Recent content by rdct

I hadn't considered posting etiquette in the event of ICE trolls but will keep that in mind. On that note the office was buzzing today with anti EV banter. How bad they are for the environment because of the carbon foot print to manufacture the batteries. I can't believe how many people are...

I think I've been letting the nay sayers at work get into my head. Everyone joking about my house burning down since I started parking the car in the garage. A few yrs ago one of those Chrysler concept electric cars burnt down the house in the town next to us.

I've never heard the battery charging while in the garage until today. Is it normal for it to sound as if it reaches boiling each time it hits the end of the cycle where it turns off for a while before going into Charge Mode again?

Regarding the "B" mode; does anyone have reliable info to confirm that it is safe to drive constantly in it? I'm not discounting it either way as I haven't read anything from Mitsubishi on it, however my salesman was the only "qualified" person at the dealership on the MiEV, and after asking...

Coasting is my new friend! Dropped my daughter off at college today. 36 miles total. Got my first full charge leaving it at home yesterday (ya me); full charge minus 36 = 24 miles showing on the DTG (my new acronym - dist. to go). Seems that gauge is very reliable. Kept it between 55 / 62 on...

You got it. That's what I said to the salesman when he tells me he swears it was charging. Must have been me and the other salesman messing with the remote. In retrospect this story was more of a funny awkward day; I was keeping track of everything I would do different and what I wanted to...

+10 on the lack of full charge. Exactly why I opted to leave it home today. I thought I had a full charge coming Sunday night and found that my son depleted it immensely showing his friends and wrecked that night. I'm not sure I follow the mod for 12amps. Do I need to specify a particular...

Great feedback from everyone. There are comments on the first page of this thread that I just haven't had time to respond to yet but I appreciate it all, positive or constructive. Allow me to set a tone here for myself; I'm laughing and smiling all the way thru my experiences. I was trying...

I saw the Turtle today :shock: I'll tell you, its not like "seeing the light" at the pearly gates; in fact it is the exact opposite. The turtle is not your friend.... :twisted: I have not had a decent full charge on 110v since I picked it up last Saturday, and I don't want to keep making...

Man I planned on getting on here Saturday after I brought her home but the whole weekend got away from me. Got lots to ask already. Talk to everybody in a couple days Loving it but boy its weird after you turn that key - keep thinking I'm forgetting something before I can leave! :mrgreen:

Don - yes that's a lease. Payments like that on a purchase would be a mortgage :lol: Handed in our 16yr old car = $1500 down 2yr term We inquired about 3 thinking maybe we'll like this and it will put us closer to another election promise of new incentives, but the payments from 2 yrs to 3 yrs...

Hello everybody! :D So psyched for a new avenue away from the tiresome internal combustion typical maintenance and fueling up. I was looking into the new agreement that Ford has with a Canadian hydrogen cell company to outfit new Ford trucks at the KY plant with this alternative style power...