Recent content by pachai126

I have had a Leaf for almost 8 years. I visit my brother 50 miles away. Once I saw a tire getting low and saw a screw in it. I headed to a flat repair shop nearby (fortunately it was not a National Holiday). I did not make it. I ended up using the flat repair kit on the side of the road. It...

Hi! I have one thing to add to this discussion. I will spare you the saga, but I wound up getting a friend to help me drag the Leaf to the curb in front of my house. It was so dead, I couldn't open the charge door until I asked Google how to do it manually. It was so dead, it would not fire...

PS another thought.... It sounds like the communication protocol for Chademo is almost reverse-engineered....I imagine there should be documentation on Combined Charging System DC fast charging. Would it be possible to build a black box, a dongle,or an adapter that plugs into the Chademo...

Hello veteran Leafers! I took delivery of a 2013 Leaf S WITH Chademo and 6 KW charger on MONDAY in Virginia. And had an adventure driving it back to Northern NJ - 277 miles in in 60-mile increments. I guess trying to get 84 miles to a charge (or 100!) was optimistic for a new Leaf owner...