Recent content by Iboughtanoldone

The Hilux wass marketed in the US, it was called a Toyota Pickup. Same vehicle, different name. It was discontinued in the US and replaced with the Toyota Tacoma: I don't know if this is the same as the vehicle which continues under the Hilux name in Europe/Aus/NZ. Either way, it's a 3 litre...

Thanks for the comprehensive replies. What II really want is a 50A connection, plumbed in direct by an electrician to the mains inlet, so I can charge overnight rather than over 22 hours. There is a trip I do regularly, to Nottingham Hospital, which is just under the 66 miles range I'm getting...

I'm not particularly limber. I'd have to squirm around between the front seats to get to the back of the car. Perhaps you can open the rear doors from the inside (I didn't try that) - you can't open them from the outside with a flat battery. I don't have one of those. Perhaps I'll buy one...

There are a few UK residents around, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I'm currently charging my Leaf from a 13A plug in the kitchen. This is not ideal as 1) it takes ages and 2) I can't close the door on the cable, so I have to leave the kitchen door open, which will not be ideal when the weather gets colder. It also means I can't charge the car when I'm not in...

I just got back to England after a couple of months in Italy, and the Leaf was dead. I opened the driver's door with the key. Nothing worked. Obviously, I needed to charge it. The charging cable was in the boot. How do you open the boot? You can't, without 12V. Fortunately I still have...

When you get back, I'm intrigued by 'Leftie Biker'. I am left-handed and also considered on the left in politics, somewhere between Leon Trotsky and Prince Peter Kropotkin, a political position I consider as rational in the face of our current environmental crisis. I'd accept the label...

"I'd guess it's probably in a similar location to LHD cars but on the other side, but that's just a guess. In fact, it might even be on the LHD side of the car, regardless of where the steering wheel is located." It's an Japanese car, and Japan drives on the left, same as India and the UK (and...

I think I'm going to have to take it in to a Nissan main dealer (there is fortunately one nearby) to set up Leaf Spy Pro, find out what the build month is, and get the 2G link working, none of which I have mastered after a month+ of ownership. It missed one service (50k miles) and is overdue...

Do you have a pic of this? My car doesn't seem to have one, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

My twins wriggled under the dashboard and plugged in the OBDII dongle, and used their Android phone to read the diagnostics. They've gone back to school in Italy. I can't find where they plugged the OBDII dongle in. Help! I've looked on the web, but all the articles and youtubes seen to...

I got my Leaf about a month ago. It's a 2013 Japanese one (the British-built ones came in a bit later). I'd be interested in hearing from other UK Leaf owners, about their experiences of charging away from home. I see that Instavolt now allow charging with just a contactless card, but I'm not...

I'd like to know more. I suspect others would too. Has this topic been covered in previous threads, to which you can refer me? Or a website? I'm a physicist, which almost by definition means I'm an information hoover. I like to understand the technology I'm using.

WetEV, you sound like a lithium expert. Your post was interesting, I'd like to learn more, if only to refute people who say 'your EV is just as damaging to the planet as an ICE, because of the environmental cost of manufacture'. I didn't realise lithium was so plentiful. Also, in your...

I don't know much about Nissan Leaves (Leafs?) having only just got one, an OBD II dongle, and a Leaf Spy Pro, which I have not yet actually tried together, I had previously relied on one of my twin kids (they've gone back to school) to implement the Android phone, a technology which I'm not...