So I'm thinking of buying a Twizy

[cdrx]

What does the Elia chip do?

4k is a good price, but they never seem to get much cheaper than that, so doubt you'll loose much money on depreciation.

[Frimley111R]

Makes it faster I guess.

Bodystyling for Twizy..http://www.elia-tuning.de/index2.php

[nightSpirit]

13nm and 10kph increase I think.

I love this thing

[cdrx]

It looks great in liquid yellow

Was your insurance expensive?

[dave_s13]

These are eccentric cool I reckon.

I assume the chip increases power at the expense of range?

Are they oem approved or backstreet tuner jobbing?

[DonkeyApple]

pad58 said:

If you do buy a leaf ,can you have a speaker on it to warn pedestrians that your coming, I nearly got ran over by one yesterday because I didn't hear it.

I'd get your dog rechecked by the RNIB. Tout suite.

[nightSpirit]

Eccentric cool...perfect!

Insurance with LV is 200 a year which is what I seem to pay for anything these days.

The chip is aftermarket and doesn't need to stay plugged in.

Driving it into Guildford this morning with my 6 year old in tow...you wouldn't get this much attention if you drove a pink countach naked.

[nightSpirit]

Apologies for the fit inducing video quality...too much reflection and vibration for the phone to handle but little video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxw4Nc6vwZc

Gives a good indication of the torque and sound. There's also a ballsy overtake at 3.30 ish. I'll do a few more vids with a better camera/mount soon for comedy value.

[dave_s13]

ha...you proper spooked that Mazda.

Good work!

[nightSpirit]

I'm rapidly becoming a menace in this. Napoleon complex I reckon The range has gone out the window obviously..27 miles on a full charge.

[Joedarkness]

nightSpirit said:

I'm rapidly becoming a menace in this. Napoleon complex I reckon The range has gone out the window obviously..27 miles on a full charge.

Range pah.. who needs it, looks like a lot of fun..

[nightSpirit]

I'll try and get a better video up today. You do feel 'slightly' self conscious in it I'm noticing as it gets so much attention.

[nightSpirit]

Ok, slightly better video for you...not the most interesting though

https://youtu.be/SHI2fignDew

When the 507 arrives, I'll do a drag race or something.

[DonkeyApple]

nightSpirit said:

Ok, slightly better video for you...not the most interesting though

https://youtu.be/SHI2fignDew

When the 507 arrives, I'll do a drag race or something.

You have a very noisy driveway.

These are the sort of killer issues that EVs are going to highlight.

[benters]

good video's, so whats the daily routine, drive to and fro then overnight charge ? or does it charge more quickly than that? also have you found anywhere on your travels where it can be charged securely whilst you off doing other things ??

[Amateurish]

Love it, especially the colour.

[nightSpirit]

I bought it largely on the colour and yes anything other than soft butter as a road surface is loud

Routine is, check sunny, think of excuse to drive upto 15 miles out, drive car, stick on charge for 3 hours...repeat. It charges quickly enough and can be unplugged at any point. Not got as adventurous as public charging yet. Also noticed lots of grubby hand prints on door tops when I return to it after it being parked up, presume people are just looking in?

[Max M4X WW]

nightSpirit said:

I bought it largely on the colour and yes anything other than soft butter as a road surface is loud

Routine is, check sunny, think of excuse to drive upto 15 miles out, drive car, stick on charge for 3 hours...repeat. It charges quickly enough and can be unplugged at any point. Not got as adventurous as public charging yet. Also noticed lots of grubby hand prints on door tops when I return to it after it being parked up, presume people are just looking in?

I think I found you on Twizy Owners as well but hadn't seen this thread.

Love the fact that you've basically bought one for the fun of it, I want one for the same reason. My turn next year I think!

[nightSpirit]

Do it I say...still driving it every chance I get. Covered 400 miles or so now and only had two 'gay' comments

[Max M4X WW]

Just watched your country roads video, a mix of fun and fear I think but most of it is due to the shaking camera! I've hired one for the day twice now in the new forest and I'm going to have a proper look next year, keeping an eye on the 'values' at the moment which seem to just keep falling.

I'll probably want one with a years warranty left, then I can figure out if you can extend it etc.