The comparative size of cars

[Baldy]

In Switzerland?

No UK. They're classified as a quadbike for some strange reason.

 

[Profpointy]

I dunno. The original Mini was in many ways a dreadful car that never even turned a direct profit for its manufactuer (they did OK on service and repairs though.) Hell, it even had it's seams on the outside.

I know they have their following but objectively speaking they were pith poor in most area.

I think you're being a bit harsh given they were from the late 50s. They were fun to drive, handled and held the road well, quite nippy, maybe actually quick for the time in 1275 guise. Reasonably solid mechanically I'd have said. OK they rusted, but so did most cars back then

 

[lazybloke]

I think you're being a bit harsh given they were from the late 50s. They were fun to drive, handled and held the road well, quite nippy, maybe actually quick for the time in 1275 guise. Reasonably solid mechanically I'd have said. OK they rusted, but so did most cars back then

Yeah, I didn't drive a mini until the 25th anniversary edition, so by then it was a very elderly design. So definitely there were better cars out there, but it was a hoot to drive.
Not the best longevity, but parts were very cheap; maintenance was simple.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Reasonably solid mechanically I'd have said. OK they rusted, but so did most cars back then

Back then rain had more salt in it. Now it’s more acidic and no so salty.

 

[Profpointy]

Back then rain had more salt in it. Now it’s more acidic and no so salty.

Or more likely it snowed and froze more so there was more road salt. I suspect paint and other protection has improved too

 

[Ridgeway]

In Switzerland?

All ok here on the autoroute 👍🏻

We’ll have to remember though that’s not the case in the UK unfortunately

 

[Ridgeway]

I understand now, you just plug it into hand normal domestic 3 point socket (13 amp fuse and all that)

How many miles per hour charging do you get - ie, for every hour plugged in how many miles range does that add. ?

Takes about 2hrs to go from half to full and that gives you a 50km top up, it might be faster though as I never really check, just plug it in and let it do its thing

 

[Ridgeway]

Actually just checked on the draw on that socket:

So 309.8hrs which has given us around 2700km driven, ie 310/2700 = 11hrs per 100km range, longer than I though or let’s say slower charging than I thought.

 

[Marchrider]

Actually just checked on the draw on that socket:

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So 309.8hrs which has given us around 2700km driven, ie 310/2700 = 11hrs per 100km range, longer than I though or let’s say slower charging than I thought.

Interesting, so you have had 2700km driving from 310kwh (8.7km per kwh or 5.44 miles per kwh)
at UK electric prices (24½p per kwh) that would be equivalent to 141 mpg in a diesel car (4p per mile)

as for the charging, it seems from that snapshot to be drawing 630w , so much slower than I had imagined 3.42 miles per hour charging , so 16 hours of charge would give 54 miles of range - very adequate for a local run-a-round

 

[vickster]

No UK. They're classified as a quadbike for some strange reason.

But the chap posting about his lives in Switzerland where he can drive it on the motorway 👍🏻

 

[Baldy]

But the chap posting about his lives in Switzerland where he can drive it on the motorway 👍🏻

yes, realised that after I'd posted. I live in rural Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh 40 minutes away by motorway, Glasgow an hour away by motorway. So having a car that I couldn't use on the motorways wouldn't be all that useful. Don't happen to have £18k either.

 

[Drago]

No UK. They're classified as a quadbike for some strange reason.

A combination of weight, wheelbase and track measurements.

In thenUK and EU a car requires all sorts of mandatory crash testing an bothersome safety kit that a quadricycle doesn't. Yet they're still wanting car money for one.

 

[mustang1]

There are a few things worth pointing out with the photo of parked Bromptons a Nd parked cars:

Both the cars and the bikes are in a parked state (IE, engine off, bike folded).

The bikes being packed against each other are not accessible (the ones in the middle for example) so while the photo makes a point, it isn't a practical way to store the bikes.

There are other photos showing a car in traffic, and then a bunch of bikes squashed up taking the same amount of space. But NO ONE rides like that, not even in a TdF peleton! So realistically, I would say 4 cyclists could ride along in the same space that one car takes up but since one car can comfortably seat 4 people, so again the photo is not a realistic representation of how cyclists really ride.

 

[CXRAndy]

I like the idea, but £18k and you can't use the motorways.

90kph top speed, but won't get you too far at those speeds. A perfect city/urban vehicle

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Triumph Spitfire

I'd guess that those are 44", or 48" tyres?