dkhctryleaf said:Austin TX
We made the trip from Boerne friday afternoon. Very impressed with the overall fit /finish. Interior is easily navigatable ...controls were simple . Handled well ...I pushed it through the cone course kinda hard ...appreciable low center of gravity due to lith-I batts. Accelleration was decent, braking adequate. Although the TD was brief, I gained enough to predict this vehicle will grab the market in a HUGE way.
Yanquetino said:My test drive in Tempe: http://bit.ly/f4iRSV
The SF thing was a Zero Emission stunt, not a useful test drive IMHO.palmermd said:Then in San Francisco (another 1.5 hour drive to get there) it was a lap around the inside of a ballroom (literally indoors).
Well the Seattle drive was around a block too. It was so fast, to use a Wodehouse metaphor, when I returned I almost bumped into myself starting the drive.tps said:The SF thing was a Zero Emission stunt, not a useful test drive IMHO.palmermd said:Then in San Francisco (another 1.5 hour drive to get there) it was a lap around the inside of a ballroom (literally indoors).
Don't look at me! . . . I never got out of the slow lane, not got over 40mph. It must have happened after my drive ... right?garygid said:Michael,
VERY nicely done write-up, the BEST I have seen.
GOOD JOB!
Only one small error, I think: since the Power Steering is all-electric, there is no Power Steering fluid fill cap. Yes, there are two coolant fill-caps, brake, and window washer.
One "white" LEAF got dented (right side, I think) in the Anaheim test-drive event.
garygid said:One "white" LEAF got dented (right side, I think) in the Anaheim test-drive event.
Hi, Gary: Thanks! Uh... I counted three fill caps under the hood:garygid said:Only one small error, I think: since the Power Steering is all-electric, there is no Power Steering fluid fill cap. Yes, there are two coolant fill-caps, brake, and window washer.
One "white" LEAF got dented (right side, I think) in the Anaheim test-drive event.
That must be the same LEAF that Nissan brought to the Oregon #FirstLEAF event. My wife pointed out the small dent on the drivers side!garygid said:One "white" LEAF got dented (right side, I think) in the Anaheim test-drive event.
From the owner's manual:Yanquetino said:If the third one isn't for power steering, I am curious to know the answer. Liquid cooling the electric motor perhaps...? (I know that the battery pack itself is air cooled, so that can't be it.) If anyone knows, I will gladly make that correction in my report.
Charger (and inverter ?) as well.Yanquetino said:I agree that it is really odd to have multiple "coolant" reservoirs. And I still don't understand what they "cool." The electric motor, I guess. Maybe also the climate control...?
garygid said:So, the motor, inverter, and charger are on one system, using coolant "M".
The Heater for the Passenger Cabin has a fluid to take heat from the high-voltage "resistive" element into the "heater radiator". That fluid is coolant "H".
Both fluids overflow into the same "overflow reservoir", where "the mix" can be (maybe not) drawn back into either system.
So, it is likely that "M" and "H" are the same fluid. Is it simple automotive coolant?
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