Recent content by dumemama

That's on my wishlist... for the remote to have a feature to tell it to charge to a percentage of capacity, not an amount of time. When the batteries are completely full, engine braking is disabled. It's quite disconcerting.

Since I have no plans to move to Europe any time soon, and my car will never see snow or ice (mud definitely)... I put the Yokohamas on. It's only been two days and I haven't done my mileage run yet. Alignment checked and was fine, wear was even. First impressions: - Handling is noticeably...

FYI, I charge every single day with an extension cord: 10 gauge, 100', rated for 15a, $150 at homedepot. I only have access to 120v. I've been doing this for over a year, sometimes twice a day - I have one at home and one at work. This is of course not ideal and probably costs me a few...

Thanks for the info & suggestions. I don't drive aggressively (often). I usually drive to maximize range as I live in the boonies and tend to need to flirt with the range limit. The wear is probably affected by the curves, rough and uneven paved surfaces, and a minimum of 2 miles of dirt and...

12k miles and a year under my belt. No issues except a teensy windshield wiper fluid reservoir (frequent refills) and bald tires. Battery not showing any apparent issues.

My meiv is a conversation starter. One day my car introduced me to a woman who said she used to work at Mitsubishi corporate. She told me stories about what she learned while working there... mainly that the Miev was made merely to satisfy federal requirements of having a PEV in the mfg...

I have 11.5k miles on my car and all 4 of the stock Dunlop Enasave tires are nearly bald. The wear bars are almost entirely to the surface. Of course I need new tires and I'm not about to put on Enasaves again. Aside from the poor treadlife, they are noisy and they slip on dry pavement (tight...

I thought/did the same thing. Since I got my chargepoint card, I've only encountered Blinks! Unfortunately it's a mixed bag out there and you need them all. At least you don't have to prime the blink card.

Yes. I wasn't expecting auto lights mode. It's not mentioned as a feature and the manual says "if equipped." And yes, mine come on in tunnels and other shaded situations. It's a little too sensitive, but I like it better than manual mode.

I know what the red needle indicates. I understand that you believe in theory that what I'm saying should not be the case, which is why I've tested it myself over and over again. My test case is a pretty steady 5% uphill grade at 25mph. When I do that in D mode, I can hold the speed and the...

The insert says to do the calibration procedure once in the first year and then at least once every 24 mo. It does not caution against doing it otherwise. I don't know if depletion is linear. But charging is stated as not linear, the system automatically slows charging at the top end and...

Joe, The nearest real freeway is 15-20 miles away from me. So I do little to no real highway driving. Even when I do, I intentionally do not go above 65. So you are correct that my observations do not include situations where drag is a factor. This time of year, there usually isn't any wind...

YES. I have an ES with the USB option and finally got iPhone and iPod to play. It's not intuitive or documented that I could find, but you have to push the CD selector button to select CD mode, then touch it again to cycle to USB input mode on the stereo. Then, not all USB cables work. You...

Thanks, PV1. I've read a good ways into the manual, and haven't come across this yet. I'll switch it on as soon as I my car back again. It's being wrapped. All I know is that when I drove the 6 miles up 2000' elevation gain to my house in B mode, it took 5 bars, all I had, and fell 2 miles...

OK, now I'm really confused. Are you saying that the round display in the upper right is max range remaining?? On my ES, the display appears identical to yours pictured, but mine currently reads 200. It's the odometer! Where is your odometer?