lip
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2023 Renault Twizy, 6.1kw, 20hp, 57nm, 2 Seats, 3 Belts, 1 plug, no windows
Tadaaaa!!
Man, only 1 day old and it already got a nickname, because first thing my GF said today was that I look like this in it:
Anyway, that's not important. Important ist that it makes me happy. Yeah ok, Calimero looks happy too in that pic, but that's not the point!
Eh, I start again: Yes I bought my a Twizy, and yes it was overpriced, and yes it's silly. - But I love it. - I wasn't even so exited and bemused when I bought the Audi S6. - Because this is different. Because from now on this is my daily driver.
Pro:
It's so tiny, today on the ferry I got woven in by the boat staff, and ended up like this:
^ I feared I was touching the bumber of the Volvo infront of me by the looks of it! - Nope, there was still plenty of space:
This integrated Audio/Blootooth system I didn't actually order as an optional extra, but as it was in this showroom model they got for me instead of me waiting for a few months for my example, I paid happily for it, regardless that I haven't really any use for it:
It is so fun to drive that I drove so long today until the battery indicator beeped at my to remind me that even the best fun has to end some time. I did 80km today, with another 6km to spare:
And another anecdote and the end of this posting: In Switzerland the Twizy is authorized as a heavy motorbike hence I only need rear plates, but as it also looks a bit like a car, today on the Lake Constanze ferry on the way to Germany one crew member declaired me as a less-than-4-meter-car, but on the way back to Switzerland I got declaired as a bike by another person. Make up your mind. And give me my 7 Euros back.
Tadaaaa!!
Man, only 1 day old and it already got a nickname, because first thing my GF said today was that I look like this in it:
Anyway, that's not important. Important ist that it makes me happy. Yeah ok, Calimero looks happy too in that pic, but that's not the point!
Eh, I start again: Yes I bought my a Twizy, and yes it was overpriced, and yes it's silly. - But I love it. - I wasn't even so exited and bemused when I bought the Audi S6. - Because this is different. Because from now on this is my daily driver.
Pro:
- Better, faster, cooler, cuter, ...than a bicyle. LOL
- Cheap to run. One charge is 1.50, and that gets me over 80km, which is almost 2 weeks of commuting in my case. That's about 4-6 SFR/EUR/USD per month. Hardly worthy to put as a position into the budget, he! Also, road tax is 1/7th of what I pay for the Audi.
- Total icebraker. I smile, you smile, everybody smiles. - It's that sort of cute. - The best moments today were the crosswalk stops with cheering and waving schoolkids, and the bemused faces of bystanders when I opened the scissor door after parking.
- It really is total fun to drive. You can easily keep up with traffic and every roundabout is a hoot because you simply don't lift off, instead you aim for the inside kerb and go for it. You also want to race everybody else because you feel you're going so much faster than you actually are.
- Stiff suspension. The springs you see next to the wheels are simply decoration.
- Fix moulded driver seat. Only thing it can do is to slide it back and forth. Mind you the seating position isn't bad and it's padded, but the backrest is a tinsy tic too upright.
- Trucks are suddenly as big as houses and really intimidating. If you sit on a red light and one comes up behind you, its badge alone filling up your side mirrors, and a massive loud wall of diesel rattling away right behind your ears, you feel like a 4 year old who can't find his mom.
It's so tiny, today on the ferry I got woven in by the boat staff, and ended up like this:
^ I feared I was touching the bumber of the Volvo infront of me by the looks of it! - Nope, there was still plenty of space:
This integrated Audio/Blootooth system I didn't actually order as an optional extra, but as it was in this showroom model they got for me instead of me waiting for a few months for my example, I paid happily for it, regardless that I haven't really any use for it:
It is so fun to drive that I drove so long today until the battery indicator beeped at my to remind me that even the best fun has to end some time. I did 80km today, with another 6km to spare:
And another anecdote and the end of this posting: In Switzerland the Twizy is authorized as a heavy motorbike hence I only need rear plates, but as it also looks a bit like a car, today on the Lake Constanze ferry on the way to Germany one crew member declaired me as a less-than-4-meter-car, but on the way back to Switzerland I got declaired as a bike by another person. Make up your mind. And give me my 7 Euros back.
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