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Thanks for the replies. I will take a peak today and lubricate as needed. I'll let you know what I find (if anything). Cheers, Roman

Wondering if anyone else has had this issue? I couldn't shift past R after trying to get the i-MiEV going during a normal starting procedure. My 2014 ES has about 55,000 kms on it. I bought it new, my first new car in my short 56 years on Earth. I have never had an issue with the car before. I...

Good Day. I have verified the 5% high reading on the odometer with a 10 km test section on the highway near home. 10 km test section registers 10.5 kms on the trip meter. Plus all of those speed warning stations read lower than my speedometer says. If I indicate 105kms per hour on the I-MiEV...

This is a relatively decent EVSE. I have been using it for 2 years now. Although I have had to already replace the only electro-mechanical part in it...the 40 amp 2 pole contactor. It failed. It started chattering like a chain saw. The original contactor was made in China. The replacement was...

Well it wasn't my week. My wife's vehicle was on the fritz....a dino fuel burning diesel Jeep SUV....so I was driving it to diagnose an intermittent electrical issue that caused it to go into limp mode occasionally - stuck in 2nd gear. So she was driving the I-MiEV back and forth to work. I had...

Thanks a lot for this info. Makes me feel a bit better that there is nothing really wrong with my little I-MiEV. The only thing wrong is that I like the heat on in the winter! My summer range is much better - about 50% more than my winter range roughly. I go from an average of 80kms RR to...

My Guess-o-meter usually only shows between 80 and 85 kms RR these days (50 - 53 miles RR) first thing in the morning after a full 16 bar charge. My drive is 60% highway and 40% secondary 40mph roads. It has been cold here lately (at least cold by Vancouver standards ) at below zero °C (-5°C to...

Easy addition. I added a Mitsubishi factory lap belt in between the two rear regular shoulder belt assemblies. The lap belt halves can easily share the two factory mounting bolts with shoulder belt assemblies in the middle of the rear seat. You will have to remove the rear seat cushion to easily...

Hello Joe. I assume you must be a sailor / boater or in the marine industry to be using that terminology! (-; I am a sailor as well. A wee 19' Seaward Fox on a trailer. No noise to speak of. I can't comment on any range loss, at least not scientifically. But at least now I can carry a few...

Below are some photos of my aftermarket roof rails and cross bars that I attached to my 2014 if anyone is interested. Cheers, Roman From my earlier post: "I used 48" Adventura roof rails from Proline Products Inc. Cost was US$95 plus $12 shipping to my US postal box. (I am in Vancouver,Canada...

I guess I am not sure how to insert an image into my post. I am not using dropbox or any other cloud storage. Just want to add an image. Roman

Well today I installed some roof rails on my 2014 i-MiEV as I had some roof rack cross bars I wanted to re-use. I am sure some purists out there will criticize it but....here goes. I used 48" Adventura roof rails from Proline Products Inc. Cost was US$95 plus $12 shipping to my US postal box...

My 10.9 kms / 6.8 miles turtle travel was perfectly flat at a speed 90 km/hr for half and 50 km/hr for the other half.

3rd time seeing the turtle for me. This time the turtle came on (dash range indicator went to 3 lines) and I was 10.9 kilometers (6.8 miles) from home according to Google maps. This time I made it without being stranded! Phew I don't plan on these kind of trips but it just happened. I know...

Well - I think it is a great deal too. I paid $24,000 Canadian for my 2014 ES ($21,000 plus sales taxes = $24,000) Has QC. And that was after a $5,000 clean car rebate and a $4,000 dealer incentive plus applicable taxes. It would have been $34,000 Canadian out the door. So $5,000k USD is a deal...

I also agree that simplicity is one reason I chose the I-MiEV. I assume the traditional key start cycle is really there just because it was the same ignition assembly part as the I-gasser??? I would have picked manual windows too if that was a choice. I have replaced far too many expensive...

Regen isn't working at all with my slightly smaller rear snow tires. The snow tires will come of next week. I was more interested in making it home safely and quickly with some of my pride intact and hopefully without ALL of my neighbours seeing me getting towed home. Although being incognito...

Well - I officially ran completely out of juice for the first time (hopefully the last time but I doubt it) Started the day fully charged - 16 bars. Commute is only 60 kms round trip but ended up having to do 2 short errands for work during the day. Still should be OK. Today was cool but not too...

Thanks for the reply. I still think the benefit of decent snow tires in our sometimes cold weather is worth it though. When I do buy new tire I will get the right size. I am committed to driving electric. I had a NEV / LSV Dynasty IT made locally for 5 years before the i-MiEV. Cheers, Roman

So I have a set of good used snow tires that I found on Craigslist. They are 145/65R15 fronts and 175/55R15 rears. Mounted and balanced. They are Bridgestone Blizzak WS60 snow tires with over 9/32" tread depth remaining. I grabbed them because it is so rare to find any I-MiEV parts in Vancouver...