PHEV mod under way, Bristol, UK.

[aminorjourney]

Originally Posted by Flying White Dutchman

did you tell him that you already got a 240 costing pack? also from a damaged prius?

Oh yes... Just before I told him that I was obviously wasting his time as there was no way the pack he was selling was going to get sold at that price!

Nikki.

[Flying White Dutchman]

grrrr
i think you British say " what a arssss"

[KV55]

I suppose that the market for used Prius battery packs is going to be unpredictable and the breaker was clearly aiming to sell it as a replacement pack, not for a plug-in project which is pretty rare in the UK. £400 buys a lot of the evil petrol, so full marks for budget control :-)

[sub3marathonman]

Originally Posted by aminorjourney

Oh yes... Just before I told him that I was obviously wasting his time as there was no way the pack he was selling was going to get sold at that price!

Nikki.

You could have told him in a few months the pack won't be worth anything anyway unless he has the equipment to keep the batteries from going dead.

A motto to live by, "Don't be greedy."

[aminorjourney]

actually, the self discharge isn't all that much, is it?

[DaveinOlyWA]

self discharge on NiMH is around 5-15 % per month i think... discoverbatteries.com (i think) has a sheet for diff kinds of battery chemistries.

[Dozzer]

Originally Posted by problemchild

All these plug in companies will go bye bye in 11 months when the 2010 prius hits the streets.

Nah they won't.. the plug-in prius will get everyones attention and the batteries will come down in price and they will have more sales from us 2008- owners...

[hill]

Originally Posted by DaveinOlyWA

i hope you are right...but for my area, it aint so!!! Puget Sound Energy has just applied for a 27% rate hike!!!

can you believe that!~!.... now my Zenn will cost me a fortune to drive... im probably looking at least paying $15 a month to drive that thing... bummer....gone are the days when i only paid $12....

Our 7.5KW solar array will be complete in less than 2 weeks, and I'm on the Aptera wait list. Prepare to be outsmug'ed.

[Flying White Dutchman]

aminorjourney did you already get your second pack?

[DaveinOlyWA]

Originally Posted by hill

Our 7.5KW solar array will be complete in less than 2 weeks, and I'm on the Aptera wait list. Prepare to be outsmug'ed.

being currently between home ownership right now, i dont have a solar option available...probably wont be in housing market until july 2010 (looking to be bad timing now...spring 2009 looks to be the best time to buy)

but definitely will be looking hard at solar AND another EV...hoping Zenn can keep their foot out of their mouth and produce the CityZenn as promised. there is a guy here in Oly named Joe, he has a website showing locations where you can plug in your EV around this area. he has solar on his house and 2 EV's (a Zap and a Miles) so i know solar will work here.

P.S. would love to get into a smugness contest with the entire world!!