Geely E2 Apex, pull the trigger or am I going mad?

SykomantiS said:
What happens to the buy back value (and balloon) in the case of a small or even mild fender bender in your time of ownership?

Question is for anyone who can answer, as to me it's another reason to just avoid that path.
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yes there will penalties I presume. Same goes for the mileage restriction, if you go over you pay AA rates to them. I think your comment also cleared my thinking around the next steps. When I buy it should be my car without restriction.
 
Zuluzebra said:
Coming back to my situation. The initial plan was to buy cash... unfortunately I had to fund a emergency surgery for someone in need so I am back to looking at financing options. I hate the balloon idea, and don't really care for the future value offer as the intention to have the car for next 8+ years. So if my bank gives me Prime -1 and 72months, the rate is almost the same as GFV Value with balloon... But the balloon is the buy back value so it gives you that piece of mind - contradicting thought process.
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go read the stealerships thread. The <R250 (<R240) part over the last few days was interesting. My caveat was the financing adding the initial free (±R6k last I looked), but if you can get a semi-decent deal (good luck get prime or lower... haven't heard of that in a while: please report back if you do)
 
I'm buying another E2 aspire for my mom. She wants it in White. Should be taking delivery sometime next week. The only downside tot the e5 I bought.... no towing allowed. Might need to convert a old diesel to run on cooking oil.
 
My wife ordered the E2 Apex. She is very excited. TBH I'm also excited.

It looks to be a nice commuter car.

Lead time is down to less than 2 weeks at the moment, or at least that's what the dealership told us.
So, if everything goes well, by the end of next week we should have it.
 
I drove on the N1 this morning doing about 135km/h. One of those Geely E2 were on my ass.

It didn't look like it struggled too much, not sure if you can surpass 130km/h going downhill...
 
When we went for a test drive, my wife pushed to about 145km/h on a flat stretch of the N1. I think the limit is closer to 140.
 
Driving range obviously goes down significantly when driving at 120km for any major amount of time on a National Road.

Not made for highway driving, and rather for city commutes.
 
repitah said:
go read the stealerships thread. The <R250 (<R240) part over the last few days was interesting. My caveat was the financing adding the initial free (±R6k last I looked), but if you can get a semi-decent deal (good luck get prime or lower... haven't heard of that in a while: please report back if you do)
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Initiation fee of the contract is just over R1200. If you get a cash quote from the dealership and compare it to a financed quote you should be able to see if they are loading up on anything extra. No chance is any car finance going to give prime minus especially on low capital amounts. Would love to be proved wrong though..
 
But I have seen a carwow YouTube video where they test range on small EVs on open roads, and they all achieved about 90% of their quoted ranges.

 
From the 4x4 forum:
In my E2, around town I easily hit the quoted 320km range. On the open road at 120kph I'm happy to get 200km. 12kwh/100km vs 18kwh/100km. So if most of your driving is long distance at speed, then you'll definitely need to reduce your expectations.
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AntennaMan said:
From the 4x4 forum:
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It seems counterintuitive though. I mean the main diferance between long and short is basically stop go. Once you at speed, your motor just kicks over. I see it a lot on my avensis which is heavy and petrol. Eats in town but long distance sip because the wieght and momentum just keep the engine turning.

Maybe it has to do with the brake recovery?
 
I spoke to a colleague who has the EC30. He mentioned they can turn off regenerative braking for long distance driving. From a google, it looks like the Geely can lower the setting but not turn it off and that's model dependent. Could well explain that behavior.
 
Kosmik said:
It seems counterintuitive though. I mean the main diferance between long and short is basically stop go. Once you at speed, your motor just kicks over. I see it a lot on my avensis which is heavy and petrol. Eats in town but long distance sip because the wieght and momentum just keep the engine turning.

Maybe it has to do with the brake recovery?
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All ev's show reduced range at higher speed, the exact opposite to ice vehicles. Have a look on Volvos website, they have a range calculator that shows highway vs town driving.
 
Kosmik said:
I spoke to a colleague who has the EC30. He mentioned they can turn off regenerative braking for long distance driving. From a google, it looks like the Geely can lower the setting but not turn it off and that's model dependent. Could well explain that behavior.
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From what I remember during our test drive, the e2 has 3 different levels of regen, and you can set it on the fly. Not sure if the lowest level is "off" though.
 
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