Next C63 to use hybrid four-pot

Do you welcome the of ICE performance cars in lieu of EV?

  • Absolutely, go green and bring on the new found torque!

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JBell

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I was looking at those as well Jon, I preferred it but SWMBO seems determined on the leaf- quite surprising as she has no interest in cars normally- additionally surprising is she declared the current tourer as the best car I've ever had ....no accounting for taste (E63, SL500...i8- she didn't know me when I had the 840ci or many others so I can forgive that...)

It was the higher driving position that sold it to her as she came from a X3 but had so many problems as it was Diesel with the low mileage.
 

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It was the higher driving position that sold it to her as she came from a X3 but had so many problems as it was Diesel with the low mileage.
Yes, I think that will be my next ploy- get her into the cars. According to the Carwow review she saw the Leaf does give the impression of riding high....
 

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Yes, I think that will be my next ploy- get her into the cars. According to the Carwow review she saw the Leaf does give the impression of riding high....

Doesn't the Leaf only have 1 pedal???? @Craiglxviii will probably know
 
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While you’re at it John get her to try the Toyota CHR Hybrid future son-in-law has one and I’m pretty impressed the drivetrain is superb

They are also on 0% finance at the moment
 

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While you’re at it John get her to try the Toyota CHR Hybrid future son-in-law has one and I’m pretty impressed the drivetrain is superb
Yes, but have you looked at it? :eek:
 

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Yes, but have you looked at it? :eek:

I wouldn’t normally but as it’s in the family I’ve become accustomed to it and I have to admit it ticks the boxes mechanically and it’s been faultless. What’s especially nice about Toyota Hybrid/EV vehicles is that they aren’t a liability for the owner >3 years old
 
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Quite a bit more than a couple of £k I believe, and remember that’s per unit not a one off cost, also remember that that outlay for an Indy is huge (until you are established) that’s a new lift or an experienced mechanic for a good number of months. Also look at volumes of cars vs agri equipment plus physically transporting things around and size of the space needed to do any work on them.
I’m pretty sure Tesla will allow independents to access their systems but they will have to go through full training and qualifications (I would expect about a month long coarse) then lease all their equipment, by which point most indys will just say they aren’t allowing them to be worked on outside the network because it’s too many hoops to jump through to get accreditation. Apple have been doing it for years to become one of their approved repair centres, their training coarse along is in the region of £6k per person plus all the network equipment (about £80k worth when we bought it 7 years ago so may be cheaper now),

Ok, a lot of fair points in there, to tbh.

Upside of 4 pots is they are easier to work on :)
 

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Remember its a four pot buried under turbos, hybrid kit and associated sensors, wiring and control boxes so it maybe easier to work once you have actually got to it.
 
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Remember its a four pot buried under turbos, hybrid kit and associated sensors, wiring and control boxes so it maybe easier to work once you have actually got to it.

Yes, very true, didn't think of that at all.
 


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