Recent content by merkurmaniac

I was wondering about what the interference was. It comes with a variety of screws, cylindrical spacers, and square nuts. I just fitted the square nut into the battery post box thing and was able to fit the big brass terminal adapters directly to the battery using the original Torx bolts. I...

Interesting about the registering thing. I already have the bluetooth OBII dongle and bimmercode, but I think bimmerlink is another $30. I'll probably split that with a friend with whom I replaced the battery last time around. He actually was telling me he was thinking about replacing his...

My son's away at college, and when the time came for him to come home for the holiday's, the car suffered a stroke. Couldn't charge, warnings about battery discharging while sitting, car was dead. REX would not come one. He got a ride back to Houston from A&M and we figured out it was...

Put a switch or push button inside the charge door area, that you can simply toggle between "charge now" and "value charge". Having a button there would be easier and simpler than having to set it via the e-drive from the interior. Maybe have it default to "value charge" unless the "charge...

Also, that price, I'd say, is just "fair." Depends on where you live. I think that'd be a good price for a REX, but for the BEV, I'd think there is a lot of bargaining room left. Maybe more expensive since its a CPO. Mine was the same equipment, but a year newer, and a REX , and only 13,000...

The brakes should be your last concern, IMO. They should still be fine on a regular car, but on the I3, you use "one pedal" driving so much, that after you are used to doing it, you don't touch the brake pedal much. I will be surprised if I EVER change the pads. I expect my car will be in a...

I think about the calculus that I would do if I was buying a new EV and the dealer said... "how much battery do you want ? It's $X/mile range." If I could buy as much as I wanted, I don't think I'd buy much over 100 miles, 150 max. Especially if I had the REX. Now, without that, I still...

Might want to begin by updating your location. Looks like UK somewhere.

SO I had a problem one night where it appears my clipper creek had some issue in the middle of the night. The car didn't charge, and gave a "Charge Error, go see dealer" or somesuch. It was a real pain, as the charge door did NOT want to unlock. I rebooted the charger, started and shut off...

Thanks for the replies. I did call them and they seemed to think it was the EVSE and not the car. I was asked to note the blinking of the LEDs next time there was a fault. Sounds just like yours. If I could clean the contractor, I'd not mind trying that as mailing the heavy thing seems like...

This has happened a few times now... I like to charge at night for environmental reasons. I live about 5 miles from the largest coal fired powerplant in Texas. They have to shut down their coal trains each night, as wind power is so cheap at night, that it knocks them out, price-wise. I like...

Pretty car, looks like its in nice shape. The white ones do look like stormtrooper helmets.