EV6 has landed

[dan_b]

Good luck driving any modern car with the powersteering disabled! Your biceps would last about 5 seconds.

Looks great, enjoy driving it.

Most assuredly! Very glad I made the change, I reckon the easiest way to convert most people to BEV from ICE is to give then one for a week to drive, that alone would sway a large proportion of the population.

Moxi

Slightly ecoing marshmans post above, but the thing that would sway a large proportion of the population would be a lightweight, basic, small, affordable car without all the unnecessary infotainment cr*p, without all the plastic padding on the inside (or outside), and without all the unnecessary extras like power steering, that weren't needed in an economy car of the '70's or '80's and, frankly, are not needed now.

[Mr Gus]

Yeah tech dominates way more than necessary, (though a heatpump is a must for a bev.
Which is why i love the early smart cars, ..got too big & bright after the 451.
Simple cheaper (no mad gang of app designers to screw the payroll further)

New screen for a low res nissan leaf 24kWh is dumb money.

I replaced the screen in my old leaf. Bought a full head unit for £100 from a breaker ,swapped the screen.over and got full touchscreen capability back. Can't swap out full unit as it's coded to car but screen is a yes.

I'm still after one joe, just the screen, original problem dating back a year.

[Moxi]

Mr Gus,

I'm probably barking at something you have already tried but are you aware of:

https://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=32398

Apologies as you have probably already done all this but if I didnt ask and you hadnt ..............

Moxi

[Mr Gus]

Thanks moxi, & no, idea about that one, will try it out tomorrow!



Fingers crossed.

[Moxi]

OMG! I'm so glad I put the link in - fingers firmly crossed that it works.

Moxi

[Mr Gus]

it's like me & beer / cheap dehumidifier listings, somewhere along the line it works for someone at a price thats right.
I wouldn't have found that in a million years (blinkered focus) ..no idea there may be a working crib sheet fix.

Yes, I'm desperate!
(not desp)

[spread-tee]

Eh what??? you rang??

[Mr Gus]

Eh what??? you rang??

Hello "lurkin-desp"
(don't tell him I said firkin desp )

[Marcus]

Good luck driving any modern car with the powersteering disabled! Your biceps would last about 5 seconds.

Most assuredly! Very glad I made the change, I reckon the easiest way to convert most people to BEV from ICE is to give then one for a week to drive, that alone would sway a large proportion of the population.

Moxi

Slightly ecoing marshmans post above, but the thing that would sway a large proportion of the population would be a lightweight, basic, small, affordable car without all the unnecessary infotainment cr*p, without all the plastic padding on the inside (or outside), and without all the unnecessary extras like power steering, that weren't needed in an economy car of the '70's or '80's and, frankly, are not needed now.

true, but that's because power steering racks/boxes are geared much higher than manual units: i remember driving a '70s era full size single decker coach (on an airfield) that didn't have power steering, and despite the tryes being soft, as long as you were moving even just a couple of mph you could steer it fine.

Comes to that, i used to have a series 2A LWB landrover with 235/85r16 tyres, and a tiny 10" steering wheel (don't ask), and non-power assisted brakes; the only time they were an issue was when i was following someone to Babbacombe(IIRC) beach in Devon:- as we shot off the main road past some triangular road signs i thought "did that sign really say 1:3 gradient?" Ooh, bu**er!!

I did indeed have good biceps when i had that landrover though