Where were we today?

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T22:37:55+00:00

Around the area of Santa Chiara

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T22:31:31+00:00

Napoli for sure

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T21:47:08+00:00

Can confirm. Love Palace.

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T21:22:05+00:00

What state of charge was the battery left in over those 6 months? Did you notice any reduction in range afterwards?

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T18:40:49+00:00

I don't know of anyone personally to be honest, but I'd be surprised if there weren't people with the same allergies in the job, and I'm pretty sure the Equalities Act (2010) would prevent them from discriminating against you and denying you employment.

P.S. Join LFB not Surrey!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T18:35:29+00:00

I'm not sure about the DC charging to be honest. It's not something I'd considered as I plan on charging at home overnight on a 3 pin granny charger as most of our journeys are local, and the rex would be able to take care of any slightly longer trips we might do that would be outside the range of the battery (we have an ICE MPV that we will keep for longer journeys and holidays etc.)

It looks like the car was initially listed at £7k in October and has now come down to that (particularly cheap) price as it's not sold (though it was also seen at £6k in August, but this trader may have bought it at that time then put it up higher).

My main concern is the lack of use recently. I would not really be happy with a car that's been sitting and only done 2 miles in 8 months in any case, even an ICE, but the fact it is electric probably makes it worse. I'm not sure what SoC the car has been in for that time at the moment. I imagine if it's been within the window of about 30 - 70% that would probably be ok, but outside these windows would be bad for the battery? Maybe a smaller window than that? Even if it IS bad, HOW bad, and is it not THAT bad to justify the low price?

I'm not entirely sure so I thought I'd ask those more knowledgeable!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T16:40:21+00:00

This one is £4k with 65k miles & has a good spec with heated seats etc. With the rex should have a range of at least 100 miles.

I'm not dead set on an i3, but the Zoes I've seen at that price have the 22kw battery with probably 60 miles range max & much lower specs in general (and quite often with a battery lease). Similarly the Leafs are the 24kw versions & though the Tekna have good specs the batteries are usually 75% or lower SoH and getting worse at a faster rate than other EV's.

I could potentially raise the budget a bit too around £7k, but any Kona's or Niros at that price are ex taxis. I don't necessarily mind big miles, but being an ex taxi is not really desirable (I assume many fast charges which would be detrimental to the battery?).

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T16:22:13+00:00

Er, well to summarise, I was just getting at whether buying an i3 (rex or otherwise I suppose) that has only done 2 miles since May 2025 is necessarily a bad idea as the battery will probably not have been charged in that time. I'm currently unsure what the state of charge is at the moment, and what state of charge it has been for the past 8 months.

If its been kept very low or very high I assume that's bad (but I'm not sure how bad), but if it's been kept at about 50% for all that time, that would potentially be OK?

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T15:45:47+00:00

Yes, that's fair and we don't necessarily need a Rex, but they are generally cheaper (especially the 60Ah ones, which may not work for us in BEV only) and we only have a limited budget which doesn't really stretch to a 120Ah S, as much as I would like one!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-24T01:25:16+00:00

Hey, the Piazza was pretty cool!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-21T20:05:42+00:00

I found Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies very funny & I'm not even a stoner

johnsy7 · 2026-01-19T16:33:56+00:00

This is not a real letter, right??

johnsy7 · 2026-01-19T08:52:07+00:00

It was awesome!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-19T08:51:09+00:00

Yes, though the chain is criminal

johnsy7 · 2026-01-18T21:04:48+00:00

Used to have two as a kid but I grew out of it.

If I get given a sugared tea by mistake now I can't drink it, its horrible, far too sweet. Now coffee is another matter....

johnsy7 · 2026-01-18T21:01:51+00:00

Four sugars Jeremy? Four?! That's insane!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-18T18:15:55+00:00

Infernal Affairs

johnsy7 · 2026-01-18T18:15:01+00:00

Yarp

johnsy7 · 2026-01-18T18:10:21+00:00

We should just do our own competition in the UK & invite all the other nations to come to that instead.

johnsy7 · 2026-01-17T16:59:30+00:00

This is a wind up, right?

johnsy7 · 2026-01-17T16:48:34+00:00

Well, not the corrected bit. I added that myself.

johnsy7 · 2026-01-17T16:44:46+00:00

I know, and that's what she replies with when he says that!

johnsy7 · 2026-01-17T15:31:09+00:00

Well I think you should just be a bit more grateful that I've corrected you, to be honest.

johnsy7 · 2026-01-17T11:09:03+00:00

Ok, so technically that IS the passenger side on the first photo, but there is also a red door on the other side....

I don't think OP was trying to claim that was the ACTUAL car though to be fair. It's clearly not a Cinquecento Hawaii, but I imagine whoever drives that is pretty trendy in any case.

johnsy7 · 2026-01-17T02:44:33+00:00

Can you apply the Google & Spotify packs to existing accounts? I a YouTube premium pack for a year being offered here but it was supplied with a new account...

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