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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...

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...

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...

So I've put on 4k now. I think I'm very much in love with this car. Lumber hauling machine My Forester tranny blew so i used the Leaf to haul lumber till I got the Soob back running. 35 14' 2X4's no problem. 1000# of cement bags/roofing tile no problem. After awhile the Lowes guys would...

Disable VSP Removed the VSP speaker to disable the noise maker. After testing with co-workers with and without, they couldn't tell unless I was going backwards that the Leaf was making any noise. I however, found the scrapping noise that thing made as bad as nails on a caulk board. The speaker...

One of the many loads of lumber and cement.

I was told the Leaf was ready for pickup tomorrow! I figured I'd pick it up at lunch and wouldn't have much time to look it over so I stopped by the dealership to look it over. The salesman was gone but someone was able to tell me where it was parked (charging station) and then ran to get the...

I tried the MiEV, Leaf, Tesla Roadster, Fisker Karma, Prius PI. I decided to get the Leaf. However, the Tesla was pretty sweet.

This winter I noticed that Steven's Pass ski area has (2) Level 2 charing stations. How do I calculate/figure out if the Leaf can make this trip? (about 64 miles one way) Thrasher's corner, Lynnwood, WA TO Steven's Pass Ski Area The elevation change is about 4,000'.

I installed my charging station last night. Took about 45 minutes. I've got an electrical and mechanical engineering degrees, and this device is at best a $100 part. There is no way these should be costing $800! I'll post pictures later. Getting it was an ordeal! 4-16-12 (Monday) I tried to...

Due to an accident I got a lot of metal in my body and currently preheat my IC car to about 80 before I get into it. I read somewhere the factory default setting is like 77F, can the dealer or someone change the factory set preheat temperature? I'm sure there must be someway to tweek this? And...