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Question regarding the Range estimate on the GOM. In his presentation, did I understand the engineer to say that it was based on the last 500 meters? If so, do they explain why they can't base it on a greater distance? 500M seems way too small, and way too volatile. That's barely a freeway...

I couldn't find any threads on this: When Im on my L2 charger, the climate control preheats the car just fine. But plugged into a 120 it seems like the car never gets warm at all. More concerning, it looks like the cc is actually using charge from the battery. After a half-hour of preheat...

Just reached 1000 miles on my Leaf. 1000 miles, 320 kwh (per my dedicated PG&E meter), so that's 3.13 m/kwh. The center console reading was 3.8. Driving is almost all heavy-duty stop-and-go on San Francisco hills with the A/C on. Most days I drive about 20-30 miles, usually re-charge to 80%...

Drove up Friday for the first time, Noe Valley to Guerneville. 74 miles door to door, full charge, original range estimate was 103 mi. Afraid of the Waldo Grade, so took surface streets thru Sausalito. Friday traffic helped keep speed to 60, poked thru Novato merge, then Stoney Point (saw a s/b...

@EVDRIVER: +1

I agree with the above two posts. It's surprising that something that works perfectly well - outside temp, should be re-engineered into something that doesn't work at all. My car spends the night in the garage, so we start each day with a coolish 60 degrees or so. All my driving is on San...

I wonder about the impact of leather seats on range/efficiency. The leather has got to weigh quite a bit more than the mouse-fur that's on there now. Would hauling that extra weight around affect range?

My first black Leaf sighting, on 14th near Mission in SF today. I was in my Camry (didn't want to get the Leaf wet in the rain. Really.) You returned my "thumbs up".

We live in SF, got our leaf last week. Getting comfortable with the idea of a trip to our weekend cabin at Russian River. Have scoped out the chargers at Sonoma Cty Admin in SR. 73 miles door-to-door for us, would take surface streets, 116 from Petaluma, just working up the nerve!

I got a second meter installed with permit in San Francisco with permit for about $2K, plus $250 to Pg&E. Left my existing servic alone, get TOU electricity overnight for under .07 per, plus I get to easily read the meter to know exactly what I'm using every day, and a bill that tells me exactly...

Mine's consistently off by ten degrees. Don't buy the "all cars" story, my Camry manages to be right.

Yes, that was me. Just coming back from a "joyride" to Devil's Slide. We first saw you ahead of us near GG Park, and had to work to catch up. You were our first sighting since getting the car last Wednesday. Nice to meet you!

Picked up my red Leaf at Boardwalk in Redwood Ciry yesterday. Add +1 to the S.F. Count. Ecstatic. Reserved 4-20-10, ordered 11-30-10, VIN (4335) received and Carwings activated 5-20-11. Now: less lurking on on this board, more joyriding up and down the local hills. As a realtor in S.F., this is...

Picked up my red Leaf at Boardwalk today. Add +1 to the S.F. Count. Ecstatic. Reserved 4-20-10, ordered 11-30-10, VIN (4335) received and Carwings activated 5-20-11. Now: less lurking on on this board, more joyriding up and down the local hills. As a realtor in S.F., this is the perfect car...

Mine too, June 14 to June 15, then June 16. Dealer (Boardwalk) says car is in port, CS knows nothing.

War For Oil

Ordered 11/23/10, Cayenne Red, dashboard date just updated from "June 2011" to "week of June 14, 2011", VIN # 4335, and CarWings enabled! What a test of patience this has been. Seeing an occasional Leaf "in the wild" on the streets of SF, and know of a red one that lives nearby.