Recent content by mrradon

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So I read the owners manual about not using the vehicle for extended period of time. If the vehicle will not be used for an extended period of time, charge the Li-ion battery using the long life mode once every 3 months. Do not operate the charging timer repeatedly while the charge connector is...

I see the fuel economy in the spec's as 30/42 for the Jetta TDI. I know for a fact last year my German Hertz rental Audi A3 got 50 city, 58 Hwy on a 3,500 km road trip (converted from l/100km). I know for a fact my cousin's TDI Golf (two years ago) got about 55 for the trip to Gibraltar and...

Given the range of my Leaf, my spare tire is in the garage. If the wife ain't home to bring it to me its AAA. Same way I deal with flats on the vette. Awhile back returning from a climb up Mount Saint Hellens in the winter, I got a flat just a mile from the trail head (middle of no where) in...

These are the limits the engine has to stay within for EPA certification. The current medium and heavy duty engines we install actually are way below these limits. Particulate matter was typically around .005, the DPF cans are really good. MAX Oxide was .015 (100,000 mile simulated load...

I helped a friend rewire his whole house, AL wiring is NOT that hard to replace. If you have a charging station installed, they will have used copper. I can see this only happening when people use the 15A charger provided by Nissan. And the issue is not because of the electric car, as any...

I work in the Heavy Duty Truck industry. With the 2007 CARB/EPA requirement for DPF's (Diesel Particulate Filters) the particulate side of the emissions was knocked way way way down, this was implemented concurrent with LOW SULFUR Diesel fuel.. Then with 2010 the SCR (Selective Catalytic...

Issue: Change selection from N to D. About 10seconds later I get a RED master warning light and in the dot matrix display it says "Check position of shift lever". Sure enough the shift selector is half way between D and N, tap the shifter and is pops to its resting position. I've gotten this...

Have fun with it, been using mine to commute and run errands for about 6 months. Was surprised, so far I've only driven my ICE cars a dozen times, gassed up only twice so far. My biggest issue is the darn defogging in wet cold weather, the energy used to get the front defogger to work is a...

Went to the Seattle Auto show Saturday. Knew the garage "close in" parking had charging stations and knew the Volt and Ford EV's were giving test drives. Talked to a person on the phone that said, "Sure, only the Volt is left, you can use the other charger, but first come, first serve." I get...

I carpool in rainy Seattle with a full car. I find that driving alone I hardly ever have window fogging issues. Since I installed the switch to trick the in cabin air temp sensor to think the car is much colder, I have been pre-heating the car to 90F every morning. This gets the moisture out...

32Gb SD USB stick - unlimited music...takes seconds to swap out for new tunes. In my ICE car I just did a 5,000 mile round trip without repeating a song nor Book on tape. Just awesome. Before 4Gb USB sticks were common I had XMSR stock, after I got my first 4Gb stick I sold stock, good thing too.

Anyplace where you can't live without A/C is a place God is telling you "DON'T LIVE HERE!". Look at any Apple product and the max temp's allowed, then measure temp on local AZ black asphalt, now scratch head and ask yourself why you are surprised the batteries are going tits up... Even if they...

I found I can trick the heater but modifying the in cabin sensor resistance. If the system thinks its really warm already inside the vehicle I turn the HVAC on, turn off A/C and modify the fan to my speed, the heater never comes on. I installed a 3 way switch. One makes the car think the...

I hooked up a flip switch to my old VW Rabbit diesel. When I got tail gated I flipped the reverse lights on and off. Always worked.