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Personally, looking at that landscape, I'd dump the Imiev and take a motorbike...

It's the same in the UK as it is in Germany... Though I think in Germany you can teen have non factory fitment wheels or different tyre sizes... so we may be slightly less strict here... but the emissions and other safety tests are euro wide... they get stricter every year, though not...

Oh we have it alright - its fitted to every new car pretty much, it's just not mandated by law yet I don't think. Yeah, those are all good points I agree. It's a good idea on motorbikes actually, but those don't seem to ever have them. I guess I look at things in a utilitarian manner - simple...

So glad the UK doesn't mandate TPMS... what a useless technology. So glad the IMIEV UKDM doesnt have it fitted. Both my parents-in laws had BMWs, both constantly giving trouble with TPMS... hopeless.

I stuck the old battery from my wifes Insight in the IMIEV, though the Insight uses small terminals, and the I uses the larger ones, so I had to get adapters... it was fiddly though, and the positive terminal connector is a massive clumsy thing in an area with virtually no space - so it was a...

99.9% likely the CHAdeMO EVSE. Ive had a couple of mis-charges before due to the EVSE, the IMIEV is not the issue I predict. Most of the time the EVSE faults are a failure to initialise. Once they initialise, its normally OK, unless something else is going on with it. If there is a problem with...

I think you are right about a 5y battery warranty in the UK. However, since you are essentially a running advert for Mitsubishi Electric, and the fact that Mitsubishi could, if they wanted, honor a battery failure past the warranty period if they wanted, perhaps it would be good to write them a...

Other than my IMIEV, I've driven my parents IMIEV... does that count? Both are registered in 2012, but I think my parents one is the previous model year, as there are several differences, not only to spec and trim parts, but the car drives slightly differently (mine feels smoother but...

Those are indeed absent on the RHD model... there is one right-angled bracket holding the dash which is significantly smaller than those, and then nothing else other than and wiring, and plastic stuf there. No evidence on the left side of anything like that either. Perhaps these are required...

Those must be present on all the cars in some form.... interesting design item.

How else are you supposed to use it?? This last pic doesn't show the cubby in the prev pic, but it is there. No cup holder on RHD behind the hand brake though... :evil:

Its Right hand drive only, very useful, and it's mentioned in the owners manual, well its in mine.

That's what I assumed if your incoming mains power is 120v. UK domestic power is 240V single phase, with neutral earthing - 3 wires: live 240, neutral and earth, in the normal way. The circuit I have the 240V L2 charger on is dedicated to the EVSE, and uses heavy duty armoured cable of 8mm2...

I think that the charging to 12 bars is one that more should adopt - It's a shame there isnt a dial charge stop in the car, where you can preset the max charge. Just thought that that would be a good idea - the remote is not the best device out there, but I suppose it does work.

I normally take a pic on my smartphone now before I take a car in for service. Proof that all the lights are off!

I wonder if the charger from a 240v market may be the best option in the US??? So, UK runs 240V AC all domestic, and Europe is essentially the same, but technically varies between 220-230V AC. Does a Leaf Type1 charger work on the IMIEV - if it does, you could, as long as your domestic sockets...

Any warranty is on the car, not the individual part, unless otherwise stated (which is extremely uncommon for cars), or the part is separately warranted by another warranty. Hence if you had a traction battery replaced after 99,999 miles, the replacement in theory would be warranted for 1 mile...

for what its worth, I'd go for the white one over the black. My parents IMIEV is black, and it always looks filthy and the richness of the black colour isn't up to prestige standards. My silver one, and other white ones around seem to be far easier to keep clean and maintain the paintwork... my...

Actually thats quite a good deal compared to the £11,500 replacement cost of my wifes Honda Insight Gen 2 CVT gearbox, that contains nothing other than cogs, sensors and a rubber band!... significant pain in the butt, as the dealer missed the failure under the extended warranty, and now that's...

$19 per month electricity usage more likely.