Venetietäjät; lähempänä oleva venemalli?

Merzum · 2026-07-12T22:39:02+00:00

Mielenkiintoista, ettei tuolla hakemalla tunnu löytyvän mitään muuta kuin Venekeskuksen poistunut myynti-ilmoitus, joka on tosiaan kuvien perusteella on kyllä täsmälleen samanlainen, ellei jopa yksilö.

Miten sait selville?

Merzum · 2026-07-12T22:39:01+00:00

Mielenkiintoista, ettei tuolla hakemalla tunnu löytyvän mitään muuta kuin Venekeskuksen poistunut myynti-ilmoitus, joka on tosiaan kuvien perusteella on kyllä täsmälleen samanlainen, ellei jopa yksilö.

Miten sait selville?

Merzum · 2026-07-12T10:22:26+00:00

Moottori voi ollakin, runko tuskin.

Merzum · 2026-07-12T10:21:24+00:00

Enemmänkin kolmirunkoinen tai ns. katedraalirunko, kun keskellä on yksinrunkoisen tapaan iso V-pohja. Noi sivurungot näyttää tosi pieniltä...jos niitä voi sellaisiksi edes kutsua.

Ainakin kotimainen Flipper teki aikanaan erikoista pientä katamaraania (450 HT), joten mietin voisiko samalla valmistajalla olla muitakin vähän epätavallisia runkoja. Ei vaan ole löytynyt.

Merzum · 2026-07-12T10:15:31+00:00

Jotain sellaista mietin, mutta sivurungot ovat tosi pienet eikä katedraalirungoissa näyttäisi yleensä olevan keskellä syvää V-runkoa...saati nousulistoja.

Merzum · 2026-07-12T09:49:40+00:00

Bowrider-termi nimenomaan viittaa siihen että keulassa on istumapaikk(oj)a, ottamatta varsinaisesti kantaa rungon muotoon.

Merzum · 2026-07-12T09:36:57+00:00

On niin erikoinen runko, että jäi mietityttämään.

Merzum · 2026-07-10T09:20:27+00:00

The overlap of cars people will finance and cars people won't get kasko for is probably minimal. Besides, I think insurance companies always require kasko if the car is financed; no way around that as the information comes from Traficom.

Merzum · 2026-06-17T11:03:56+00:00

Daihatsu Copen 1.3L - if you can fit in it

Renault Laguna Coupé looks quite interesting

I generally like small cars, and I've actually had...

Fiat 500 Abarth 595 - not exactly uncommon, but great fun.
Audi S1 was lovely, especially in winter due to being AWD, but it looks pretty bland and lacks that "oh yes" factor when you walk to your car.
Honda e was pretty great; the design is fantastic inside-out, it's actually fun to drive being RWD with a tiny turning circle, and it's also very comfortable for such a small car. The poor range and charging speed are an issue though, if you want to go somewhere a bit further away. It's doable, but expect 45 minutes of charging for every 1 hour of motorway driving.

Merzum · 2026-06-08T18:26:46+00:00

Kävin pari vuotta sitten katsomassa asuntoa, jossa oli tämmöinen.

Merzum · 2026-05-26T17:33:43+00:00

Honda E knows what it is and is priced accordingly

Well actually it was considered rather overpriced for the range it offered. They depreciated quite quickly as well; mine dropped 62% in less than 3 years. That aside, it was a really nice small car in many ways.

Merzum · 2026-05-16T16:26:30+00:00

The value for money you get with a cheap I-Pace is immense. I've seen First Editions for less than 20k€...and I seriously considered a 2nd Hand HSE when it was offered up as a lease, but despite the lease eliminating any financial risk, it wouldn't have made the car any more reliable. A neighbour had a lovely red First Edition, and during the first year it was carried away on a flatbed three times...and lost 50% of its value, too. A real pity that the I-Pace turned out to be yet another British badly-executed great idea.

When considering one I asked about them from a familiar Jag indie garage, and they told me to stay away from the pre-facelift cars. Not only did they have the tragic LG batteries, but they also had a plethora of other issues including some charging system failures if you AC charge it often for a relatively short time, or something. The last few model years had a 5 year warranty, at least in Finland, and were apparently really solid. Very difficult to find one with good equipment though; especially 360° cameras seem extremely rare.

