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Not all recalls are mandatory. This could be an optional one.

In mass production, they say visual inspection is almost useless to notice fine details. After repetitively seeing something over and over, you brain tunes out. The same with starting you car, by repetition, eventually you don't notice the details. Sure I have long since adjusted my habits to...

1. CC is safer! Everyone driving constant speed is safer, up hills and all. 2. CC always saves fuel for EV's, even up hills. Saving fuel by slowing down uphill is comparing apples and oranges. All economy comparisons must be done with equal average speed. The record i-MieV range was...

The shifter should be locked in park until the charger is disconnected. Mitsubishi please see this thread for all the mishaps: http://myimiev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2346&start=20 If that's too expensive to fix with an i-MiEV recall, please at least add a loud annoying buzzer when...

Good news for legalizing video mirrors: http://cleantechnica.com/2016/08/07/japanese-authorities-ok-shift-mirrorless-vehicles/ They should reduce aero drag by 5%.

How about a loud annoying buzzer when trying to start with the charger plugged in? Sort of like the grinding noise your starter makes when the engine is already running. I hope you can at least agree on that. I can't think of any situation where this flaw is needed.

So, how would you prefer it to behave? Make it unable to shift at all while plugged in? Park should be disabled when the j1772 cord is plugged in. Since you can't get ready while plugged in, this should have been obvious to the Mitsubishi engineers. You can't expect an i-MiEV owner to have...

Eventually after hearing sounds over and over, I think the ding ding sound is easy to not notice. So going thru the motions of startup while in a hurry more than usual it's easy to go to fast. I live in a very flat area, so much so the LA flood control district built a huge artificial flood...

Relating to this thread, I posted some info here: http://myimiev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2932&p=27629#p27629

I had a dumb (no transponder chip) key cut a while back and I noticed the alarm goes off when I use it. The original key fob hole to pass thru a key ring is really fragile and broke... So I found a new case for real cheap and it has a better design than OEM, it allows the blade to be...

Lead is really heavy, and lead acid batteries are several times heavier than lithium batteries. This inherent disadvantage is unlikely to be overcome. I suspect this is really only for micro hybrid's with much less total capacity. Unless they reduced the weight to be much closer, much of the...

I think the 12V battery is there to save the main battery from accidental destruction from parasitic loads! The 12V is a sacrificial battery for powering the ECU etc when not driving.

Thank you for the excellent reply! It's nice to see the i-miev is actually superior to a Tesla in terms of simple basic reliable design! :D :D :D Overly complex gadgets just makes more problems if you don't need it.

I wonder if the i-miev has this same flaw? http://jalopnik.com/5887265/tesla-motors-devastating-design-problem The older (year?) zero electric motorcycles had a similar flaw and they fixed it so Tesla must have fixed it for the Model S. The problem is basically the BMS (Battery management...

The shock heating of full throttle cold starts must not be good, but it would be worse with a water cooled engine. Maybe the damage was mostly from the pinging. Perhaps your friends pusher has a richer mixture or a bit less than full throttle. Seems you could save a lot of fuel by setting the...

The 1up bike rack is a really great for the i-miev, super easy to use, and stows away nice: Not sure if the available hitch is a much different location than my custom hitch: http://myimiev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&p=19359#p19359

How a bout this for a range extender? Put it in the trunk with sprockets going to a drive shaft. BMW S1000RR Complete Engine http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/mpo/5060802978.html This would be good for performance too! But maybe want to avoid overspeeding the e-motor!

My favorite range extender is the cheapest is drafting big semi trucks. A bit slow, but easy in the B gear position. I've seen huge gains in RR during drafting.

The best spare would be an extra front OEM wheel that can also be used for the rear. But too hard to find. Not enough wrecks. I suggest a thread just to share info about available compatible tires sizes. Post the link here. Also note at the top the information about diameter and regen...

Nice! I got one that looks exactly the same at Home Depot for $2 and installed it with big sell tapping screws.