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I only had my 9yr old 2009 plate I-Miev for 8-9 months, but it was an absolute adventure from the moment I collected it in Nottingham last year and brought it home to Scotland. After doing over 10,000 miles in it and pushing it too its limit in all weather and a daily 100 mile commute, it has sadly been written off following an accident.
I got caught out by a winter April whiteout on the A68 Soutra area. There was heavy snow lying and a blizzard snow storm. No snow ploughs or gritters had been on the road. On a straight section of road the lightweight plastic I-Miev with its small 15" tyres went all Torvill & Dean and spun out a couple of times onto the oncoming traffic on other side of the road.
Somehow my I-Miev shown only bumper and rear exterior apparent damage while the other car I hit was proper mashed up and an instant write off. The lightweight plastic I-Miev just seemed to bounce off the other car and I have still been driving it as normal last 2 weeks.
The insurer does not consider it worth fixing however. The bumper replacement was going to be expensive, but has now been identified there is also damage to the high voltage cables where the bumper has impacted them, and has been deemed not safe to drive either.
Shame I can't attach pictures of the damage on here, but is amazing how durable a plastic car can be.
Goodbye my quirky but friendly strange BEV. It was fun, it was an experience without doubt. @Drive Green let me know if you get another I-Miev or iOn in stock!
I got caught out by a winter April whiteout on the A68 Soutra area. There was heavy snow lying and a blizzard snow storm. No snow ploughs or gritters had been on the road. On a straight section of road the lightweight plastic I-Miev with its small 15" tyres went all Torvill & Dean and spun out a couple of times onto the oncoming traffic on other side of the road.
Somehow my I-Miev shown only bumper and rear exterior apparent damage while the other car I hit was proper mashed up and an instant write off. The lightweight plastic I-Miev just seemed to bounce off the other car and I have still been driving it as normal last 2 weeks.
The insurer does not consider it worth fixing however. The bumper replacement was going to be expensive, but has now been identified there is also damage to the high voltage cables where the bumper has impacted them, and has been deemed not safe to drive either.
Shame I can't attach pictures of the damage on here, but is amazing how durable a plastic car can be.
Goodbye my quirky but friendly strange BEV. It was fun, it was an experience without doubt. @Drive Green let me know if you get another I-Miev or iOn in stock!