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jray3 · 10-06-2015, 10:52 PM

Thank you Darcane! It was a pleasure to meetup with another ecomodder, and I'd encourage you all to do so, perhaps even without insulting each other's cars first!

Good buys on used i-MiEV are now down in the $6500 range, found on autotrader, allofcraigs and ebay. For my more detailed 'test drive' report, see InsideEvs I'm now at over 66000 iMiEV miles (traded the first silver car in after 21k miles to take advantage of clearance pricing and another tax credit). Rare are the opportunities to trade in an 18 month old car and come out ahead. Too bad for the dealer, the used EV market just hasn't materialized like it should. These cars have million mile motors, and battery pack rebuilds will only get better.

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jray3 Karmann Eclectric Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Graham, WA Posts: 165 Odysseus - '00 Honda Odyssey MR BEAN - '12 Mitsubishi i-MiEV SE Karmann Eclectric - '71 VW Karmann Ghia Electric Conversion BOB - '87 Ford 250 Lariat ext cab Thanks: 9 Thanked 90 Times in 51 Posts	Thank you Darcane! It was a pleasure to meetup with another ecomodder, and I'd encourage you all to do so, perhaps even without insulting each other's cars first! Good buys on used i-MiEV are now down in the $6500 range, found on autotrader, allofcraigs and ebay. For my more detailed 'test drive' report, see InsideEvs I'm now at over 66000 iMiEV miles (traded the first silver car in after 21k miles to take advantage of clearance pricing and another tax credit). Rare are the opportunities to trade in an 18 month old car and come out ahead. Too bad for the dealer, the used EV market just hasn't materialized like it should. These cars have million mile motors, and battery pack rebuilds will only get better. __________________ 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 112 MPGe 2000 Honda Odyssey 1987 F250 Diesel, 6.9L IDI, goes on anything greasy 1983 Grumman Kurbwatt, 170 kW "Gone Postal" twin 1983 Mazda RX-7 electric, 48 kW car show cruiser 1971 VW Karmann Ghia electric, 300 kW tire-smoker 1965 VW Karmann Ghia cabriolet, 1600cc Have driven over 100,000 all-electric miles!