Soviet EV and taco chronicles + future ponderings about Fendie

[Desertbreh]

Kit ordered

I really hope it's all it's cracked up to be. I love seeing this thing being used as a test mule while I await its arrival.

[max225]

Looks like Mtec is in so cal… hopefully they ship from here and not

[CaleDeRoo]

Looks like Mtec is in so cal… hopefully they ship from here and not

Road trip it down

[max225]

Looks like Mtec is in so cal… hopefully they ship from here and not

Road trip it down

I'd die if I do it at night

[D Griff]

No. Lows and highs are seperate. The high beams are actually decent. So the only thing I would do there is change out the bulb to a "whiter" color bulb and call it a day. The low beams however are terrible. I would give them a solid D. High beams are more of a C+

The good thing is with picking your own color temps for the lows it should be easy to match the highs. Also I recommend buying a small roll of PPF and covering your newly polished headlights. The shape should be easy enough for DIY

I did PPF on my road bike frame in a few places and it’s wicked difficult for it to not be shit.

[D Griff]

Don't cut corners on my ride bro.

Ok ok I trust you to take care of my ride in the interim.

The love for this car is simultaneously:

and

[max225]

Ok ok I trust you to take care of my ride in the interim.

The love for this car is simultaneously:

and

I mean its just great bang for the buck IMO. Hard to find fault with something that has fixies up front, seats 4 in comfort has a near 600 mile freeway range and is relatively easy to work on...

All for 1/4 of the price of a new Civic SI

[Desertbreh]

No. Lows and highs are seperate. The high beams are actually decent. So the only thing I would do there is change out the bulb to a "whiter" color bulb and call it a day. The low beams however are terrible. I would give them a solid D. High beams are more of a C+

The good thing is with picking your own color temps for the lows it should be easy to match the highs. Also I recommend buying a small roll of PPF and covering your newly polished headlights. The shape should be easy enough for DIY

I used this. My lamps needed no polishing and put these right over. https://www.weathertech.com/mercedes-be ... /lampgard/

[max225]

No. Lows and highs are seperate. The high beams are actually decent. So the only thing I would do there is change out the bulb to a "whiter" color bulb and call it a day. The low beams however are terrible. I would give them a solid D. High beams are more of a C+

The good thing is with picking your own color temps for the lows it should be easy to match the highs. Also I recommend buying a small roll of PPF and covering your newly polished headlights. The shape should be easy enough for DIY

Must have missed this. I think I am ok without the PPF. My current route doesn't get me pelted by other vehicles. It should keep for 100k miles easy.

I'll report back on the "lows" but I think for the high beams I'll just use regular halogens... I am not interested in HIDs as they need to warm up and LEDs seem to throw codes. So whichever bulb is closest to 4300k

[D Griff]

The love for this car is simultaneously:

and

I mean its just great bang for the buck IMO. Hard to find fault with something that has fixies up front, seats 4 in comfort has a near 600 mile freeway range and is relatively easy to work on...

All for 1/4 of the price of a new Civic SI

It's a nice car and amazing bang for buck for sure. I just didn't expect a line out the door for it, the most widely loved and approved of car on this forum in a long while.

[CaleDeRoo]

I mean its just great bang for the buck IMO. Hard to find fault with something that has fixies up front, seats 4 in comfort has a near 600 mile freeway range and is relatively easy to work on...

All for 1/4 of the price of a new Civic SI

It's a nice car and amazing bang for buck for sure. I just didn't expect a line out the door for it, the most widely loved and approved of car on this forum in a long while.

I day dream about driving that car to far away lands, gazing out of the large greenhouse at never before seen rock formations and trees, and jamming out to the Harman Kardon Logic 7 5.1 HD surround sound during the long nights of driving through the darkness with those MTec HIDs.

