I don’t know how I never got that idea. I’ve always complained that a panorama roof is mainly a feature for the rear passengers - well, this is actually rather excellent.
Yeah, bought it used. They are pretty cheap because they are really bad electric cars but nice, you know, cars. So I treated myself to a bad electric car which is a nice car for me anyway.
Don’t know where you get the “bad” from. I owned one and they were amazing EVs. They took the approach of being first and foremost and Audi that just happened to have an electric drive train and that was perfect. Also I know a lot of people shit on them for their 220mi range, but I had a L2 charger at home and only used it around the metro and occasionally small trips and never needed to use a charger anywhere else but home. I enjoyed the power and looks too. The brakes did an amazing job stopping it down because of how heavy it was. Too many lower end EVs forget about that and feel “squishy”. All in all, you made a great choice.
It really uses a lot of energy and it doesn’t have V2L or thermal preconditioning for the battery or super fast CCS charging or any of the other niceties that more modern platforms have.
That said, all of that is just fine for me, I just pull my trailer when working in the forest and very occasionally go on longer trips which are fine as well, to be honest. Chilling a bit at the charger every 2 hours is okay, usually my dog tags along so we’re taking a break anyway.
At home it gets charged from my solar panels for about half the year, so that’s cheap driving at least in summer.
Nah, you’re right, it’s a nice but not very modern thing that has been overtaken by time. I like it though, but I also use an IBM Model M, so take that as you will.
