Recent content by Zurc

My personal take on the Ariya is that Nissan should have done much better given that they were in the forefront of EV's with the Leaf. Tesla and Nissan both got the EV ball rolling despite the opposition and nay sayers and they both did a pretty good job of it. Why Nissan would take a step...

The problem with switching the steering direction is that the person stealing the car might kill someone else. Zurc.

Very interesting. My 2014 leaf is bouncing the 12th bar on and off and there's around 78k KM's on it. That's around 48,750 miles. No highway, just city. The car doesn't have enough range to wander too far away but it can go shopping all day long. :) Cant complain. 1 set of tires, front pads...

Hello KW Leafers. It's been 1 whole year and 10,000 km worth of gas station free driving and I loved every Km of it. The only problem I ever had with the car was when the temperatures dropped into the minus twentys and the tire pressure light came on. I checked the pressure and all four tires...

Minispeed makes a good point about Nissan's decision on the shifter. Perhaps the future solution is to set the shifter up so that the driver can set the shifter to their own preference. Try as I might, I still put the shifter in the wrong position occasionally. I have to make it a point to be...

Well that shows you how much we pay for fuel up here. My numbers were very rough off the top of my head and cost of fuel was averaged on the high side of the mid point between 87 octane and 91 octane over the entire millage. It's very interesting to see the real numbers. I'm finding that a...

So jpadc's Prius has cost him 1697.67 Gallons of gas over 6 years. Don't know what you pay for a gallon of gas so I cant compute that. But if its converted to liters, and gas is calculated at 1.40/ltr, it comes out to $10,790.39. or $1,798.40/yr. I could buy lots of Christmas presents with that...

I'm wondering why your new car with a 100% charged battery only made 40 miles before it parked you. I've been driving in sub freezing temperatures, and with out a worry or care. 60 miles is only 100KM and my car normally charges up to about 120km depending on temperature. So you should have been...

Wow! very lucky indeed. It's not like the windshield is hard to hit, its huge. So now I guess we call it the Leaf Bucket because it's good at catching things. :lol: Glad nobody was seriously hurt and you came out better in the end. Zurc.

The beetle sucked but the engine was interesting. Its a pity that batteries are such an issue with vehicles because electric is by far the best. I'm thinking that for future long distance travel, cars will need to get their electric energy externally. It's likely that all major highways will...

I'm hoping Nissan makes some cool improvements on the ergonomic side for the 2016 so I can trade in my 2014 for something better. The car is and runs great but the seating accomodations need serious improvement as does the visibility. Zurc

Yeah. Miles per Kilo Watt Compared to Gallons per mile is better in my book any day. I'm running less than $2.00 per week to drive to work. Compare that to $200- $250 per month to drive my truck the same distance and another $180.00 to change the oil twice a year. No complaints about electric...

WOW!!! You sure took a huge step up from the MEIV. Congrats. Zurc.

Hey!! welcome aboard userneym. I'm in Kitchener so we likely bought our cars at the same place. hope to see you around town some time. Zurc

The only way to be sure Minispeed, is to go in with a tool kit and go nuts. Remove the top and sides and maybe the seat too for accessibility. There are 3 small gage wires that climb the shifter assembly and go into the shifter knob. There is a wire bundle that comes from the rear (or goes to...