# Electric virgin **URL:** \ **Category:** Scooters, Bikes, Sagways\ **Created:** [November 25, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-virgin/3898 "2013-11-25T08:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@rhall](https://community.electricforum.com/u/rhall)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-virgin/3898/1 "2013-11-25T08:51:32Z")
Can anyone help, any and all advise greatly appreciated. I am thinking of buying a electric car for my wife and would appreciate the opinions of the people who have experienced the reality of owning them. The kind of car that I am looking for needs to be a small to medium size, on a normal day it would have to be capable of doing 70 to 80 miles on one charge, we live in a rural location with a few moderate hills. ---
**Author:** ![naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@naz](https://community.electricforum.com/u/naz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-virgin/3898/2 "2013-12-11T06:05:41Z")
ha ha ha, love the title of the new thread… i am new here myself (so sorry, i can’t help) just wanted to say your title was very catchy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@rhall](https://community.electricforum.com/u/rhall)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-virgin/3898/3 "2013-12-11T13:51:16Z")
Thanks for the reply Naz, I hoped the catchy title would get the attention of people with first hand experience of living with electric cars as I am sceptical of the claims made by the manufactures. ---
**Author:** ![naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@naz](https://community.electricforum.com/u/naz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-virgin/3898/4 "2013-12-12T21:37:44Z")
i must admit, it is a good point. i did a lot of research a long time ago (possibly a few years) so the info i know now is out of date. i was hoping someone would help me as well, but i guess we are all busy for the christmas season 🙂 about 3 or 4 years ago, i converted a push bike to electric… what amazed me was that (at the time) you could buy an E pushbike for X amount, but if you converted it yourself - you could put all the good stuff in (much superior) for the same amount of X dollars… the highlight was when i overheard an ebike salesman spewing his lines (for which i knew more than he did)… he said, “you can go up to 70km on one battery charge”… i thought - “not with that battery you cant, oh you mean if you peddle, heck, i can go 500km if i peddle… besides, what is the weight of the rider?? a five y/o??” i must admit, i didn’t say anything but i found it hugely amusing 🙂 so i think you have the right idea of asking questions - regrettably, your and mine questions are probably in the forum numerous times, just that i am really pressed for time at the moment (due to christmas) hope ya find what ya looking for… ---
**Author:** ![naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@naz](https://community.electricforum.com/u/naz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-virgin/3898/5 "2013-12-13T01:25:43Z")
hey mate, i think i just worked out what the problem is - there doesn’t seem to be a community here… look at the replies on the right hand side - seems to be a max of 3 with a lot being zero… i am off to look for a different forum - nice meeting you (i am still subscribed to this thread)