It would be good to verify that you can get service reasonably close
though. I had a similar love-with-an-orphan-vehicle situation in that I
had a Smart EV for 3 years. I really liked the car. I had leased it and
was trying to decide between buying it and leasing another when the only
dealer in my state decided they weren't going to sell the Smarts any
more. And then, shortly after, Daimler decided not to sell them in the
US at all. I never had any trouble with the car but wasn't willing to
take the risk of not being able to get it repaired. Instead I got a
Chevy Bolt. Possibly the best car I ever owned. I will say, I really
loved that the Smart had a real tailgate though. I used the car as a
mobile workshop quite often. Working with tools out of the back of the
Bolt was far more awkward.
--Rick
On 2/3/2023 7:47 PM, Alan Brinkman via EV wrote:
Peri,
I was a tad negative about the Fiat 500e in my response. I was pretty happy
for 2.5 years. The dash would state a range of 90 miles when I would leave
for the day. In 70F weather it would travel 60 to 70 miles not going over
55 or 60 mph. In 100 to 115F weather with the AC on (like your 30F with the
heater on) it would travel 35 to 45 miles and keep above the 10% charge
turtle mode.
...
Alan
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 7:18 AM Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
wrote:
Does anyone have experience with the fiat 500e ? I'm looking at yet
another option to replace our 2011 leaf. I don't have time to find
replacement cells for the leaf and paying someone to do the whole job is
probably $8-$10k, more than I want to spend on an old car. It looks like
I could get a used 2017 or 2018 model for about $15k.
My wife wants a small car and the 500e would be a great fit. It *should*
have substantially better range than our old leaf but I want to hear
from other people.
- what 70F range do you get for city driving ? ...for highway driving ?
- what 30F (with heat & defrost) range city ? highway ?
Any significant concerns about the car ?
Thanks,
Peri
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