Two Years Riding my BMW C Evolution and 20,000 km

20/06/2014 - 20/06/2016 That's 2 years now
(Last year's post: http://www.myelifenow.com/2015/07/already-one-year-with-bmw-c-evolution.html)

This year I used only my C Evoultion to commute, no LEAF at all even in winter






During last fall, with my son's GoPro, we made some onboard videos, in Paris, on the freeway, and that was fun




More videos on my Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/chris75sf/videos

I also got my grand father sitting on the scooter for a rare fun picture :)

Many colleagues are interested in buying one, and the price is still the problem for them, I usually answer that I did not have the money to buy it back then and got a loan and pay 252 EUR per month over 6 years; I do not regret it ...

I often tell them to get it used: You can now get one with 3,000 km for 2/3 of the retail price: It's a very good deal !
https://www.leboncoin.fr/annonces/offres/ile_de_france/occasions/?q=bmw%20c%20evolution&it=1&sp=1

Ready for summer now :)

BMW C Evolution - Motor Sound - First GoPro Video Test in Paris

BMW C Evolution - Motor Sound - First GoPro Video Test in Paris



Boulogne to Marais, Paris, passing through Saint Germain des Prés


Low Camera Position on the Belt Cover at the Electric Motor Level to pick up as much sound as possible (a bit like Matthias did with his Energica Ego test ride in Germany, Energica Deutschland MMS Concept)

Parked in Marais next to this e-Solex which has been here for years now ... (not used any more I guess)


Busy streets as usual, and fully reserved to pedestrians today


Two coffees please



Returning, we set up the GoPro like Telmo did in Lisboa, Portugal, behind the windscreen



But it is getting dark already and the camera adjusts to the brightness of the screen, so the above road image is even darker 



Way back home, from Beaugrenelle, this time my son Clement is holding his GoPro in his hand
Back home on the iMac ...

My 2014 Paris Motor Show - EVs only !

Yesterday we went to the 2014 Paris Motor Show with my son and a friend of his ....



... with the LEAF, parked nearby at an Autolib station and were kindly invited by Nissan France social media team (Thanks Orianne & Chantal)

So we started by Nissan of course and its new LEAF and e-NV200 in its Evalia family version





Right next to Nissan was Tesla, for the first time in Paris BTW, and it got a lot of attention, and was over crowded, which is a good thing (people seem to like EVs all of a sudden)



After that we split and I went on alone because there were many places to go to see all EVs, spread across the big exhibition halls

A little stop at the EV test facility



An engineer school showing a cool race car



VolksWagen and its low consumption concept (1L for 100km)



Their e-up




The e-Golf




KIA's EV Soul




A cool looking Mini Moke from the 60's revisited with Electric Drive




A little break with a beer and some fresh air, it is so hot inside with thousands of high power halogen lights ! you could charge thousands of EVs ... Time to switch to LED, no ?



and back the crowd with Lamborghini and the most powerful hybrid just released few days ago



at the BMWi section of BMW


I know this scooter ... ;)



Smart and its ED version, here convertible with cool paint



and Mercedes with its Electric Class B




Renault ... nothing there ...


Oh yes, now you can charge a ZOE from a regular outlet (lol, it was about time)




Back at Nissan where we got to chat with Orianne and Chantal who kindly invited us at the Show and also upstairs for a drink in the VIP lounge :) 


After like 4 hours there, we finally got back to the LEAF, which had finished charging few hours before, and I received this Autolib text confirmation after unplugging and no even 5 EUR charge :)





=> To see the full album : https://plus.google.com/115308063280705756240/posts/6DzxkQh7zNf