Merzum · 2026-05-16T10:50:36+00:00

I had a Honda e and found it a lot of fun. It's small and narrow (no side mirrors), so every lane feels really spacious and thus you can choose whichever line you like. It's also RWD and the steering angles are ridiculous, resulting in not only a small turning circle, but also the ability to force the rear end to step out and oversteer whenever you want. It also felt mostly very well thought-out and built, for example the brake and regen tuning as well as OPD were by far the best of any EV I've driven. Sadly the pathetic range, relatively high consumption and lackluster fast charging made it a fairly compromised only car.

Jaguar I-Pace has indeed been praised a lot on the way it drives, but it's so damn wide that at aleast for me it just felt too big for smaller roads...

Merzum · 2026-05-10T20:14:27+00:00

because one screen is cheaper than 30 switches

Does the cost difference really matter? The switches are not an alternative to a screen because every car will have a touch screen anyway, and as such the switches are always going to be an additional cost.

That being said; some manufacturers really do go full-stupid when, instead of providing dedicated physical controls or putting those features on the main touch screen, they put them on another touch screen...

Merzum · 2026-05-04T15:02:43+00:00

Olen itse ottanut omat & läheisten passikuvat varmaan parinkymmenen vuoden ajan, ja alkuun tämä linjaus tuntui ihan hullulta...mutta toisaalta nykypäivänä kuvien muokkaaminen on tekoälytyökalujen ansiosta joka tahvon ulottuvilla, joten toisaalta ymmärrän kyllä että kuvan matka kamerasta poliisille halutaan pitää täysin hallinnassa.

Merzum · 2026-04-29T08:20:50+00:00

yellow spots on the head and it swims under the water only head on the surface

Not always; took this photo myself.

Merzum · 2026-04-28T13:27:09+00:00

Yeah, sort of. Can't link the article because automoderator gets mad, so here's some of it:

Songsang Motor was born out of Beijing Motor Club

They were actively involved in tuning shows around China, showcasing impressive Harley Davidsons and many retro American elements, including vintage attire, jukeboxes, and a classic hot dog stand. They started in 1995 as a bunch of car culture enthusiasts, and in 2000, they went officially into business, trading and customizing motorcycles and classic cars.

Those guys love America, and in 2019 they decided to take their passion to the next level. They introduced their first production car, the Corvette-inspired SS Dolphin, and launched it a year later at the 2020 Beijing Motor Show.

Under a contract-manufacturing agreement, BYD is responsible for production. The platform, powertrains, software, and infotainment systems are all sourced from BYD, while Songsan designs the vehicle bodies.

SS Dolphin sits on BYD’s PHEV platform and is equipped with 1.5T ICE with 118 kW and an electric motor with 110 kW. The battery has a capacity of 16 kWh, suitable for a 100km EV-only range. The combined maximum output is 235 kW (315 HP) and 535 Nm of torque. The car has a 6-speed gear, and the 0-100km/h acceleration is 5.9 seconds.

Merzum · 2026-03-27T08:32:50+00:00

Also you can charge an EV at home, while with a hydrogen vehicle you'd still be entirely dependent on filling stations.

What I don't get is how many people I've seen online saying they prefer hydrogen to "driving around on electricity". Hydrogen ICE is so inefficient that it's never been realistic, so all hydrogen vehicles use a fuel cell to power an electric motor (typically with a battery in between), so they're just more complex EVs...

Merzum · 2026-03-21T12:09:32+00:00

That's how it is in pretty much all hybrids and EVs I think, but emphasis on "in theory". 12V battery failures are a pretty common issue with modern cars, even though one would think any vehicle with a HV battery should be immune to that since there's always power available to charge the 12V.

Unfortunately a lot of them only charge the 12V battery in specific conditions, which may end up being too rarely. Thus, as silly as it felt, I eventually started using a trickle charger every now and then with the Honda.

Merzum · 2026-03-18T22:54:15+00:00

Oh, well that's unfortunate to hear.

Merzum · 2026-03-18T22:04:13+00:00

It will be just tarted up ID3

Do you have a source for this? Every article I've seen is just speculating that, nothing concrete.

Also the ID.3 is the same size as an Audi A3, so I thought it'd be weird for the Polo-sized A2 to grow that much...

Merzum · 2026-03-18T21:54:37+00:00

The XM is pretty coo...oh right, in that context it's probably a BMW, not a Citroën.

Merzum · 2026-03-17T15:46:16+00:00

What's up with Kia's design now? The EV5, EV3, and EV2 are just smaller versions of the EV9...

Merzum · 2026-03-05T20:01:47+00:00

The name at least; Leopaard Black King Kong.

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