116i. Neit
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Hello. :-) There is usually a pressure for optimum grip, and going either higher og lower will reduce the grip. If you have perfect pressure in all four tyres, you can go either higher or lower up front to induce understeer. To create oversteer, go higher or lower in the rear. If you go lower with the pressure at the back, the handling will be slightly more sluggish, but the traction
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