Recent content by cgates30

I'm nearly a month into ownership and I'm totally thrilled with it. Yes the range less than when it was new, but for my needs it's fine. On freezing days it's at ~55 miles, so I'll see how it does as it warms up. Originally I was planning to buy a new Chevy Bolt with 260 miles of range, but...

I totally agree! I can't wait to show it to all of my co-workers driving Teslas 8-)

Well, we pulled the trigger and bought it today and have to say that I'm just totally thrilled with it. We bought it from the original owner and have all of the maintenance history in a binder they had kept. The battery kapa max read 15.6 kwh, so I think I got lucky in regards to battery...

That's really good information! The example in that video has a capacity of 18.8 kwh. Of course, higher is better, but what's the consensus on where one should turn away? Would 12 correspond to ~60% of remaining capacity, etc?

Thanks for the info. I hope others can reply as well. I'm not super jazzed about need to rely on the REx, but I guess it's better than being stranded. Is there a quick way to check the battery capacity other than looking at bars on the screen? I've heard there's a battery kappa number, but I'm...

Hi, I've owned 3 EV's since 2014 (2014 Honda Fit (put 40k miles on in 3 years), 2016 Tesla Model S (put 70k miles in 5 years), and a 2022 Polestar 2 (so far 14k miles)). Now I'm looking for a second car and have found a 2014 i3. I'd be buying the car for running errands and driving to work on...