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Old 01-25-2012, 08:53 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I Google'd 120v controller for wildfire nev and that page was the first that came up, still searching on how to adjust the speed controller.


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I have test drove one one of these china smart knock-offs, here is my inital impressions:

- The construction is shotty at best, very cheap fiberglass. Interior is the cheeziest plastic I have ever seen.
- Seats are tiny and uncomfortable, if your larger than 5'5 and 125 lbs, your going to have a hard time fitting in this.
- The ride is super rough, like a go cart with no suspension just the axels welded to the frame, truely a filling-rattling-loose experance.
- The motor and transmission is super I mean SUPER loud, sounds like riding a large cordless electric drill with a bad gear in it. At 30 MPH (they don't come speed limited, I got this one up to about 40 on a down hill) the motor and transmission was so loud you couldn't carry on a conversation.
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Help* Greatland Controller (china) Speed Question - DIY Electric Car Forums

Makes it sound like it's software that needs to be tapped in to to change the speed controllers settings and that no one can find the program needed.
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not too worried about the speed. more worried about everything ELSE about the car.

thanks for the info ryland I appreciate it. I found most of that stuff (though the seattle page is new and enlightening) but they are all talking about the wrong vehicle (though from the specs I have found SAME drivetrain which is concerning. solid axles sounds like a pothold accident waiting to happen.

I have a feeling the WF120V-2T is just a variant of the WF120V and the specs and results are probably similar.

I don't really care if it has cheap plastic and fiberglass body. I would drive and treat it like a motorcycle.

the solid no suspension axles concerns me. our roads are not that great.

I wonder if the person talking about the noise just got a bad sample? I have seen videos of the "car" version of this and it was not "loud" by any measure I would use. extremely quite actually even racing at 40mph in "1st" gear.

but it was a different car so I don't know.

thats why I am seeking info. I don't have $7k but if I can swing it somehow I sure don't plan to plunk down $7k with no info and its downright scary how little I can find on this.

in fact the only picture i found was on wildfire's site even tineye found nothing.

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