merkurmaniac
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SO, I have a 15 year old daughter. She is about to begin driving, and I also have a 2003 BMW 525 with 118,000 miles on it. She doesn't like it, and the car has been fairly unreliable. Otherwise, she had been driving mom's minivan or my stick-shift Acura. We test drove a FFE about 5 months ago (she didn't drive it) and both the wife and daughter hated it. too small, said my daughter...They both said that they didn't like the range and couldn't care less that it was quiet and smooth.. "That kind of stuff just doesn't matter to us" they both said in unison. the car was dark blue with dark tinted windows and did feel small.
I bought this 2013 that is the blueish greenish color with cloth interior and non tinted windows. My daughter had come around to the idea of me buying an electric, realizing that she held no cards, and had to live with what I bought, and it was better than nothing. She drove the car for the first time that next day and was hooked. They both got to drive it and my daughter spent time practicing for her driver's test in it. The following Monday was MLK day, and she was home from school. She left me a note pleading for me to take my old car to work and to leave the electric to run errands with mom that day, since they would be driving a lot, and since the car was so nice and quiet and smooth....
I had installed a level 2 charger at home, and my daughter totally loves the car. She passed her driving test, and got a parking pass at school. Now I have lost that car and will be commuting in my Acura again (which I guess was always the plan...) She will be used to range anxiety as the "normal" and will not have to travel too far from home for the next year or two... I told her that I didn't get this car for her to "hobble or shackle" her to a short range, but rather, if she has plans to go far, to take the minivan instead and "be smart" about which car you'll choose. I bet that she will really not dig driving a gas car from now on. The driving examiner said that her braking was really smooth and in control. Thanks brake coach !!
I bought this 2013 that is the blueish greenish color with cloth interior and non tinted windows. My daughter had come around to the idea of me buying an electric, realizing that she held no cards, and had to live with what I bought, and it was better than nothing. She drove the car for the first time that next day and was hooked. They both got to drive it and my daughter spent time practicing for her driver's test in it. The following Monday was MLK day, and she was home from school. She left me a note pleading for me to take my old car to work and to leave the electric to run errands with mom that day, since they would be driving a lot, and since the car was so nice and quiet and smooth....
I had installed a level 2 charger at home, and my daughter totally loves the car. She passed her driving test, and got a parking pass at school. Now I have lost that car and will be commuting in my Acura again (which I guess was always the plan...) She will be used to range anxiety as the "normal" and will not have to travel too far from home for the next year or two... I told her that I didn't get this car for her to "hobble or shackle" her to a short range, but rather, if she has plans to go far, to take the minivan instead and "be smart" about which car you'll choose. I bet that she will really not dig driving a gas car from now on. The driving examiner said that her braking was really smooth and in control. Thanks brake coach !!