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Surge protector built into an extension cord of the gauge you'd need for charging sounds unlikely - I've never seen them built into any "extension cord" per se, other than a power-strip, which isn't usually long enough to warrant consideration. Are we talking about a GFCI? (At the panel...

One can infer all KINDS of things about 'the wife' from this...eg that she's a hard-core bureaucrat, who says that their rules of incorporation prohibit any and all work on EVs? In my shameful other driving existence - a ratty but vital 1997 Dodge diesel dually (with a DUMP bed, is the point...

We had a quite spectacular adventure in our first (and only) attempt at making the Crossing to Costco in the i3. The big mistake was my agreeing to add a side-trip to Hapuna Beach, all without any supplementary charging other than REx...that kind of thing has probably been chronicled elsewhere...

Art, I'd try (if they still exist) the Corvette quonset-hut shop down in Kakaako, if they still exist - can't quite recall their name. But any auto paint shop should have experience painting/blending FRP body accessories like fender-flares, whale-tails. It's not exotic. Another angle would be...

I'm not near the i3 now, but as I recall, the rubber-flap/seal geometry is such that if it's raised to clear the CFRP that it's intended to seal against, it comes perilously close to being in the plane that will be sanded during prep of the roof - so one might find it's been damaged/sculpted as...

The videos are very useful - worth several thousand words. Once you've got those clips out (or broken) - do the CFRP pieces just lift away with no more drama? Also without a p/n are these clips still easy to source via ebay, etc? All the same?

Yes, this is not an exotic thing. CFRP, FRP, concrete, steel, aluminum, whatever: same system works fine, though the clear is always iffy. 20 years ago I sprayed out a test-piece of tempered GLASS with an epoxy primer (glass because it was handy) in order to test the common thinking that a...

Art, hijacking slightly - where ARE the details of how to get those roof-edge panels off? I'm nearing the time when I will have to paint mine DIY and want to be prepared. From the probably-well-known UK video that demonstrates the removal of just about every OTHER outer panel, I suspect it's...

A photo would be worth another thousand posts.

Sure, but you'd probably have to use cold water and would have to be careful not to accidentally scrape them off when shampooing.

True - it was particularly galling that they added that fee during the pandemic, too. Anytime I offer to virtually open my wallet to pay a recurring fee automatically, I'm stunned at the short-sightedness of the collectors who tack on a fee for that. I mean, what's the percentage of their...

...and here in Hawaii, I consider it a stunning advance in tech-adoption by gov that we can renew our registrations online.

I'm thinking the standard high/low tuba notes, often used to accompany your favorite cartoon character of girth, would be about right.

im3? What's all this, then?

A future court exhibit.

I'm gonna stick my contrarian neck out and say that this doesn't matter at all. I noticed both of mine have probably long been detached (from the level of dirt that's accumulated where they used to be secured), when I was tugging on one to see if I could get a sense of where they're REALLY held...

Is your hitch this one? Anyone know of an Amazon option? I'm weary of thinking through roof-rack-hacks, moving on to a hitch-receiver-mount 'luggage-carrier' possibility.

On a related note, while I don't at ALL have my finger on the i3-market pulse, I looked briefly a couple of weeks ago at local options - and got the impression i3 prices were significantly lower than when I bought mine, which was in May of 2023. Is that indeed the case? The ones that stick in...

If possible, please post some shots of the headliner removal process - I've only found scant (verbal only) info on this. And photos of the stripped roof underside, too, if it's not asking too much? I wanted to see where there's structure, vs. just the roof closure panel you see from outside...

Hey Art - Industrial and auto coatings are still mostly solvent-based. (Not directly relevant, but your average paint booth doesn't do anything to capture those emissions; it just filters incoming air for particulate, and blows the unfiltered solvent-laden exhaust out upward, to avoid being a...