[Gberg2119]

Just out of curiosity I went back to the SQ5 link. It's still there and it's listed for $55,282. What was it before?

https://www.audimarin.com/used/Audi/202 ... ca3ffe.htm

[max225]

Just out of curiosity I went back to the SQ5 link. It's still there and it's listed for $55,282. What was it before?

https://www.audimarin.com/used/Audi/202 ... ca3ffe.htm

53.7 is how low they dropped it …

[Gberg2119]

Just out of curiosity I went back to the SQ5 link. It's still there and it's listed for $55,282. What was it before?

https://www.audimarin.com/used/Audi/202 ... ca3ffe.htm

53.7 is how low they dropped it …

They must have some really big brains over there.

[max225]

53.7 is how low they dropped it …

They must have some really big brains over there.

83 days on car gurus breh. They know what they got prices only going up from here

[ChrisoftheNorth]

They must have some really big brains over there.

83 days on car gurus breh. They know what they got prices only going up from here

I KNOW THE MARKET NO LOWBALLERS PRICE FIRM

[max225]

It's a nice car and amazing bang for buck for sure. I just didn't expect a line out the door for it, the most widely loved and approved of car on this forum in a long while.

I day dream about driving that car to far away lands, gazing out of the large greenhouse at never before seen rock formations and trees, and jamming out to the Harman Kardon Logic 7 5.1 HD surround sound during the long nights of driving through the darkness with those MTec HIDs.

mtec shipped them from Ontario

[Johnny_P]

Ok ok I trust you to take care of my ride in the interim.

The love for this car is simultaneously:

and

I can’t wait to buy it to drive 4 miles a day to/from the train station in utter bliss.

[CaleDeRoo]

The love for this car is simultaneously:

and

I can’t wait to buy it to drive 4 miles a day to/from the train station in utter bliss.

Back of the line bud

[wap]

I can’t wait to buy it to drive 4 miles a day to/from the train station in utter bliss.

Back of the line bud

Ruh roh.

[max225]

you guys crack me up... I am thinking about getting a new set of floor mats for it... $157.... for OEM... I don't need new ones in the rear those look mint. Front ones have some wear

[CaleDeRoo]

you guys crack me up... I am thinking about getting a new set of floor mats for it... $157.... for OEM... I don't need new ones in the rear those look mint. Front ones have some wear

Max: BAEZN please take your shoes off before getting in the E350

BAEZN: oh yeah you want to see my toes?

Max: GTFO of here I just got new floor mats. OEM

[wap]

you guys crack me up... I am thinking about getting a new set of floor mats for it... $157.... for OEM... I don't need new ones in the rear those look mint. Front ones have some wear

Max: BAEZN please take your shoes off before getting in the E350

BAEZN: oh yeah you want to see my toes?

Max: GTFO of here I just got new floor mats. OEM

[max225]

And the comparison no one wanted … tsx vs the E350

Tsx
+hids
+better throttle response
+slightly better average mpg (+1) or so but worse on the freeway
+backup camera
+more direct steering even though it’s eps

E350
+ better stereo (even though tsx has updated stereo)
+ bigger backseat
+ better ride
+ 2 gears and a far smoother trans
+ smoother engine that has far more low end torque
+ less nvh
+ better brakes
+ better paint quality
+ better interior quality with less wear
+ memory and power drives seat
+ memory mirrors/wheel
+ better handling as the tsx plows like a pig

Both cars are almost the same age and the mb has slightly lower miles 87 vs 120.

[CaleDeRoo]

And the comparison no one wanted … tsx vs the E350

Tsx
+hids
+better throttle response
+slightly better average mpg (+1) or so but worse on the freeway
+backup camera
+more direct steering even though it’s eps

E350
+ better stereo (even though tsx has updated stereo)
+ bigger backseat
+ better ride
+ 2 gears and a far smoother trans
+ smoother engine that has far more low end torque
+ less nvh
+ better brakes
+ better paint quality
+ better interior quality with less wear
+ memory and power drives seat
+ memory mirrors/wheel
+ better handling as the tsx plows like a pig

Both cars are almost the same age and the mb has slightly lower miles 87 vs 120.

MSRP to current value comparison?