Renault Twizy

[HandsomeBob]

Hi All,

Saw one of these at Goodwood and I am extremely tempted....with the door option of course!

Only thing that sort of puts me off is the fact it has no side windows but I always drive with the windows down anyway. Perfect little city car, keep my other car for motorways.

What are everyone's thoughts on them?

Bobski

[qdos]

I too saw it at Goodwood and was very impressed. To me though the only thing that would hold me back is that the batteries are not included in the sale of the car. You have to lease them.... Had it not been for that (which makes it as expensive to run as a petrol/diesel) I might well have gone for one. I do however think that this is a cracking machine and is what most folk would really wind up driving most of the time as 2/3rds of people's journeys are more often than not just 5 mile jaunts back and forth.

I loved it as did many people too. Shame about the lease though, but then I always pay cash for my cars so perhaps I'm the one at odds here.

Coincidentally I've just been out for a fun drive in an electric buggy and yep it happens to have been 5 miles. It was purely for fun which these days with the cost of petrol I seldom ever do nowadays, but as I've got this electric buggy I thought why not. cost me all of 5p in electricity

Edited by qdos on Thursday 5th July 22:21

[Far Cough]

Yeah ... must get one meself ..... They look GREAT

[blueg33]

Well attractive brunettes seem to like them

Stalking Girls in a Twizzy

[HandsomeBob]

qdos said:

I too saw it at Goodwood and was very impressed. To me though the only thing that would hold me back is that the batteries are not included in the sale of the car. You have to lease them.... Had it not been for that (which makes it as expensive to run as a petrol/diesel) I might well have gone for one. I do however think that this is a cracking machine and is what most folk would really wind up driving most of the time as 2/3rds of people's journeys are more often than not just 5 mile jaunts back and forth.

I loved it as did many people too. Shame about the lease though, but then I always pay cash for my cars so perhaps I'm the one at odds here.

Coincidentally I've just been out for a fun drive in an electric buggy and yep it happens to have been 5 miles. It was purely for fun which these days with the cost of petrol I seldom ever do nowadays, but as I've got this electric buggy I thought why not. cost me all of 5p in electricity

Edited by qdos on Thursday 5th July 22:21

Ha that is excellent on the 5pm front however not so happy about the leasing of the battery... apparently that costs about £40 according to the autoexpress review. Almost defeats the object really other than being eco friendly.

[qdos]

HandsomeBob said:

the leasing of the battery... apparently that costs about £40 according to the autoexpress review. Almost defeats the object really other than being eco friendly.

I couldn't agree more and that's why I thought better of looking further into purchasing one of these. I still think it's a great little machine however, if I buy a car/bike or what ever, I want to own it all not most of it with a vital bit owned by someone else. I'm not anti green, far from it I'm very active in EVs but I'm not though going to be held by the short n curlies by a big corporate, that's happened to others before with the GM Impact/EV1....

Edited by qdos on Friday 6th July 21:37

[Waugh-terfall]

I signed up for a test drive as part of Renault's national ZE Tour out of curiosity. RHS Wisley sometime in September. Really looking forward to it, but I have absolutely no idea why. I think it's just the way it looks, the 'fun' prospects and 100% torque from the word go.

There's a picture of all 6ft 4+ of me in the back of one with another 6ft+er in the front. A doorless model, needless to say...

[tuffer]

Saw one today in Tidworth of all places, being used by an estate agent not the Military