Recent content by mjk

I leased a Leaf in 2013 for the purpose of evaluating the practicality (for me) of driving pure electric; that was after a year of driving a Prius Plug-In which, even though it had an electric range of about 11 miles, allowed me to drive most of my miles electric because I plugged in (Level 1)...

$53K is a lot of money to spend for a car you are unhappy with. Aside from the things that should be fixed under warranty, and even with the possibility of coding HSOC, if you don't think you can become ecstatic about owning the i3 then you'll not do yourself any kindness by keeping it and...

I used a local electrical contractor and believe I paid around $1,500 - $1,800 which included running a 40 AMP circuit from the electrical panel at the back of the house, into the attic, across the house, and down to the front of the garage, and then installing the charger (which is NOT the BMW...

I've been driving my i3 REx for 7 months; turned my leased Leaf in last week. The REx is: More zippy and responsive More fun to drive (like a sports car vs. a family station wagon) Completely removes range anxiety; if I run out of 'lectricity and the gas begins to run out, it takes 15...

Interesting about the industry trying to use DCMA to their advantage. If they succeed, my prediction would be that buyers will become far more skeptical, do significantly more research before making buy decisions, and possibly become cool to new concepts and features fearing that manufacturers...

The 2013 Leaf didn't have a garage door opener unless you bought/leased the top-of-the-line model. I found this very strange, but maybe in the country of origin this option isn't a big deal. The thing I really like about the opener functionality in the i3 is the fact that it is disabled when...

Maybe using the REx with the HSOC patch in the U.S. isn't such a bad decision after all. Just sayin'.

If you owe tax, what you owe is reduced by up to $7,500 by the credit. It's kind of like any other credit. I'm low in taxable income, so I only got a partial credit. But it was better than nothing and reduced my tax liability to zero in a tax year where I had an artificial increase in income...

Yes, I have it. And it works as advertised. I use it whenever I want to get out of the area for the day. Is it necessary? I don't really know. But all the negative talk of the potential loss of power on up grades with low SOC gave me so much anxiety that I decided I needed the patch. I'm...

Not to mention: on what other planet are usernames case sensitive! Problem I have is that my car ceases charging on the home charger all the time: could be the charger or the car but doesn't matter, I just need to know. Since the car isn't smart enough to message or email me that it has ceased...

OMG...my iRemote wanted me to log in after the last app auto-update. I couldn't remember the username/password, so I called the 800 number. They told me ALL UPPER CASE. Didn't work. They did a reset. Didn't work. Said give it some time. Didn't work. Called next day. Rinse & repeat. They filed...

Which app are you referring to, iRemote? I've seen others refer to tracking the car via an app, but I've not seen an option for doing that in iRemote.

Interesting. Guess they are finally on board for selling the i3. When I visited them in October they acted like the could care less about selling me a car. I ended up going elsewhere.

Most of the anxiety I've had regarding the REx has come from the reports I've read here about the sudden deceleration when the SOC drops below a certain percent (3.5%?). So far I haven't encountered that, but I did purchase the DVDinMotion patch and I do activate the hold state of charge...

I got the REx after 18 months of driving a Leaf and getting tired of having to QuickCharge every time I wanted to make a round trip from Santa Clara, CA to San Francisco and back (or SC to Gilroy and back). My Leaf lease terminates in May, and it has only 9K+ miles on it because I found myself...