Recent content by blimpy

Well, here I am - like so many before me- four months from the end of a 3 year lease on a 2016 SV (30KwH 8500 miles). Our stated pay out will be about $11,000 in Nov 2019. Which always tracks Nada /KBB pretty closely. I had hoped we could negotiate to buy some where closer...

Battery capacity in Amp Hours or Watt Hours always depends on the rate compared to the total capacity. If you discharge a battery to 10 % in 10 minutes you can withdraw less total energy than if you do it over 2 days. This is because of internal heating in the battery. with a significant...

You will want to have a dedicated 240 volt circuit installed on the outside of your house, close to where you park your car. a small weatherproof plastic electrical box surface mounted is what you need. A good EVSE designed to be installed outside in the weather and hard wired.. like a Clipper...

no... read consumer's reports. :lol:

This is non-sense with regard to the 2016... for which the previous warranty was extended from the prior term. Ignore alien orders.. and read the actual warranty itself.

Any comparison between the Leaf and the Tesla... should include the number of Vehicle Fires ! It is impossible to find an incinerated Leaf... while the internet abounds with pictures and stories of Teslas burned right down to the ground. The gazillion cell pack architecture.. as well as some...

The only real etiquette is to either stay with your car, or have an app that honks at you when you are charged... and leaving a note in the window saying when you will likely be done ! How about the folks who are just using it as a parking space ! I love the all day Volt Parkers... WTF ? ...

I think any attempt to home brew and operate a self driving car on public roads is Irresponsible in the Extreme.. Wrong Headed, Ignorant and Just Plain Stupid. F'ing stupid doesn't begin to cover my contempt for the idea. The fact that you are proposing this with the first gen Leaf.. shows...

Any comparison with Tesla.. has to take into account how many of them BURN. Search the internet, and you cannot find a picture of a leaf which has caught on fire Factor that into your battery degradation comparison..! :D

Oh Dear, I guess I have been going along "fat and happy".. thinking the battery woes were a thing of the past, when I got the new 30KwH battery and a 2106. I drifted in.. trying to get info on the new Battery Re-Programing... afraid it was a scheme to change...

who the EFF spends much time driving in eco ? trying to accomplish What.. it is an acceleration limiter.. misnamed eco. I find it most useful in situations where I might over control.. ( too busy) but in any steady state cruising.. it does nothing. and on undulating hills.. it just puts...

thanks arnis for link to tech thread with diagrams on heat /AC system. mine uses progressively less power as the interior temp approaches the thermostat setting. it will go from 3 kw to 1.5 kw pretty quickly.. and then step wise down to 500 watts.. and that cycles on and off to maintain temp...

Remember how the EV'ers used to say the average car only goes 20-30 miles a day. Well, since I became an old fart.. this is true.. and those days only come twice a week ! So, here I am with my new 2016 SV 30 KwH batt.. driven 2600 miles in 9 months less then 300/month. averaging 4.1 to 4.3...

In another thread related to 30KwH batteries.. most of us just use 1%= 1 mile as a rule of thumb this is pretty accurate for over-all mixed useage. it will work for most instanteous uses EXCEPT UPHILL where you may use 2- to 4 times more power ! over routes you drive repeatedly.. you can...

I am impressed with the fact that several of us.. driving in quite different areas, temps, and speed routines, are all reporting 1 Mile = 1 Percent With cold of 40 degrees F OR Hills Being the variables that reduce this.. hills being the serious eaters of stored power. I am SOOOO...