Choosing a cheap second-hand car: what about the Renault Zoe? 

Try to drive a ZE50. They're in a different league. The cabin has been improved in various ways, and the handbrake is now a small switch. B Mode is much stronger, and you modulate it with the accelerator pedal. We bought the R110 I, and it's fine for our needs. We did a 98.4 mile journey around the Northern half of Lincolnshire last week, with two people aboard, and still had 56% SOC. The weather was rainy and only 13°C at maximum. The ride is a little 'sporty', but not as bouncy as the ZE40, and it's very comfortable. There's not much storage space in the cabin - even the glove box and door pockets are too small to hold the handbook folder. So it has to live under a front seat. The LHD versions have a better glove box, because the fuse box takes up a lot of space in the RHD versions. There is no other covered storage, except for inside that large boot. It is possible to buy an after-market Renault drivers armrest which has an enclosed cubby hole, but it's not cheap, and you sacrifice one of the cup holders. Check Jan Bart Spang's channel for a video featuring him fitting one. The rear seats fold flatter than you showed, because the base lifts straight off and slots behind the front seats. But beware of hidden sharp metal edges inside 'convenient' holes in the back of the rear seats, and sharp edges on spot welds in the seat base frame.They're knife-sharp in a couple of places, as I discovered the hard way. The seats also split and fold roughly 60/40, if needed. The dash has a bigger and selectable display (3 distinct layouts), and the ergonomics of the (proper) switches and dials are better than in the older model. The central display seems complicated, if you start reading the tedious handbook (looks like the product of Google Translate, with some unconventional grammar), but it is mostly very intuitive to use. Build quality of the dash seems fine too. The awful piano black plastic has also been deleted, and the switches are robust. The only criticism is that the handbrake and automatic brake release switches are a bit far back for anyone who has been driving a car with a conventional handbrake. CCS charging comes as standard now, in most models, but the wireless phone charging has been removed from the very latest iterations. Battery warranty is 8 years/100,000 miles, and paint warranty is 12 years. Most of the rest of the car has a 5 year warranty. We bit the bullet and bought an almost new car (less than 1,000 miles on the clock, and under 6 months old), and bought it for a lot less than the new price. Worth every penny, as far as I can see. We love it.

Interesting.

Laid back guy/ direct wife = good presentation mix! 😀

We have to make her change her mind, she's awesome!!

Thank you!

Thank you very much Darren, you’re very kind

Much appreciated! Thanks so much, Samuel.

I don't blame you! Another couple of Mrs EV videos coming soon...

I would pay for that!

He wanted to, I forced him to keep it! 😉

Thanks very much! Definitely some more family vids coming soon...

People complain when women are left out, and other people complain when they are included. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. It's crazy, so do what you like. I just wish people would stop complaining.

Them both doing the reviews is optimal, since both men and women drive cars, and often for many different reasons. It would be less complete to leave one or the other out.

Or a Model 3 😂

@@LERobbo saw that one too....

She is and I am. Thank you!

@@MrEV You are very lucky and your lovely wife is a joy to watch, My wife is part Portugese American on her fathers side and English Welsh on her mothers side, she can be a bit temperamental but we have been married for 43 years so far. I understand how your wife doesn't like odd people coming up and talking to her, I used to be very shy and would never speak to strangers but when I retired I started working at a museum and ended up being the person to meet school groups and often tourists, I love doing that and now I am one of these annoying people who talks to strangers.

😂

@@MrEV look forward to her wisdom on other future family evs !

Zoe has regen on the break pedal the more you press the more regen you get until last bit is real breaks

The Zoe does have regen, even quite a bit, but unfortunately you need to press the break pedal to feel much of it.

There can be a 25 second delay before the indicators acknowledge the heat pump taking off like a jet engine. Either from the button or the app’.