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I successfully installed the salvage 2013 driver side mirror on my 2012 iMiev today--cost $150 Canadian and took 10 minutes, thanks to the helpful link about removing the door trim and the additional documentation provided by JoeS. Also thanks to my 8-year-old son holding the new mirror in...

Thanks for the link, I've bookmarked it. Now, on to trying to get the salvage guy to drop the price a bit.

Thanks. If I buy the 2013 iMiev part, mount included, it might be easier.

Thanks for this, PV1. I'm going to try to do this myself and it's good to have this tip about removing the pins from the electrical connector. Are the pins fairly easy to remove and put back on?

car-part.com was most useful so far. Supposedly somewhere close by in BC has a 2013 mirror for the iMiev, also a mirror for 2013 Lancer. The parts guy there said that the two mirrors are not the same. But he might be referring to different mounts. All I need is the mirror housing. I'll...

Thank you. Interesting--the mirror glass for the Amazon listings has a very different shape than my 2012 iMiev mirror shape, so I don't think I'll go with that. This one on ebay looks promising, but I cannot see the full mirror shape in the photos...

I crunched the driver's side mirror on a pillar in a parking garage today. The outside cover (white, same color as the car itself) is undamaged, but the bottom black part is broken and some inner parts also broke so the mirror itself won't stay in position. Waterproof tape is going to be the...

I received this email today...encouraging to see that the DCQC network in British Columbia will be expanded. iMiev drivers in BC should fill out the survey. burnabyimiev ----------------------------- Attention EV owners in BC, The Clean Energy Vehicle Program, funded by the Province of...

In Canada there are 18 "used" iMiev on autotrader.ca (most 2012, one 2013, a 2014 "demo" models but listed as used). Aside from one that's going for 6,495 CAD in Quebec (50,000+ km), they're mostly in the 18,000-20,000 CAD price range. In other news, my wife reports that yesterday she saw 8...

The fit kit is okay--it consists of 4 metal pieces and 4 rubber feet and fits fine. The length of the load bar suggested by Thule in its online "fit guide" is too short. I'll call Thule to see if they're aware of the difference between the width of the NA car versus the Japanese/European...

I tried to install a Thule roof rack on my 2012 iMiev this morning. I have 50 inch long square load bars left over from my Tercel, so I went with the Traverse Foot Pack 480 and the iMiev Fit Kit 1682 to go along with my old load bars. Problem: the 50-inch load bars specified by Thule in its...

I had to take my Miev to the dealer for the first time today. The SRS warning light came on on Monday and stayed on for two days. The technician this morning said that he found four "faults" including the SRS one that needed resetting. The technician's explanation was that the 12V battery had...

Thanks to Don, siai47, and PV1--I will give it a try. I don't have USB on my base model but I see where the USB connector would be. I wish I had got around to doing this before attempting 10 quick charges in one day...but the car seems fine and did fine all day long. Did I get close to the...

Don, today I looked up all the threads about adjusting the vent flow to send air to the battery pack and have to say that I'm nervous about trying to attempt that modification myself--I would have liked to have kept the battery cooler during my 10 QC day (and it was 80+ F outside that day), but...

Yesterday I did a road trip, 465.5 km round trip (289.25 miles), from Burnaby, BC to Seattle and back. The trip included 10 DC quick charge sessions and 1 Level 2 charge. Two of the quick charge sessions were top-ups from 80% to 95%, in order to make sure I had enough range to handle the...

And by 2-year-old, I mean human child sitting in the backseat. My wife isn't that hot on the idea either. My argument is that we should do long road trips before battery deterioration starts to cut into our range!

So, Rocky49, are you going to do the trip? I've been contemplating going from Burnaby to Southern Oregon this summer--theoretically quite do-able with the West Coast Electric Highway infrastructure, way easier than your Vancouver to Edmonton plan--but my 2-year-old might not like the extra...

My crude, drunken calculations tell me we saved $200 in gas if we had driven our 1999 Toyota Tercel--recently sold--the same 2000 km (1242 miles) we've driven the Miev over the past 2 months. That'll add up to $1200 a year. We're charging 110V at home; I bought a Clipper Creek Level 2 charger...

I'd been waiting for the first BC Hydro bill to come after owning our "new" 2012 miev for 2 months. This 2-month bill, covering Feb. 20-Apr. 17, came to $88.43 CAD. The previous two month period, Dec-Feb, was $87.76. In December and January, my mother was using a space heater in the basement...

Are you asking about driving your new miev from Vancouver to Edmonton? Looking at Plugshare, I don't think the infrastructure is there yet to make the trip. Certainly not without lots of anxiety and uncertainty. You can get 100 km on a full charge if you're driving a flat route at a moderate...