#soulev — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #soulev, aggregated by home.social.
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The #SoulEV is on Pirelli CINTURATO ALL SEASON SF 3 which have fantastic feel in all conditions. This IS probably why I love driving it so much. Very confidence inspiring.
And the #e_Niro is on oe spec Nexen (only because they were 1000 miles old when I bought the car) which I don’t trust in any conditions, but especially so in cold damp conditions 😬👍
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@serichards @ZeKik I’d absolutely not want a BEV without fast charging.
First gen #SoulEV are pocket money cheap here and would probably exceed your requirements if ya can live with its looks.
It got CarPay for the 2018 30kWh battery update. It’s an absolute hoot to thrash about in, it’s much slower and softer but more comfortable and predictable than the i3s. Ours still has 6 months warranty remaining. It’s a keep until it dies car.Is the #e_Niro too expensive?
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@DenOfEarth @vwdasher #SoulEV has just had to have its rear calipers unstuck at 6.5yo. #e_Niro has rusty rear discs at 4yo.
There wasn’t much salt used on roads this winter either I probably don’t use them hard enough to dry them out
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I must really ❤️ these two cars. Two baths in less than a month!!
It’s the first time in 3 months I’ve felt up to doing anything strenuous, it’s been a crap winter of virus, infections and asthma.
I now understand why people chase winter sun.
Not so #weirdcarmastodon #SoulEV #e_Niro
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Good question. Very similar.
the #SoulEV is lighter, less powerful, and has much more weight transfer & roll as you fling it into a corner. Its suspension is cruder but you can feel what the tyres are doing ALL the time. More through bum than steering wheel. It also has “much” better tyres. It’s FUN to hustle.
The #e_Niro is more COMFORTABLE and isolating and therefore perfect for 450 miles of motorway. I haven’t dialled by bum into it yet it usually takes a few months …
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@vwdasher less than summer … but the range indicators in the #SoulEV is pretty realistic… but it falls to 90 miles at 0 deg C with climate on and driving normally it’s more like 140 in summer
I haven’t driven the #e_Niro enough to comment yet … range indicator said 240 miles at -4 … will report back 👍
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I got a notification that the Qashqai had passed its MOT a couple of days back. It is already at a dealer the other end of the country. It’s up for double the price WBAC paid for it. Good luck to ‘em.
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@schmurnan @serichards @FlanFlinger
… We chose a 2018 #SoulEV with the only compromises being the 100 mile winter range and only just big enough boot. We have only had to use public charging three times in a year
But year on and we are back in contact w/ daughter 100 miles is only just enough to get there and back so we considered chopping in the Soul
for an Gen 1 #e_Niro which although dull as ditch water meets our requirements perfectly.The only problem was we couldn’t let go of the Soul…
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New to me car collection day has arrived.
We had horrendous rain last night and a storm is expected tomorrow but the sun is out at the moment ☀️
First the dogs are going to the vets for their monthly arthritis jabs.
Wish us all luck 😉🤞
#e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Test drive done and deposit left RYC the #e_Niro will be mine 🥳
… just as soon as I can get shot of the Qashqai. Hopefully one of the local traders or national buy your car places will come up with a reasonable price as the dealer wouldn’t even make an offer 🤷♂️🤞
At least the dealer experience was sooo much nicer than Daughter had with THAT car supermarket in Leeds.
#SoulEV #e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Update
We had a good discussion and have come the the conclusion we can’t part with the #SoulEV it’s just too quirky and fun. I can’t believe how attached we are to it after 14 months.
But we now have enough in the car kitty to trade the Qashqai for an #e_Niro … unless the MD (wife) changes her mind about things before I do a deal 😂
#e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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We went to have a good look at the #e_Niro today and we loved its practicality and features. And it looks quite nice in dark blue in a grown up respectable kinda way. But it’s just so dull after the #SoulEV especially on the inside.
So we have lots of thinking, number crunching and Soul, or E_Nero, searching to do 🤔
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Ok #EV #weirdautos peeps, recommendations please.
We don’t think we need 3 vehicles and we are thinking of keeping the #Roadtek #CamperVan and chopping in the #SoulEV and Qashqai.
Absolutely top budget is £20k so 4+ top spec 30k mile late e-Nero seem the obvious target and we are going to look at one tomorrow hopefully.🤞
Unfortunately X-Power MG4 are still just out of budget (and too big and wide IMO) but is there anything more fun or #weirdcarmastodon that we should consider?
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We took the #SoulEV and #i3 for a day out at the deer park yesterday* 🤣
Two cars that are quirky and go about doing the same thing in totally different ways but are an absolute hoot to drive as well as being cheapish to buy and small change to fuel.
Once again huge thanks to the Mastodon (Fediverse) #Ev peeps for opening my eyes to their benefits.
*Dogs, Grandkid and us big kids enjoyed it too.
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@takeitev @clanger9
Absolutely 👍I gave up my last diesel in 2012 and my asthma has improved considerably since.
And having joined #weirdautos almost two years ago #weirdcarmastodon persuaded me the future was #EV Now the always available low down grunt I loved from a turbo diesel is available all the time (even in my lowly #SoulEV) 😁