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Yes, very interesting, thanks for the replies. This Arosa has been in our family since new, and I remember a couple of times when I stalled it (!) the steering was definitely too heavy for normal use. Till now, I had not thought about all the extra friction in the system due to the seals, etc. I gue...

Hi all, I've been thinking about possible donor cars for a while, and was restricting myself to ones without power steering, for obvious reasons. However, I will soon have available (for nothing!) a V-reg Seat Arosa 1.0, which would be quite suitable in a lot of ways (esp. the price). The question I...

Hi, I'm a bit new to EVs, but there's something I don't quite understand about including the clutch in a conversion. Surely this would mean also including the original flywheel, which would have to be mounted on the end of the motor shaft. What about the huge extra rotational inertia this would add,...

Like nino500, I reckon the Reliant Fox would be a good basis for an EV, gross unladen weight is 1410 lbs. Problem is there's only about 100 of them on the road in UK, and they are all getting on a bit now. A newer option I have been looking at is a Daihatsu Hijet mpv. This is small and quite narrow,...